Meet Loopykin.com: one place for your family's week
Most families run on a mix of group chats, sticky notes, a calendar on the fridge and somebody's memory. It works until it doesn't: the dentist clashes with football, two people buy milk and nobody buys bread, and the school trip form is still in a bag.
Loopykin.com puts all of that in one place that the whole family can see and change, from any phone, tablet or computer.
A calendar everyone can see
Add an event once and it's on everyone's calendar. Pick who's going, and repeat it every day, week, month or year for clubs and lessons. Add a reminder and Loopykin.com sends a notification before it starts, to every device that person has turned notifications on for.
School and college times and the school holidays go in too, so you can see at a glance which days are different. If you already live in Google Calendar, Outlook or Apple Calendar, you can subscribe to your family calendar there and see everything side by side.
Shopping lists that keep up
Make a list for the supermarket, another for the chemist, another for the holiday. Anyone can add to them and tick things off as they shop, and the list updates on everyone else's phone. You can put items in the order of the aisles in your shop, move an item to a different list, and choose who can see each list, so the birthday present list stays a surprise.
Chores, points and routines
Give each chore to someone and a day of the week, and decide how many points it's worth. Ticking it off earns the points, and the chart shows who is ahead this week. Routines turn the morning and bedtime rush into short checklists, with a streak for every day they're finished.
There's more on this in our guide to chores and routines.
Everything important in one place
The Info page keeps the things you always need and can never find: the Wi-Fi password, the GP's number, allergy details, the bin collection days. Each family member has a card with their own details too.
Sign-ins for everyone, with the right access
The person who sets up the family can add sign-ins for the others:
- Managers can see and change everything.
- Children get a simple view of the family calendar, the shopping lists and their own chores, plus a personal to-do list of their own. They can look but can't change the family's plans.
- Viewers see only the sections you choose, which works well for grandparents or a childminder.
You can also invite someone from another family as a guest, and they switch between their own family and yours from the account menu.
Safe by design
Your family's information is only visible to the people you add. Passwords are never stored in plain text, and you can turn on two-step sign-in with an authenticator app or an email code.
Getting started
Create your free account, add your family, and invite the others. Loopykin.com works in any browser, and you can install it on your phone's home screen so it opens like an app. If you get stuck, the Help pages walk through each part step by step.