Our Week

The problem

In most households one person carries the planning. Family organiser apps tend to fail when the second parent never opens them, because it is one more inbox to check.

What it does

• Turns plain language into events with an owner: "Swimming Thursday 5pm, Sam takes them".
• Gives each household a forwarding address for school emails, and pulls out the dates.
• Puts everything it extracts into "needs review" for both partners to confirm.
• Shows the week by person, so who is doing what is visible to everyone.

Why I built it this way

• Forwarding email first, because it is the capture method families already use with other organiser apps.
• No access to anyone's inbox. Families forward only what they choose.
• Nothing goes on the calendar unchecked: everything goes to "needs review" first.
• Built from research into why families stop using these apps.