How to sync your NestBoard calendar to Google or Apple
NestBoard · 2026-08-25
Why you'd want this
Your NestBoard calendar already lives on everyone's phone and on the kitchen tablet. But if you spend half your day in Outlook for work or Google Calendar for school pick-ups, switching apps every time you need to check whether Tuesday is free gets old fast.
The calendar subscription link puts your family events right alongside your work meetings and doctor appointments. One calendar, one place to look, and nothing to copy by hand. Google users also get a faster option, covered further down.
It also reaches screens where NestBoard never gets opened. A locked-down work laptop that only ever shows Outlook can still show soccer practice and the school assembly next to your meetings.
How to get the link
Open Settings in NestBoard. On a phone, tap More in the bottom bar, then Settings. On a computer, Settings is in the left sidebar. Calendar subscription is near the top of the page. Tap it and you'll see a private link. Copy it, or tap Add to calendar app to open it directly.
The subscription is read-only. It can never change or delete anything in your other calendar. It only shows your NestBoard events there.
Adding it to Apple Calendar
Tap Add to calendar app and Apple Calendar opens the subscription screen for you. Or go to File, then New Calendar Subscription, and paste the link.
The feed refreshes on its own. Apple controls the timing, not NestBoard, so a change you make in NestBoard appears whenever Apple Calendar next asks for the feed.
Adding it to Google Calendar
In Google Calendar, go to Other calendars on the left sidebar, choose From URL, and paste the link.
Google refreshes the feed on its own schedule, and it is usually the slowest of the three, so a change can take many hours to show up. There is no button on either side that makes it hurry. If that lag bothers you, the Google switch described below copies changes over in seconds.
Adding it to Outlook
Choose Add calendar, then Subscribe from web, and paste the link.
Like Apple and Google, Outlook decides when to refresh. NestBoard builds the feed fresh when it is asked for, so any lag you see is the other app's refresh cycle, not the feed.
What shows up (and what doesn't)
The feed covers your family calendar from a month back through a year ahead, minus events marked adults-only. Those are left out entirely, for everyone, because the link works at the household level rather than per person.
Only calendar events go into the feed. Chores, medications and routines stay in NestBoard.
In your calendar app the feed appears under the name NestBoard calendar, not your household's actual name.
If the link gets out
The link is private, so only share it with people you want to see your family calendar.
If it lands somewhere it shouldn't, open Settings, tap Calendar subscription, and choose Reset link. You get a brand new link and the old one stops working immediately.
The faster route into Google
Google is the one calendar NestBoard can write to directly. First connect your Google account (Settings, then Calendar Sync, then Connect Google Calendar). Then an adult in the household can turn on Show NestBoard events in Google Calendar on the same card.
NestBoard creates a new calendar called NestBoard in your Google account and copies your NestBoard events into it. New events and edits usually appear there within seconds.
A few things to know before you flip it:
- It only ever writes to that one calendar. The permission Google asks for is limited to calendars NestBoard created, so it cannot see or change the calendars you made yourself.
- It's a copy, not a merge. If you edit one of those events inside Google, NestBoard overwrites your change the next time it updates that event. Make changes in NestBoard.
- Turning it off deletes the NestBoard calendar from your Google account, copies and all. Your own calendars are untouched.
- Adults-only events get copied too. The subscription link leaves them out, but this switch does not, so think twice before sharing that NestBoard calendar in Google with anyone.
Use this switch or the subscription link in a given Google account, not both. They overlap, so with both you'd see your NestBoard events twice.
Outlook and Apple don't have a switch like this. For those two, the subscription link is the way to see NestBoard events there.
Bringing outside calendars in
The subscription link and the Google switch both send NestBoard events out. If you want the opposite (pulling work meetings or school events into NestBoard), that's calendar sync.
You can connect Google, Outlook, or any public iCal feed (including Apple and iCloud) so outside events appear on the family dashboard. Reading in never edits the calendars you already have. Events flow into NestBoard, and that's it.
To set it up, go to Settings, then Calendar Sync. Choose Connect Google Calendar or Connect Outlook, or paste an iCal feed URL into the feed field. If you have a personal account and a work one, you can connect both.
School portals and sports leagues often publish iCal feeds too. Look for a Subscribe to calendar or iCal URL option and paste that link into NestBoard. You can add more than one feed and label each one, so soccer practice and band concerts stay easy to tell apart.
Exporting the whole calendar
If you ever leave NestBoard, you can take your calendar with you. Go to Settings, then Privacy & Data, and choose Export my calendar. You get a standard .ics file that works in Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, Outlook, and every other calendar app.
No lock-in. Your data is yours.
Frequently asked questions
How do I subscribe to my family calendar in Outlook? In NestBoard, open Settings, tap Calendar subscription and copy the private link. In Outlook, choose Add calendar, then Subscribe from web, and paste it. Your family events show up as their own calendar, named NestBoard calendar, and Outlook refreshes it on its own schedule.
Do chores and medications show up in the subscription? No. Only calendar events go into the feed. Chores, medications and routines stay in NestBoard, and events marked adults-only are left out too.
Can the subscription change anything in my other calendar? No. It is read-only. It never edits or deletes anything in Outlook, Google Calendar or Apple Calendar. It only shows your NestBoard events there.