Share Google Calendar With Your Partner, the Easy Way

The Problem with Sharing Google Calendar Directly

Google Calendar does allow sharing calendars between accounts — but it's designed for teams and organizations, not for couples who want a simple shared view of their weeks. To share properly, you need to grant viewing or editing permissions per calendar, manage which calendars each person shares, and still deal with the fact that you're looking at two separate calendars side-by-side, not one merged household view.

Most couples give up on this after 20 minutes of confusion, or end up with a system where one person maintains a shared "family" Google Calendar that both people are supposed to update — which turns into a one-person job within a week.

How HomeBase Handles Google Calendar Sync

Each partner connects their own Google account to HomeBase. You choose which of your Google Calendars to sync — just work, or work and personal, or all of them. HomeBase pulls those events into your shared household calendar. Your partner sees them; you see theirs. The setup takes about two minutes per person.

Events from the past 30 days and the next 90 days come in on first sync. After that, changes sync automatically. If your partner adds a work trip to their Google Calendar, it shows up in HomeBase. You're always looking at the real picture.

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  Per-person Google connection
  Each partner connects their own account. No shared logins, no credential sharing.
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  Selective calendar import
  Choose which Google Calendars to sync. Keep personal calendars separate if you prefer.
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  30-day lookback + 90-day forward
  You get context from the past month and visibility into the next quarter on first sync.
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  Ongoing sync
  Changes in Google Calendar appear in HomeBase. No manual refresh required.
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  Smart deduplication
  Events you've manually added to HomeBase won't show up twice if they're also in Google Calendar.
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  Manual sync on demand
  Hit "Sync Now" in Settings if you've just added something and want it immediately.

Free Plan vs. Pro Plan

The core HomeBase features are completely free: shared calendar, partner task assignments, real-time sync, and partner invites. Google Calendar sync is a Pro feature because it requires ongoing API access and background sync infrastructure.

At $5/month, HomeBase Pro costs less than most calendar apps charge just for basic features — and far less than alternatives like Cozi ($39/year) or FamCal ($45/year) that don't include Google Calendar sync at all at their base tiers.

Who Uses Google Calendar Sync in HomeBase

The clearest use case: one partner's work calendar is managed by their employer in Google Workspace. Their work events — late meetings, travel, out-of-office days — never make it onto the shared household calendar because manually copying them is tedious. With sync enabled, their partner sees all of it automatically without anyone having to do anything extra.

A second common use: both partners have active personal Google Calendars they've maintained for years. They don't want to abandon them, but they also want a shared household view. HomeBase handles both — each partner keeps using their existing Google Calendar, HomeBase just merges the view.

Couples with kids often have a family Google Calendar for school events, activities, and shared commitments. Connecting that calendar means everything flows into HomeBase without duplication — school pickup times, sports practices, holidays, and everything else already in that calendar come through automatically.