Parenting & Family · head to head
FamCal vs Tiny Beans
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FamCal
Parenting & Family
Shared family calendar for coordinating activities
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The short version
- Each has a real cost: FamCal the whole family shares one account, logging in with individual email addresses but a single shared password; Tiny Beans the free Tinybeans plan is capped at 20 uploads per month and 5GB of storage
- They diverge on capability: FamCal covers Shared calendar, Tiny Beans covers Private photo sharing.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which FamCal and Tiny Beans actually diverge.
| Attribute | FamCal | Tiny Beans |
|---|---|---|
| Platforms | Web, Ios, Android | Ios, Android, Web |
| Founded | 2015 | 2012 |
Identical on both: starting price (Free), pricing model (freemium), free tier (Yes), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Parenting & Family).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in FamCal
- Shared calendar
- Color-coded events
- Event notifications
- Multiple family members
- Calendar syncing
- Event reminders
- Location tagging
- Notes and details
Only in Tiny Beans
- Private photo sharing
- Video sharing
- Milestone tracking
- Daily email digests
- Child timelines
- Comments & reactions
- Print products
- Memory search
Both cover
- Data encryption
- Cloud deployment
- Web support
- Ios support
- Android support
- English language support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
FamCal
- Running a shared colour-coded family calendar across membersnot Tiny Beans
- Sharing grocery lists, chores and task assignments in a householdnot Tiny Beans
- Tracking and exporting shared trip expenses as PDF or CSVnot Tiny Beans
Tiny Beans
- Keeping a private family photo and video journal organised by datenot FamCal
- Sharing baby photos with invited grandparents and relatives onlynot FamCal
- Turning saved moments into printed photo booksnot FamCal
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
FamCal
- The whole family shares one account, logging in with individual email addresses but a single shared password
- Subscriptions are sold only as weekly or annual terms
- Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period
- The account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period
- The iOS app requires iOS 15.0 or later
Tiny Beans
- The free Tinybeans plan is capped at 20 uploads per month and 5GB of storage
- The free plan shows ads; an ad-free experience requires Tinybeans+
- A second user account to share the journal is a Tinybeans+ feature
- High-quality video uploads are limited to 5 minutes and require Tinybeans+
- Tinybeans+ storage is capped at 200GB rather than unlimited
- Priority support is restricted to Tinybeans+
- Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is switched off at least 24 hours before the period ends
Pricing, plan by plan
FamCal
Free- FreeFree
- Shared calendar
- Basic notifications
- Up to 6 members
- Premium$2.99/month
- Everything in Free
- Unlimited members
- Advanced notifications
Tiny Beans
Free- FreeFree
- Photo & video sharing
- Daily email updates
- Milestone tracking
- Premium$4.99/month
- Everything in Free
- Unlimited storage
- Video longer than 1 min
Which should you pick?
Choose FamCal if
- You need shared calendar.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want color-coded events.
Choose Tiny Beans if
- You need private photo sharing.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Ios, Android, Web.
- You also want video sharing.
Questions people ask
- Is FamCal or Tiny Beans better?
- Neither clearly leads. FamCal starts at Free and Tiny Beans at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, FamCal or Tiny Beans?
- FamCal starts at Free and Tiny Beans at Free.
- Does FamCal or Tiny Beans run on more platforms?
- FamCal runs on Web, Ios, Android. Tiny Beans runs on Ios, Android, Web.
- Can I use FamCal for free?
- Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.
- What is FamCal best used for?
- FamCal is most often used for running a shared colour-coded family calendar across members, sharing grocery lists, chores and task assignments in a household, tracking and exporting shared trip expenses as pdf or csv. Of those, running a shared colour-coded family calendar across members and sharing grocery lists, chores and task assignments in a household are not what Tiny Beans is typically brought in for.
- What can FamCal do that Tiny Beans cannot?
- FamCal covers Shared calendar, Color-coded events, Event notifications, Multiple family members. Tiny Beans covers Private photo sharing, Video sharing, Milestone tracking, Daily email digests. Both handle Data encryption, Cloud deployment, Web support, Ios support.