Planily is a family organisation app designed for busy UK families. It combines a shared calendar, task and chore manager, weekly meal planner, school hub (for timetables and letters), and daily routines into one easy-to-use app — helping the whole family stay organised and share the mental load fairly.

Yes, Planily is free forever for core features including the shared family calendar, tasks, meal planning and routines. An optional Planily Plus tier is available for advanced features.

Who is Planily designed for?

Planily is designed for busy UK families with children — particularly parents who are juggling school schedules, activities, meal planning and household tasks and want to share the load more fairly.

What features does Planily include?

Planily includes a shared family calendar, task and chore manager, weekly meal planner with automated shopping lists, a school hub for tracking timetables and scanning school letters, daily routines, voice commands, Google Calendar sync, and a WhatsApp concierge.

How does Planily help with mental load?

Planily gives every family member visibility of the family schedule, tasks and responsibilities. By making the invisible labour visible and distributing tasks fairly, it helps reduce the mental load that falls disproportionately on one parent — typically mothers.

Help & Guide

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Learn how to get the most out of Planily for your family.

Getting Started

Welcome to Planily! This app is designed to help your family stay organised, reduce stress, and build healthy habits together. Here is a quick overview of how the main features work together to create a calm household flow.

Add Family Members

Go to Settings to invite your partner and add profiles for your children.

Set up Routines

Create recurring schedules for mornings, bedtimes, or weekly chores.

Today's Focus

The Today's Focus page (your dashboard) gives you a clear snapshot of what is happening right now. Tasks are organized by time of day (morning, afternoon, evening) to reduce overwhelm.

Tasks are grouped into collapsible morning/afternoon/evening sections
Check off tasks as you complete them
Children's completed tasks show "Needs approval" until a parent approves
Quickly add new events with the "+" button
Weekly insights appear on Sunday evenings to celebrate what helped your week

Weekly Plan

The Weekly Plan view helps you look ahead. Drag and drop events to reschedule them, or click to edit details. Click on blank time slots to create new events starting at that time. Perfect for Sunday night planning sessions.

Monthly View

Get a high-level overview of your family's month. Perfect for spotting holidays and planning around appointments.

Note

The monthly view only shows appointments and activities. Meals, household tasks, and routines are hidden here to reduce clutter—focus on the bigger picture. You'll see all task types in the daily and weekly views.

Family Tasks

Manage household chores and to-dos here. You can assign tasks to specific family members and set contribution values to recognize their help.

Family Routines

Routines help automate daily habits. Create a "School Morning" or "Bedtime" routine once, and let Planily generate the step-by-step tasks automatically.

Overview of your routines

Use templates to get started quickly

Customize steps and schedule

Inbox

The Inbox is your low-pressure capture zone for quick thoughts and ideas that don't immediately fit into a task or event. It's perfect for those fleeting thoughts you need to save before they disappear.

Voice Notes

Hit the "Voice Note" button, speak your thought, and it's instantly captured as text in your Inbox. No need to type—just talk.

Convert to Tasks

When you're ready, tap "Convert to Task" on any inbox item to turn it into a proper event with dates, assignees, and all the details.

Find it on Today's Focus

The Inbox appears on your Dashboard (Today's Focus). Click "Inbox" to expand it and see your captured items.

Planily Plus Features

Planily Plus unlocks advanced features to make family organization even easier.

Google Calendar Sync

Two-way synchronization between Planily and Google Calendar. Push your family events to Google or import Google events into Planily.

Find this in: Settings → Advanced → Planily Plus Features

🎙️ Say it Once (Voice Commands)

Create events and tasks using natural language. Click the "Say it Once" button, then either speak your command or type it. Our AI interprets commands like "Add soccer practice for Liam tomorrow at 4pm" and creates the event instantly with the right details.

Example Commands:

"Dentist appointment for Mum on Friday at 2pm"
"Emma has swimming lessons every Wednesday at 4:30"
"Family dinner tonight at 6pm"
"School run tomorrow morning at 8:15"

How it works: The AI recognizes family member names (including nicknames you've set), times, dates, and event types. It automatically assigns tasks to the right people and schedules them at the correct time. If the AI isn't sure about something, it saves your command to the Inbox instead.

Find this: "Say it Once" button in the "Add to Plan" dialog on Dashboard and Calendar

Admin Invites

Family admins can invite new members via email directly from the app. They'll receive a personalized invitation to join your family on Planily.

Find this in: Settings → Family & Household → Invite Family Member

Smart Notifications

AI-powered email digests and intelligent task reminders that adapt to your family's schedule.

Find this in: Settings → Advanced → Planily Plus Features

WhatsApp IntegrationComing Soon

Send voice notes or text messages via WhatsApp and they'll automatically appear in your Planily Inbox. Perfect for capturing thoughts on the go.

Stay tuned—we're working on this feature now!

Members & Settings

The Family Settings page is where you manage your household. Access it from Settings → Family Profile in the main menu.

Family Profile

Family Name: Update your family name to personalize the app experience
Location for Weather: Enter your town or postcode to display accurate weather information on your calendar and dashboard
Family Members: View all household members, manage their roles, and add nicknames for voice recognition

Managing Family Members

Member Roles: Assign roles (Admin, Parent, Child, Pet) to control permissions and organize your household
Points Tracking: View each member's contribution points earned from completing tasks
Linked Accounts: Members with email addresses can log in to see personalized views and notifications
Avatar Colours: Each member gets a unique colour to make it easy to identify who's assigned to tasks at a glance

Adding New Members

Name: The display name for the family member
Role: Choose from Admin, Parent, Contributor, Child, or Pet
Avatar Colour: Pick a colour that will represent this member throughout the app
Email (Optional): Add an email if you want this member to log in and access the family. Leave blank for young children or pets

Nicknames for Voice Commands

In the Family Profile settings, you can add nicknames (aliases) for each member. This helps the "Say it Once" voice feature recognize commands like:

"Mum has a dentist appointment on Friday" (recognizes "Mum" as Mom)
"Swimming lesson for Liam tomorrow" (recognizes child's name)
"Dad needs to pick up groceries" (recognizes "Dad" as Father)

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