Somiya vs TimeTree

Compiled 28 July 2026. We make Somiya, so read this knowing that — which is exactly why the section on where TimeTree is the better choice comes first.

This comparison is less about which app is better and more about whether you're solving the same problem twice. TimeTree is a shared calendar, and a good one — free, on every platform, easy to talk someone into installing. Somiya is a family organizer with a calendar inside it. If a shared calendar is all you need, most of this page argues for TimeTree.

Side by side

Choose TimeTree if…

• Anyone in your family uses Android. This is the big one and it isn't close. Somiya is iPhone-only today. A family calendar half your family can't open is not a family calendar.
• You want to spend nothing. TimeTree's free plan is not a crippled trial — the calendar works, with no cap on how far ahead you can look. Ads are the price, and for a lot of families that's a fair trade.
• A shared calendar is genuinely all you need. If your lists live in your head or in a chat thread and that's working, adding an organizer is adding a chore.
• You like talking on the events themselves. TimeTree's comments-per-event thread is a real design idea and we don't have it.

Choose Somiya if…

• The calendar isn't the problem — the rest of it is. Groceries, the form that's due Thursday, whose passport expires in the spring. Somiya carries lists, tasks and document expiry dates in the same place as the calendar, so you're not checking three apps to find out what today needs.
• You want the calendar quiet. No ads, on any plan. We think an advert in the middle of your family's week is a strange thing to have got used to.
• You'd rather pay once for everyone. One subscription covers up to 8 people. There's no version of Somiya where one parent is ad-free and the other isn't.
• Where your data lives matters to you. EU hosting, encrypted on the device and on the server, never used to train AI models.
• You want to be able to leave. Export and delete are in the app, not behind a support ticket.

The ads question, straight

TimeTree is free because it sells advertising. That's a legitimate way to run a business and it's why millions of families use it without paying anything. It also means the free app has an advertising surface in the middle of your family's schedule, and that Premium — $4.49 a month or $44.99 a year — buys the absence of something rather than the presence of anything much.

Somiya has no free plan and no ads on any plan, which is the same decision made from the other end. You're paying for the app instead of being the reason someone else pays for it. If that distinction doesn't matter to you, TimeTree free is the cheaper answer and you should take it.

Where your data sits

TimeTree is operated by TimeTree, Inc. in Tokyo. Japan is one of the countries the European Commission recognises as providing an adequate level of data protection, so this is not a horror story — but it isn't the EU, and an ad-supported app is an app with advertising infrastructure attached to it.

Somiya is hosted in the EU on EU-owned infrastructure, encrypted at rest on the server and on your phone, with no advertising SDK in it at all. That's the whole pitch, and it's the reason we cost money.

Moving over

Honestly: this one is awkward, and we're not going to publish a step-by-step we haven't walked. TimeTree has no export button, and its own help centre says exporting events to other calendars isn't officially supported. There are community-built tools that pull a TimeTree calendar into an .ics file, and Somiya will import that file — but they're third-party, they want your account access, and we can't vouch for them.

The route we have tested end to end is the one out of Cozi, where the mechanism is the same: get an iCal link, save it as a file, import it. That walkthrough is here, and steps 2 and 3 apply to any .ics file you can get hold of.

If your TimeTree calendar is small, the fastest honest answer may be to leave it running and start Somiya fresh from this month forward.

Questions people ask

Is TimeTree free?

Yes, with ads, and with no limit on how far ahead you can look. Premium removes the ads and adds file attachments and a few view options — $4.49 a month or $44.99 a year, per TimeTree's own pricing page, checked 28 July 2026.

Does TimeTree Premium cover my whole family?

TimeTree's pricing page lists one monthly and one annual plan and no family option, so if two parents both want the app ad-free, that's two subscriptions. Check their current pricing before deciding — this page is a snapshot, not a live feed.

Can I export my TimeTree calendar?

Not through an official export button. TimeTree's help centre states that exporting events to other calendar apps isn't supported. Community tools exist; we haven't tested them and don't recommend handing your account to one lightly.

Does Somiya have a free plan?

No. There's a 14-day free trial, then €9.99 a month or €59.99 a year for the whole family, up to 8 members.

Does Somiya work on Android?

Not today. It's iPhone-only. If your family is mixed, TimeTree covers everyone and we don't.

What does Somiya do that TimeTree doesn't?

Shared lists and tasks with reminders that go to the person who actually has to act, document expiry tracking for passports and visas, capture by photo or voice, and full offline use. What TimeTree does that we don't: run on Android and on the web, and cost nothing.

How do I cancel Somiya?

On your iPhone: Settings → your name → Subscriptions → Somiya → Cancel. Two taps, no phone call, no form.

Also worth reading: Somiya vs Cozi · Somiya vs FamilyWall · Thinking of switching?

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TimeTree's prices and features are theirs to change and we don't control this comparison staying accurate. Everything here reflects what we found on 28 July 2026. If we've got something wrong, write to hello@somiya.app and we'll correct it.