What is Calendar Integration?
Calendar Integration syncs your Well Kept maintenance tasks, bill due dates, and appointments to your personal calendar app. This ensures you get reminders on all your devices and never miss important home management tasks.
Which Calendar Apps Are Supported?
Google Calendar: This Premium feature offers two-way synchronization, meaning updates in either app are reflected in the other.
Microsoft Outlook Calendar: This Premium feature offers two-way synchronization with Outlook.com, Office 365, and Microsoft 365.
Apple Calendar & Others: You can subscribe via an iCal feed for one-way synchronization to Apple Calendar, Yahoo, Thunderbird, or any CalDAV-compatible app.
Setting Up Google Calendar Integration
Navigate to the Calendar page or go to Settings > Integrations.
Find the Google Calendar section and click "Connect Google Calendar".
Sign in to your Google account and grant permissions.
Choose which Google calendar to sync to and click Allow.
Configure your sync preferences to choose if you want to sync bills, maintenance, or appointments.
Click "Sync Now" to perform the initial transfer.
Setting Up Outlook Calendar Integration
Navigate to the Calendar page or go to Settings > Integrations.
Find the Outlook Calendar section and click "Connect Outlook Calendar".
Sign in with your Microsoft account.
Grant permissions and choose which Outlook calendar to sync.
Configure your sync preferences.
Click "Sync Now" to populate your calendar.
Setting Up Apple Calendar (iCal Feed)
Navigate to the Calendar page or Settings > Integrations.
Find the iCal Feed section and click "Generate Feed URL".
Copy the unique URL provided (keep this private).
Open the Settings app on your iOS device.
Go to Calendar > Accounts > Add Account.
Select "Other" and then "Add Subscribed Calendar".
Paste your Well Kept iCal feed URL and save.
What Gets Synced to Your Calendar?
Recurring Bills: These include the bill name, amount, and due date. Auto-pay bills are color-coded green, while manual bills are red.
Maintenance Tasks: These include the task name, due date, and assigned member. These are color-coded yellow.
Appointments: These include the title, date, time, and contractor information. These are color-coded blue.
Managing Calendar Reminders
Google Calendar: You will receive email notifications 1-3 days before events, along with mobile push notifications if the app is installed.
Outlook Calendar: Reminders are sent via email, mobile push notifications, and desktop alerts.
Apple Calendar: Reminders set in Well Kept appear in calendar events, but you can customize the timing in your Apple Calendar app settings.
Troubleshooting Calendar Integration
Google or Outlook Calendar Not Syncing
Go to Settings > Integrations and disconnect the calendar.
Reconnect the account and check permissions.
Verify that the correct calendar is selected.
Wait up to 15 minutes for changes to sync.
Apple Calendar/iCal Feed Not Updating
Remove and re-add the calendar subscription on your device.
Check that the feed URL is correct.
Verify the refresh interval in your calendar settings.
Note that iCal feeds are one-way only; changes made in Apple Calendar do not sync back to Well Kept.
Sync Frequency
Google Calendar updates in near real-time, usually within 15 minutes.
Outlook Calendar updates typically occur within 15-30 minutes.
The iCal Feed updates every 1-6 hours, depending entirely on your device's refresh settings.