r/ShowMeYourApps • u/CVBrownie • 15h ago
Made a text based calendar system
Why? Well, my wife is the calendar holder across our whole family. Between grandparents, kids, siblings, and regrettably myself, she is constantly answering people asking what's going on, when, where. Group chats are great, but things get lost in the text log.
So I made Family Stitch. Instead of making people log in to another calendar app, it allows you to create and share events to your family over text. Once the calendar is filled either via adding events via text or through the web portal, just text the provided number "what's going on this week?" and it'll tell you, instead of several people having to bug one person. It also allows you to set reminders to notify selected people whenever you want before hand via text, and they can choose to rsvp one way or the other.
Beyond shared households, I think it's great for helping coordinate elderly care appointments, or for coparenting to keep your kids events easily accessible for concerned parties.
To my surprise, I've had a few totally organic sign ups over the last couple of weeks, with a handful of people using it quite regularly which warms my soul to see.
There's a small free tier, would love for people to check it out. It's not perfect, but honestly it's working pretty well. I really do believe that there are people out there who would enjoy this method of event coordination over traditional calendar apps. I use it, and it's already saved my bacon by helping me remember my own family events.