No public link
Until now, getting iCloud into another app meant publishing your calendar to anyone with the link. This connects privately instead.
iCloud calendar sync
Your iPhone calendars in Sense, without a public link.
Connect your iCloud account and the calendars in the Calendar app on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac show up in Sense. Nothing has to be made public, and edits and cancelled days follow along.
How it works
Three minutes, once.
Step 01
Create an app-specific password
Go to account.apple.com, open Sign-In and Security, then App-Specific Passwords, and make one called Sense. Apple uses these so other apps never see your Apple ID password.
Step 02
Connect it in Sense
In Sense, open Settings, then Connected Calendars, tap Connect a calendar, and choose Apple Calendar. Enter your iCloud email or phone number and paste the password.
Step 03
Pick your calendars
Choose which iCloud calendars to sync. Give each one a color and the family member it belongs to.
What syncs
Private, and it keeps up.
Repeating events stay right
Move one Monday of a weekly lesson, or end a series early, and Sense shows the same thing your iPhone does.
Changes within about 20 minutes
Add, edit, or delete in Apple Calendar and Sense picks it up on its own.
Your colors, your people
Sense starts with the colors from Apple Calendar. Change them, and say who each calendar belongs to.
Calendars only
Sense only ever reads your calendars. The password is stored encrypted and is only sent to Apple's iCloud servers.
Revoke any time
Delete the password at account.apple.com and Sense stops syncing, then asks you to reconnect.
Why families connect it
Keep the iPhone calendar. Share the plan.
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Nobody has to switch apps
Keep adding events on your iPhone the way you always have. They show up for the whole family in Sense.
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Mixed-phone families
An Android-using partner sees your iCloud events in Sense without an Apple account.
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Next to everything else
Your iCloud events sit beside the school newsletter events, chores, and the meal plan, so the week makes sense at a glance.
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On the kitchen wall
iCloud events show on Sense Hub, the always-on family display.
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Ask about the week
Ask Sense "What's on Saturday?" and the answer includes your iCloud events.
FAQ
Common questions.
Can Sense add events to iCloud?
Not yet. For now iCloud syncs one way, from iCloud into Sense, so edit iCloud events in Apple Calendar. Sending changes made in Sense back to iCloud is coming. You can also add your Sense calendar to Apple Calendar as a subscribed calendar.
Why an app-specific password?
Apple doesn't let other apps sign in to iCloud with your Apple ID password. An app-specific password works only where you paste it, and you can revoke it without changing your Apple ID password.
A calendar on my iPhone isn't listed. Why?
Only iCloud calendars are listed. Calendars On My iPhone, and Google or Exchange calendars added to your iPhone, aren't stored in iCloud. Connect those directly with Outlook sync or Google Calendar sync.
I already shared my iCloud calendar with a public link. What now?
Connect iCloud, then remove the link calendar from Sense so events don't show twice. You can then turn Public Calendar off in Apple Calendar.
Is connecting iCloud free?
Connecting iCloud is part of Premium, which is free to try.
Your iPhone calendar, for the whole family.
Sense is free to download. Premium is free to try, no card required.