HearthkinShared note
One note the whole family writes on.
Not a chat. One little space anyone can edit — and when someone changes it, it glows until everybody's seen it.
For the people you live with
A small, private app for one household. Open it and you already know who's home, what's needed, and what's coming up — before you tap anything.
Free · iPhone · Requires iOS 26
Mike just got homea moment ago
Presence
It's the first thing you see, every time. Arrivals and departures land the moment they happen — so the question running quietly in the back of your head is answered before you ask it.
Every arrival pushes through as it happens. No refresh. No “last seen four hours ago.”
Home, school, the office, Grandma's. Mark the few that matter and “out” becomes specific.
Your family sees home or away — never a trail. No history of where anyone has been is kept.
The hearth
The background isn't decoration — it's the status. The whole surface shifts with the state of the house, so you read the room before you read a word.
4 of 4 home
Everyone's in. The hearth is warm, and nobody has to text to find out.
MikeHome
SarahHome
NoahHome
EmmaHomeThe mantel
Under presence sits a small stack of cards that reorder by what matters right now. When something's new it speaks up. When it's empty it steps aside.
Shared note
Not a chat. One little space anyone can edit — and when someone changes it, it glows until everybody's seen it.
The family list
Add milk at home, watch it appear in someone's hand at the shop. Items sort themselves into aisles on their own.
Important dates
Birthdays, your anniversary, Thursday's flight — held by the family, not by one person's memory.
Home status
Your HomeKit accessories, summarised in a line. Deeper control is one tap down.
Places
Drop a pin on school, the office, the gym, Grandma's — the handful of places that actually mean something.
Home Screen widget
Who's in, who just left, and a single tap to lock every door behind you — right where your thumb already is.
Privacy
There's no network to join, no profile to fill in, no strangers to accept. Hearthkin holds only what your household puts in it, and shows it only to your household.
No third-party analytics, advertising or tracking SDKs. Nothing follows you into other apps or across the web.
Location is used only to tell your family you're home or away. No movement history is stored, and it never leaves your family.
Delete your account from inside the app in a couple of taps. Your content and Sign in with Apple connection go with it.
Sign in with Apple. Notes, lists and dates sync through Hearthkin's own servers so every phone stays current. Full details in the privacy policy.
About a minute's work: sign in, name your family, send one invite. Then close the app and let it do the quiet part.
Download on the App Store