CareCommons

CareCommons gives scattered siblings one shared place to care for an aging parent -- without anyone getting buried under group texts, duplicate calls, or the guilt of not knowing what needs doing next.

Create a Care Circle in minutes. Invite brothers and sisters through the standard share sheet -- a link via Messages or Mail -- and everyone joins your private, shared space. No new accounts, no passwords to hand out. Your family's information lives in your own iCloud, encrypted by Apple, and is never sent to any third-party server.

What your family shares:

• Task board: Add and assign what needs doing -- medication pickups, doctor appointments, check-in calls. Anyone can mark a task done, so nothing falls through the cracks.
• Care log: Every family member can add a timestamped note after a visit or call. One running record, visible to the whole circle, replaces a dozen separate texts.
• Document vault: Store the insurance card, the advance directive, the pharmacy number -- all in one place every sibling can reach.
• Contacts: Doctor, specialist, pharmacy, home aide -- listed once, readable by all.
• Schedule and reminders: Upcoming appointments and medication times, with local notifications so nobody forgets.
• Gentle load balancing: CareCommons notices when tasks pile up on one person and quietly suggests distributing the work -- no blame, just a nudge.

Perfect for:

Families with siblings in different cities trying to share the load. Adult children managing an aging parent's care alongside their own jobs and households. Anyone who has ever been the person who does everything by default.

Free tier includes:

One Care Circle, the full task board, the care log, and a starter set of document slots -- enough to get organized today.

Family Unlock (one-time purchase, $9.99):

The circle owner buys Family Unlock once, and every member of the circle gets the full feature set: unlimited documents, the complete schedule with medication reminders, data export, and support for larger circles. This is a one-time, non-recurring in-app purchase -- not a subscription.

Privacy:

Your family's care information is stored in your private iCloud account (CloudKit) and shared only with the people you invite. CareCommons collects no analytics, runs no ads, and sends no data to outside servers.

Important:

CareCommons helps families organize the information they enter themselves. It is not a medical record, not medical advice, and not a substitute for professional care. Always follow your clinicians' instructions.