Lightkeep setup

From spare iPad
to family wall.

Lightkeep does not ask you to move the household into a new calendar. Put one iCloud calendar on the phone and iPad, tell Lightkeep where it lives, then keep the wall in place with Guided Access.

Choose your path

Put one calendar on both devices.

Pick the path that matches the Apple Accounts on your phone and wall iPad. You only need one of these.

Simplest

Same Apple Account

On both devices, open Settings → your name → iCloud → See All.
Open iCloud Calendar and turn on “Use on this iPhone/iPad.”
Open Apple Calendar and confirm the calendar appears on both devices.

You do not need a Lightkeep linking code for this path.

Apple’s iCloud Calendar guide ↗

Apple family

Different Apple Accounts

The organizer opens Settings → Family and invites the wall iPad’s Apple Account.
Accept the invitation on the other account.
In Apple Calendar on both devices, check the shared calendar named “Family.”

Apple creates the Family calendar after the Family Sharing invitation is accepted.

Apple’s Family Sharing guide ↗

Calendar only

Share a Specific Calendar

On the iPhone, open Calendar → Calendars.
Tap the information button beside an iCloud calendar, then Add Person.
Invite the wall iPad’s Apple Account and leave Allow Editing on.

The invited account must accept before the calendar appears on the iPad.

Apple’s calendar-sharing guide ↗

Inside Lightkeep

Choose what reaches the wall.

On the iPhone

Open Lightkeep → Settings → Set up phone + wall.
Under Wall calendars, leave on only the calendars the household should see.
Set “Save invitation scans to” to the shared family calendar.

Worth checking

“Default calendar” often points to a personal calendar. A scan can save successfully there and still be invisible on a wall that shows only the family calendar.

On the wall iPad

Keep Lightkeep in place.

Lightkeep keeps the screen awake. Guided Access separately prevents an accidental swipe or button press from leaving the app.

1
Enable Guided Access.
Settings → Accessibility → Guided Access. Turn it on and configure a passcode, Face ID, or Touch ID.
2
Return to Lightkeep.
Open the wall view, then triple-click the top button—or the Home button on an older iPad.
3
Keep the wall interactive.
In Session Settings, leave Touch on, leave the time limit off, and disable only the hardware controls you do not want used.
4
Start the session.
Triple-click and authenticate whenever you need to pause or end Guided Access.

Open Apple’s Guided Access guide

The one-minute test

Prove the whole loop.

iPhone Add “Lightkeep test” to the family calendar.

iCloud Wait for the event to sync.

Wall iPad Confirm it appears, then delete it.

If the test reaches the wall, the important part is working. Device linking is optional and only needed when different Apple Accounts should share Lightkeep’s theme, morning window, week style, and kid colors.

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