Your family’s day, in one place.Just say it.
Send a voice note and it’s on the calendar. In the morning, everyone’s day arrives in Telegram or WhatsApp.
Reminders, adding from a photo and paying for a plan are on Telegram for now.
Create this event?
Dentist for Noa
Thursday, November 5
16:00 - 17:00
Kids
From: "Dentist for Noa on Thursday at four"
How it works
Start the bot
Open FamCal in Telegram or WhatsApp (on WhatsApp, choose your language first) and add your city when it asks, for the weather and zmanim. Your family calendar is ready.
Add things by voice
Send a voice note, like “Swimming for Ari every Tuesday at five”, and FamCal puts it on the calendar. On Telegram, a photo or PDF of an invitation works too. Adding by voice, photo or PDF is part of Pro, and every new account starts with 14 days of Pro.
Get the morning summary
At the hour you choose, FamCal sends the family’s day: who has what, the kids’ pickup order and the weather. On Telegram, reminders come too, with Done and Snooze.
Already use Google Calendar? Connect it, and its calendars show up next to FamCal’s. You don’t need it to start.
What FamCal does
Calendar
- FamCal’s own calendar, with repeating events and one-day changes. No Google account needed.
- Separate calendars for each parent, the kids and birthdays, each in its own colour.
- Pair with your partner to see each other’s calendars. Any calendar can be kept private.
Jewish calendar
- The Hebrew date next to every day.
- Jewish holidays, plus Yom HaShoah, Yom HaZikaron, Yom HaAtzma’ut and Yom Yerushalayim.
- Birthdays and yahrzeits every year on the Hebrew date, with the count of years.
- A sun button with the day’s zmanim for your city, including candle lighting and when Shabbat or Yom Tov ends.
- Reminders by zman, like “ten minutes before sunset”, timed for each person’s own place, by Sephardi, Ashkenazi or Chabad custom. On Telegram Pro
- An optional pause on Shabbat and Yom Tov: nothing scheduled is sent from sunset until nightfall.
- Zmanim and Shabbat times for cities in Israel and abroad, right here on the site, with no sign-up.
In Settings, set Calendar culture to Jewish: it turns on the sun button, holidays in the summaries and the Shabbat and Yom Tov pause.
Adding eventsPro
- A voice note with what and when, including things that repeat.
- A photo of an invitation, the school schedule as a PDF, or up to ten photos at once. On Telegram
RemindersOn TelegramPro
- Say or type “remind me to call the plumber at ten”, then tap Done or Snooze when it pings.
- One reminder for both of you: one Done closes it, or each of you marks your own and sees where the other stands.
Summaries
- A morning summary of today and an evening one for tomorrow, at the hour and on the days you choose.
- This week or next week, whenever you ask.
- Weather that fits your plans, like rain at pickup time, and a warning when a dust storm is coming.
- The same summary as a short radio show with two hosts.
Languages
- Hebrew, English and Russian in the bot, the summaries, the voice show and the calendar.
- Right to left in Hebrew, everywhere.
Telegram or WhatsApp?
Start on either. This is what each one does today.
| Telegram | ||
|---|---|---|
| Morning and evening summaries | Arrive in full at your hour | A short notice arrives; tap it for the summary |
| Voice show | Comes with the summary | Comes when you open a summary or ask for one |
| This week, next week and the weather, on request | Yes | Yes |
| Adding by voice note | Add, change and delete | Add |
| Adding from a photo, PDF or album | Yes | No |
| Reminders | Yes, with Done and Snooze | No |
| The calendar | Opens inside Telegram | Opens in the browser from a link in the chat |
| Partner sharing | Yes | Yes |
| Shabbat and Yom Tov pause | Yes | Yes |
| Paying for a plan | With Telegram Stars | No |
Started on WhatsApp? Link Telegram any time: your calendars, events and settings come with you, and messages can go to both.
Plans
Start with 14 days of Pro, then stay on Free or choose a plan.
Free
No payment
- 10 text summaries a month
- 3 voice summaries a month
- Up to 3 calendars
Basic
2,500 Telegram Stars a month
- Unlimited text and voice summaries
- Up to 5 calendars
Pro
5,000 Telegram Stars a month
- Everything in Basic
- Unlimited calendars
- Reminders, on Telegram
- Adding events by voice, and on Telegram by photo or PDF
- Copy to Google: your FamCal calendars in Google Calendar too
Every plan has the calendar, Hebrew dates and holidays, the day’s zmanim, the Shabbat pause and partner sharing.
- The 14-day Pro trial starts on its own. No card needed.
- Plans are monthly and never renew on their own. When one ends, you’re back on Free.
- You pay with Telegram Stars, inside Telegram.
- In the Telegram bot: send /paysupport
- By email: privacy@famcal.bot
- By post: to be added
- By phone: to be added
From the founder
My wife and I have five kids, and every morning started with “wait, who has what today?” I built FamCal so the day comes to us: we add things by voice and hear the plan over coffee.
Your family’s day, in one place.
Start in the app you already use.
Reminders, adding from a photo and paying for a plan are on Telegram for now.