KinboardFor UK parents and carers
Every club, party and non-uniform day, in one place.
Kinboard is the family diary that reads school letters for you. Share a newsletter, scan a letter off the fridge or paste a club's calendar link, and the dates land in a diary the whole family can see.
- Free to use
- Pro is £4.99 once, not a subscription
- No adverts or tracking
- Nothing sent to AI companies
Today
Friday 13 November · 11° and showers
Getting dates in
Four ways in, and typing is the last resort.
School news arrives by email, app, paper and the class WhatsApp. Kinboard takes it from wherever it turns up.
Share it
Tap Share on an email, a ParentMail message, a web page or a PDF and pick Kinboard.
Scan it
Point the camera at the paper letter in the book bag. It's read on your iPhone.
Link it
Add the school's or club's calendar link once, and new dates appear by themselves.
Say it
"Dentist for Ella next Tuesday at ten past five." Done, with a reminder.
You stay in charge
It finds the dates. You decide what goes in.
Kinboard picks out dates, times, who it's for and what to bring, then shows you the list before anything is added. Untick what doesn't apply to you, fix anything that looks wrong, and save.
The reading happens on your iPhone. Your letters aren't uploaded anywhere to be read, and nothing you add is used to train anything.
Oakfield Primary: Friday news
Thank you for a brilliant harvest festival. Next week:
Friday 13th November is non-uniform day for Children in Need. Please send £1.
Year 3 swimming starts on Tuesday 17th. Children need a towel and goggles.
Book fair money is due by Monday 16th.
More than a calendar
Built around children, not meetings.
School
- Find your school by name or postcode
- INSET days, half terms and bank holidays spotted
- Kit reminders for PE days and swimming
Clubs and parties
- Clubs with their fees, so you know what's paid
- Parties with RSVP dates and present ideas
- Play dates with who, where and pick-up time
Each child
- Sizes for shoes and clothes, kept up to date
- Allergies, medicines and NHS details, if you choose
- GP, dentist and optician found from the NHS list
Home
- Chores and points with goals to save for
- Pocket money that keeps its own tally
- Pets too: vet, jabs and microchip
Every day
- Morning and evening summaries of what's coming
- Widgets on the Home Screen and Lock Screen
- Weather on Today, so you know about wellies
The family
- Share with a partner, grandparents or a childminder
- Undo and a 30 day Recently deleted list
- Private entries that stay on your phone
Our promises
Private by design, priced like it's 2010.
- No subscription, everKinboard is free. Pro is one payment of £4.99, and nothing you've added is ever locked away.
- Nothing sent to AI companiesNo chatbot, no inbox scanning, no cloud AI. Letters are read on your own iPhone.
- No adverts, no trackingNo ad networks, no analytics, no selling data. Not now, not later.
- Stored in the UKShared family data sits in London. Use it on one phone with no account and nothing leaves it.
- Only your family sees itDatabase rules mean a person can only ever read the families they belong to.
- Easy to leaveSave a full backup or delete your account from inside the app, any time.
Questions
Things parents ask
Is there a subscription?
No. Kinboard is free, and Pro is a single payment of £4.99. You can try Pro free for 14 days first; the trial doesn't turn into a payment.
Does everyone in the family need to pay?
No. One Pro purchase is shared with your household through Apple's Family Sharing, and the free app already shares the diary with everyone you invite.
Do my children need phones?
No. Children don't have accounts. Grown-ups add things for them, and older children can see their chores and points on a parent's phone.
Does it use AI?
Kinboard has no chatbot and never sends your letters, emails or family details to an AI company. Letters are read on your iPhone with Apple's built-in text recognition.
Is there an Android version?
Not yet. Kinboard is for iPhone, running iOS 17 or later.
Does school search work outside England?
School search uses the Department for Education's list of schools in England. Families anywhere in the UK can still add their school by name and use everything else.
Clear the fridge door.
Free to download. Try Pro for 14 days, then decide.
Coming soon to theApp Store for iPhone