Hearth

What Hearth does

Hearth Display Inc., founded in 2020 and headquartered in Brooklyn, NY, designs and sells a 27-inch Android-based smart wall calendar intended to coordinate the schedules, routines, and tasks of family households. The device runs Android 11 on a Rockchip RK3568 quad-core processor with 2GB of RAM and 16GB of storage, presenting a touchscreen dashboard that aggregates Google Calendar, Outlook, and Apple Calendar feeds. Beyond scheduling, the product has expanded into a household coordination hub through features such as AI-powered meal planning (Hearth Helper) and a Recipe Vault, both launched in 2025.

The company's business model combines hardware sales with a recurring $108/year subscription, sold primarily direct-to-consumer via its website and supported through a multi-channel social presence. Hearth reports more than 40,000 families using the product, with a 4.7/5 average rating across 786 reviews, and has secured third-party validation including Consumer Reports testing in 2025 and the Forbes Vetted "Best Digital Calendar 2026" recognition. The device is FCC compliant and positioned as a centralized family command surface rather than a general-purpose smart display.

Capital deployment has been measured: a $2.8M seed in February 2022 (Female Founders Fund, Precursor Ventures, Stellation Capital), a $4.6M round in September 2023 (Dream Ventures, Female Founders Fund, Golden Hour Ventures), and an undisclosed Alumni Ventures round in November 2024. Headcount sits in the 11-50 range, consistent with an early-stage consumer hardware company still investing in product expansion and go-to-market rather than approaching maturity.

Name

Hearth

Legal name

Hearth Display Inc.

Website

https://hearthdisplay.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Hearth Display sells a 27-inch Android smart wall calendar that synchronizes family schedules, routines, and meal planning across Google, Outlook, and Apple calendars, sold direct-to-consumer on a hardware-plus-$108/year-subscription model to over 40,000 households.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Smart Family Calendar Hardware

akta.pro primary industry

Arcade & Retro Gaming Hardware (Mini Consoles, Arcade Sticks, Cabinets) (HDACANAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Mobile Ordering, POS & Campus Dining Technology (EDALADAN), Infrastructure & Hosting for iGaming (Cloud, CDN, DDoS, Uptime/Monitoring) (MPAEAKAM)

Keywords

• Smart family calendar
• Family management software
• Wall display device
• Meal planning software
• Household organization

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Hardware Device Sales: One-time sale of the Hearth Display smart wall calendar device. The device is sold as a standalone hardware product through the company's e-commerce storefront.
2. Annual Subscription: Annual subscription fee of $108 per year for access to the full software features including AI meal planning, family routines, and ongoing platform updates. This is required for full functionality of the device.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Hearth sells a 27-inch Android-based smart wall calendar display designed to replace whiteboards, wall calendars, chore charts, and scattered family reminders with one shared scheduling system. The hardware device is paired with a required annual software subscription ($108/year) that delivers AI-powered meal planning (Hearth Helper), kid-friendly visual routines with rewards, family dashboard, calendar auto-sync, and the Recipe Vault feature for storing and sharing family recipes.

Product overview

Hearth offers a single unified product — the Hearth Display smart family calendar device — combined with companion mobile app and cloud-based services. The product portfolio consists of the core Hearth Display hardware device (a 27-inch smart touchscreen calendar), the companion mobile app for remote management, and integrated AI-powered features including Hearth Helper for meal planning and Recipe Vault for family recipe management. The device serves as a centralized family command center replacing multiple analog tools with smart calendar, kid-friendly routines, AI-powered meal planning, and family dashboard features.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hearth Display A 27-inch Android 11 smart wall calendar display (1920x1080 LCD touchscreen, RK3568 processor, 2GB RAM, 16GB storage, WiFi/Bluetooth, front camera) designed for families. Replaces whiteboards, wall calendars, chore charts, and scattered reminders with one shared system featuring smart calendar sync, kid-friendly routines with rewards, AI-powered meal planning, and family dashboard. Sold directly to consumer families through hearthdisplay.com; full functionality requires the annual subscription.
• Hearth Helper AI-powered software sidekick included with the Hearth subscription that generates personalized meal plans, recipes, and grocery lists based on family preferences; automates tedious family management tasks for Hearth Display owners.
• Recipe Vault A recipe management feature launched in 2025 that serves as the family's recipe home base, integrated with Hearth Helper AI meal planning. Allows Hearth Display families to plan meals, save recipes, and share them in one place.

Quantifiable outcome

• 40,000+ families using the product
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability2 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Google CalendarcoreTechnology or IntegrationGoogle Calendar integration allows Hearth Display to auto-sync family schedules from Google Calendar, enabling seamless two-way or one-way synchronization of events and appointments.
• Microsoft Outlook CalendarcoreTechnology or IntegrationOutlook Calendar integration enables users to connect their Outlook calendars to the Hearth Display for schedule synchronization.
• Apple CalendarcoreTechnology or IntegrationApple Calendar (iCloud) integration allows iOS and macOS users to sync their calendars with the Hearth Display device.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Skylight Calendar: Skylight sells a directly comparable digital wall calendar for families with a similar subscription model (Skylight Plus). Most direct head-to-head competitor to Hearth in hardware form factor, use case, and pricing tier.
• Cozyla: Cozyla Calendar+ is a large-format touchscreen family calendar with calendar sync and family-organizer features. Tested alongside Hearth by Consumer Reports; competes on similar hardware plus subscription model.

Broad incumbents

• Amazon Echo Show: Amazon's family of smart displays (including Echo Show 21) offers calendar, reminders, routines, and shopping in a general-purpose device. Competes on price and ecosystem rather than family-specialization; explicitly compared to Hearth in Consumer Reports testing.
• Google Nest Hub: Google's smart display integrates Google Calendar, Photos, and Assistant routines in the home. A platform-level incumbent that can absorb family-calendar functionality without dedicated hardware investment.
• Facebook Portal: Meta's smart display with video calling, photo display, and calendar features. Although now largely discontinued in some markets, it overlapped Hearth's positioning as a family shared display in the kitchen/living area.

Emerging players

• Cozi Family Organizer: Cozi's family calendar and organizer app is already integrated with Hearth for sync; as a pure-software family organizer it represents the app-based alternative to a dedicated display for budget-constrained families.
• reMarkable: reMarkable makes premium e-ink tablets used for notes, lists, and planning. Adjacent use case (household planning/dashboards) but different display technology and not family-specialized; useful as a benchmark for premium-home-display hardware economics.
• Hubitat: Hubitat's smart-home hub and dashboard offer routine automation and family-level home control. Overlaps Hearth on routines/rewards and family automation, but lacks the calendar-display-first experience.
• Yumly: Yummly's AI-driven meal planning and recipe platform directly overlaps with Hearth Helper and Recipe Vault. A potential acquisition target or feature competitor in the meal-planning layer of the family stack.

Others

• Notion: Notion serves as a software analog for family organization and meal planning via templates and shared workspaces. Different modality (app vs. dedicated display), but represents the broader category of family/productivity software that competes for the same wallet share.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/HearthDisplay
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCxKPYdAxeQK8fWKPIN8My0w
• Facebookfacebook.com/hearthdisplay
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hearth-display
• Instagraminstagram.com/hearthdisplay
• TikToktiktok.com/@hearthdisplay
• Pinterestpinterest.com/hearthdisplay

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors9 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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