Family Lists

A grocery list your household shares. Gift lists where nobody spoils the surprise. And now, a planner for the big family dinner.

GROCERY Everyone in your household adds to the same list and ticks things off as they go. Add milk on the couch and it shows up on the phone of whoever's at the store a second later. Items you buy often turn into one-tap quick picks, so a weekly shop takes seconds to write. Add something you've bought before and it comes back with its quantity, store, note and photo already filled in.

Give items a category or a store and sort the list either way, or by who added it. Your household keeps its own list of stores. The app learns where you usually buy each thing and fills the store in. Filter down to one store when you're standing in it. No signal in the store? The list still works, and ticks save once you're back online. A history keeps track of what got bought, and by whom. On iPhone, put the list on your home screen with a widget in teal, cream or light teal.

Your household is its own group, separate from the wider family below. Usually that's the people at home, useful when grandparents are family for gifts but buy their own groceries.

GIFTS Each person keeps a wish list the rest of the family can see. When Mom buys something off Jim's list, she marks it bought. Dad and Sally see that it's taken so nobody doubles up. Jim never does. What has or hasn't been bought from your own list stays hidden from you, always.

Marking a gift bought is press and hold, so a stray tap in front of the wrong person gives nothing away. Want more than one of something? Ask for 5 packs of Pokémon cards and each person picks how many they're getting.

Bought something? Leave yourself a private note on it, like where it's hidden, and a tag like Christmas. Share notes with your spouse one gift at a time, or a whole list at once. The person it's for never sees them. Gift History keeps a record of everything you've bought, and you can hide any gift you don't need to see.

You can also keep private gift ideas for someone, notes only you can see. Or make a private list only one person sees, like stocking stuffers for your partner. Keep one running wish list, or separate lists for Christmas and birthdays. Tag gifts (Books, Clothes) and sort any list by tag, A to Z, newest or oldest.

If a family member can't keep a secret, turn on Blabbermouth Mode for them and pick whose lists they can't see purchases on. They can still add and buy gifts; they just can't spoil those surprises. You can even keep it secret from them.

HOSTING Hosting Christmas dinner for 22? Switch on Hosting in Settings and you get a third tab for big family meals.

Keep one guest list for the whole extended family, grouped into parties, with children and high chairs counted separately. Tag each guest with a clan (your side, your spouse's side) and filter the list down. Tick people in as they say yes. Set up tables with a number of seats and pick who sits where; a table goes red when it's over.

Plan the menu by course and hand dishes out, so you know who's bringing the potatoes and which dish is still nobody's job. The app adds up the plates, forks, chairs and wine glasses you'll need against what you own and where you keep the spares.

A household admin picks who can make changes; everyone else can look without editing anything.

Next year, start from last year's dinner. The guest list, tables and menu come with it, along with the note you left yourself about running out of gravy.

HOW IT WORKS Sign in with Apple or a secure emailed code, no password to remember. Start a family, then send people an invite link or let them scan a QR code with their phone's camera, app or no app. One link can bring them into your grocery list too. Belong to several families and switch in Settings. Lock the app with Face ID if you like, and choose day or night.

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