Settings

The Settings tab lets you customize Homeschool Scheduler to fit your family's needs, from visual themes to holiday schedules.

Appearance

Choose your preferred theme:

  • System - Follows your device's light/dark mode setting
  • Light - Always use light mode
  • Dark - Always use dark mode

National Holidays

Toggle Include National Holidays to automatically skip major holidays when scheduling lessons. The app includes US federal holidays by default.

Custom Breaks

Add your own holidays and breaks:

  • Single Day - For individual holidays or days off
  • Date Range - For vacations, spring break, etc.

When you add or modify breaks, you'll be asked if you want to recalculate existing schedules to account for the changes.

Custom breaks settings

Custom breaks settings

Family Sync

Use Family Sync to keep shared data synchronized across linked devices:

  • Create or join a family with a family code
  • View last sync time
  • Manually trigger a sync
  • Resolve merge/replace flow when joining an existing family

Backup & Restore

Create manual backups of your data and restore from previous backups if needed. Backups are stored locally on your device.