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Families and households
Everyone's week is on one family calendar, and the lists are shared. Each of you keeps your own passwords and papers, encrypted.
Your household works in one Magpie team. Grandparents and others can join for only the calendar or a list.
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This combination of six Magpie areas fits a family or a household.
- Calendar
- Calendar puts everyone's plans on one family calendar.
- To-dos
- To-dos holds shared lists and chores that repeat each week.
- Notes
- Notes keeps recipes, the wifi and how the boiler works.
- Team chat
- Team chat gives the family channels, such as one for the holiday.
- Password Vault
- Password Vault keeps each person's passwords, encrypted.
- Secure Files
- Secure Files keeps each person's papers, such as passports, encrypted.
Everyone's plans are on one family calendar.
Calendar shows the family's events to everyone in it, from swimming lessons to the dentist. To-dos with a date show on it too.
A private event is seen only by the person who made it. Your own meetings and shifts stay on your own calendar.
The lists are shared, and the bins go out every Thursday.
To-dos holds the family's lists, such as the week's jobs and packing for the holiday. A To-do can be given to one person, with a reminder by email.
Typing "every Thursday" at the end of a To-do makes it repeat. A List can be shared with someone outside the family, such as a grandparent.
Recipes, the wifi and how the boiler works are written down once.
Notes keeps the family's notes, open to everyone in the family. Each note is saved as you type, with checklists and pictures.
Search finds a note by its words, in the family's notes and your own.
The family talks in one place, not in five group texts.
Team chat gives the family channels, such as one for the holiday. You can reply in a thread, react and add pictures.
Someone from outside the family can be let into one channel as a guest.
Each of you keeps your passwords in your own vault.
Password Vault keeps each person's logins, Wi-Fi details and notes, encrypted in the browser. Only that person can open their vault.
A recovery key lets you choose a new vault password if you forget it. A vault can be imported from Chrome, Bitwarden or 1Password.
Passports, insurance and the house papers are kept encrypted.
Secure Files keeps your papers in folders, encrypted in your browser before they are saved. Each person's files are their own.
A secure link sends one file to someone, such as the insurer. The link expires when you choose.
Six more areas cover the budget, the plumber, spellings, reading, receipts and your privacy.
- Spreadsheets
- Spreadsheets keeps the household budget, with formulas.
- Contacts
- Contacts keeps the doctor, the school and the plumber.
- Flashcards
- Flashcards helps with spellings and times tables.
- Bookmarks
- Bookmarks keeps recipes and ideas from around the web.
- Expenses
- Expenses keeps receipts, such as for repairs.
- Data Removal
- Data Removal asks people-search sites to remove your details.
A holiday goes from an idea to coming home.
The dates
The holiday goes on the family calendar.
The list
Packing and the cattery go on a shared List.
The chat
The holiday channel collects ideas and pictures.
The papers
Passports and the insurance are in your Secure Files.
Home again
The bins went out every Thursday while you were away.
Setting up takes four steps.
Make the family's team
You invite the others by their handles. Help: Create and manage a team.
Add the first events
School terms and lessons go on the calendar. Help: Use Calendar.
Start a shared List
You add the week's jobs. Help: Use To-dos.
Set up your vault
Each of you sets up your own. Help: Password Vault: passwords and private information.
Plans
A family team on the Free plan has places for 3 members, and the Team plan for 25. Each member needs their own Magpie account, for people aged 13 and over.
Others can join as guests, with only the areas you give them, and take no place. Prices are on the Pricing page.
Other people organising their lives have pages of their own.
Students
A student keeps notes, flashcards and papers in one place.
Planning a wedding or a big party
A couple plans their wedding, from RSVPs to the budget.
Questions families ask
Can the whole family see one calendar?
Yes. Events in the family's team show to everyone in it, with To-dos that have a date. A private event is seen only by the person who made it.
Can we share a shopping list?
Yes. A List in the family's team is open to everyone in it. It can also be shared with someone outside, such as a grandparent, by their handle.
Can a chore repeat every week?
Yes. Typing "every Thursday" at the end of a To-do makes it repeat each week. Its reminder is emailed to the person it is given to.
Can my teenager join?
Yes. Anyone aged 13 or over can have their own account and join the family's team. They then see the calendar, the lists and the chat.
Can grandparents see the calendar?
Yes. They can join as guests with Calendar only. A guest takes no place on the plan.
Can each of us keep our passwords safe?
Yes. Each person has their own vault, encrypted in their browser before it is saved. A recovery key lets them choose a new vault password.
Can we keep copies of passports and insurance?
Yes. Secure Files keeps them encrypted, in folders of your own. A secure link can send one to someone, expiring when you choose.
Set up your family in Magpie.
Create a Magpie account and make a team for your household.