Why Nyla is different from the family app you tried last.
You have probably already tried a shared calendar. Maybe a chore app. Maybe a group chat dedicated to logistics. None of them stuck because none of them were built for how your household actually runs.
Your whole village. Not just your partner.
Most family apps assume two parents and a shared calendar. Real families do not work that way. There is a partner. A co-parent. A grandparent on Wednesdays. A sitter on Thursday nights. Sometimes three of those at once.
Nyla brings all of them in at the right level. Helpers see today's plan and where to be. Sitters can work across multiple families. Grandparents see what is coming up for the children they care about. You stay in control of who sees what.
The household stops running through one person because the household stops being one person's job.
Co-parents see the children's plan. Not each other's lives.
If you co-parent across two households, you already know the problem. Every calendar app forces you into one shared family, or leaves the schedule trapped in text messages.
Nyla gives shared children one calendar both parents see. Pickups. Appointments. School events. Who is driving. The rest of your life stays in your house and out of your co-parent's.
One child. One truth. Two households.
Built for the children too, not just the adults.
Morning routines, after-school routines, bedtime, and packing for the other house run on the children's own screen. They tick things off as they go. Streaks and points reward consistency without nagging from you.
You stop being the alarm clock, the reminder, and the chore enforcer. Nyla holds it. You get to be a parent.
Here is what a regular Tuesday looks like.
- 6:45 AM.The 8-year-old opens her morning routine on the iPad and starts ticking off steps.
- 7:30 AM.You see on your phone that her routine is done and her bag is packed for her dad's house tonight.
- 11:00 AM.The sitter shows up for the baby. She sees today's plan, the nap window, and the pickup at 2.
- 3:15 PM.Grandma is driving Logan to soccer. The address is in her view. The car snack is in the packing list.
- 5:30 PM.Your co-parent gets a ping that pickup moved to 6. You did not have to text him.
- 8:00 PM.Bedtime routine runs itself.
You stayed in your work. The house ran itself around you.
Free forever. Premium when your household grows past it.
Premium
$9.99 a month or $79.99 a year
Unlimited helpers and sitters. Co-parent coordination. Pip, the household assistant. Calendar import from Google, Apple, and Outlook.
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Start 14-Day Free TrialBuilt for households with more than two hands raising the children.
Built by someone who actually lives this.
Nyla is built and run by one founder, not a product team optimizing for a roadmap.
That means three things for you. Every feature gets shipped because a real household needed it, not because it polled well. The brand voice does not pretend family life is tidy. And when something is broken, the person who can fix it is the same person who answers the email.
Nyla will stay small on purpose. Small enough that the people building it are still the people using it.
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What people ask before they sign up.
Will my partner actually use it?
Most do, because Nyla shows them only what matters to them. Their view is their assignments, the children's events, and what is changing. They are not staring at your whole load.
We already use Google Calendar. Why switch?
You do not have to. Nyla imports from Google, Apple, and Outlook on Premium. It sits on top of what you already have and adds the parts a calendar cannot do. Helpers. Routines. Co-parent visibility. The children's screen.
What about co-parents who do not get along?
Nyla never shows your co-parent your full calendar, your helpers, or your household. They only see the shared children's schedule. Communication stays minimal and factual.
Is my family's data private?
Yes. No ads. No data resale. No third-party tracking sold to brokers. Everything you put in stays in your household unless you share it.
Do I need to be technical?
No. If you can use the calendar app on your phone, you can use Nyla. Setup is about ten minutes.
Free to start. Yours in ten minutes.