A family calendar and shared recipes

What a plan holds

Plans are a list first, because a list is easier to read than a grid. Each plan has a title, a day, and a time if you need one. The kind can be a visit, a meal, an appointment, school, a celebration, or something else. A short note can say who is bringing what.

The month view sits below the list. You can move to the previous month or the next month. Birthdays for people on the board show in the month. The home page lists a few things that are coming up, so you do not have to open the calendar for the next visit.

Nothing on the plan is published outside the household. It is not a public event page.

How to add a plan or a recipe

Recipes keep a title, how many people it feeds, the ingredients, and the steps. One line for each ingredient. The recipe can be printed, and read aloud can speak the ingredients and the steps with the voice on the device.

1. Sign in, then open Plans.
2. Write what is happening, pick the day, and add a time if you have one.
3. Choose the kind, such as visit, meal, appointment, school, or celebration.
4. Save the plan. It shows in Coming up and on the home page when it is soon.
5. Open Recipes to save a dish. Write the ingredients, one on each line, then the steps.
6. Print the recipe or use Read aloud when someone is cooking.

Why they sit with the notes

A ride to school and the soup for that night are easier to find when they are not in a different app from the family notes. The same people who see the check-in can see the meal. A friend who cooks with you can be on the board. A friend can be family.

There are no ads. Plans and recipes are not sold. Notes, pictures, check-ins, plans, and recipes stay on that household board. They are not sold, and the board does not carry advertising. Another household cannot open them.

Write the recipe the way the cook says it. Short steps, one action each, and the heat or the time in that step. A plan for the meal can point at the same night without copying the whole recipe into the calendar. People open Recipes when they are cooking and Plans when they are checking the day.

Family is $5 a month or $50 a year. The yearly price saves $10, which is two months free. A new family gets 7 free days. The card is saved to start and is not charged during those days. One payment covers everyone the parent adds. This site is not watched by a helper, and it does not call 911. If someone needs emergency help, call 911 yourself.

Other guides

• An easy family app with large type. Comfortable, large, or extra large letters, high contrast, and read aloud on the device you already have.
• A private family app. One board for the people you choose. A friend can be family. There is no public feed and no advertising.
• Family check-ins. Happy, Okay, Grateful, Please call me, or Not feeling well. The home page shows who would like a little care.
• A private family message board. Short notes for the people on your board. Strangers cannot read them, and the notes are not sold.
• A family group chat app without social media. Notes for your household only. No public profile, no feed of strangers, and one payment for the people you add.
• An app to stay in touch with grandparents. Large type, a daily check-in, and a short note, without a public feed or a hard-to-read group text.
• Private family photo sharing. Pictures and story cards stay on the household board with a caption. They are not posted to a public gallery.