We tried the others. Here's what we built instead.
Every shared calendar app can show two diaries on one screen. That's the easy part. What we kept running into was everything around the calendar: the date that never gets booked because nobody can see a free night, the anniversary that sneaks up, the trip spread across three apps and a group chat, the to-do list that lives in one person's head. Untangled Life puts all of it in one place, and it treats what you share as yours to decide.
Here is what that looks like on the phone.
One screen that already knows what's next.
The thing you're both looking forward to sits at the top, counting down. Under it, the important dates that are coming up, then everything that's booked, with a note of who booked it. Open the app for five seconds and you know the shape of your next few weeks, together. Nothing to search for, nothing to scroll past.
Both of you on one month. Free nights shaded green.
Her things in pink, his in blue, the shared things in coral. Work hours, the kids' activities, the haircut and the wine with the girls all sit where they belong, and the nights you're both free are shaded green so a date is a tap away rather than a negotiation. Tap a name at the bottom to see just one person's week, or just the shared things.
Each calendar you connect is shared on your terms: off, times only, or full details. Every calendar starts as off. When you choose to share times only, the titles never leave your phone. They are stripped before anything is stored, not hidden after the fact.
Ideas that fit a gap you actually both have.
The app works out the windows you're both free, then offers ideas that fit them. Dates you both loved come back with an “Again” button. Ideas you've saved wait under “Wants to try”. Book one and it lands in both your calendars at once, or send your partner three times to pick from and let them choose. No more “when are you free?” going back and forth for a fortnight.
Because a calendar only gets you in the same room.
A few questions about what makes each of you feel wanted: being told, undivided attention, things done without asking, something thought of, physical closeness. Put them in order. The app uses your partner's answers to rank date ideas and to nudge you towards the small things that land hardest for them. And none of it reaches your partner until you turn sharing on yourself. What you write is yours until you decide otherwise.
Mine, yours and ours, so the mental load is visible.
Three lists, one screen: hers, his and the shared one. This week at the top, someday underneath, and a date on each so nothing quietly slides. When the load is written down and split in the open, nobody is carrying it alone in their head.
The whole trip in one place, with the running total.
Flights, stays, tours and tickets, each with its cost and a photo of the booking, and a total that updates as you add to it. Flip the “Booked?” switch and a countdown appears on your home screen for both of you. Wishlists work the same way for birthdays and Christmas: drop ideas in all year, and when the day comes the guessing is already done.
Built to be trusted
Private by default.
Nothing is shared with your partner until you choose to share it, calendar by calendar. There are no ads, no analytics and no tracking inside the app, and we never use what you write to train anything.
Made in Australia by a couple who use it.
Untangled Life is run by a couple in New South Wales, not a venture-backed studio, and it's the app we open every day ourselves. Your purchase is protected by the Australian Consumer Law and handled by Apple or Google, so we never hold your card details.
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