THE FAMILY PLANNER
Who's picking up Mira at 4:15? Just ask Saku.
School runs, practices, work and weekend plans in one place the whole family can see, on the tablet and phones you already own.
- ✓ No screen to buy
- Any tablet or phone
- Free in beta
Who's on pickup Thursday?
Daniel has Adam at 3:15. Aisyah has Mira after swimming at 4:30.
Your family's week shouldn't live in a dozen group texts.
Ask Saku started at our own kitchen table: two parents, two kids, two jobs, and a schedule scattered across Messages. So we built one place everyone can see, and a friendly flower called Saku to help keep it straight.
The family noticeboard is already in your drawer.
No special screen to buy or mount. Put Ask Saku on the iPad or tablet you already have and it becomes the kitchen wall calendar. Everyone else has the same live day on their phone.
The Rahman-Tan Family
7:42 am
31°Storms from 3 pm
Today
Chores
✓Feed Milo
Tidy your room
Toys away
Legoland: 225 of 500
🛒 Groceries: fresh milk, eggs, kaya jam and 4 more
Set up in the time it takes to find the charger
- 1Open Ask Saku on the tabletAny iPad or Android tablet with a web browser. Sign in with your family account.
- 2Tap Kiosk displayToday's schedule, chores and weather go full-screen, and it asks the screen to stay awake.
- 3Stand it where the family passesThe kitchen counter, a hallway shelf or a cheap wall mount. Keep it on charge and it runs all day.
Tip: on an iPad, use Share, then Add to Home Screen, and Ask Saku opens full-screen like an app.
| A dedicated calendar screen | Ask Saku | |
|---|---|---|
| The screen | A new device to buy, often a few hundred dollars | The tablet or phone you already own |
| On everyone's phone | Depends on the brand | Yes, the same live day on every phone |
| If it breaks | Replace that screen | Use any other tablet, phone or computer |
| Size | Whatever model you bought | Anything from a phone to a spare monitor or TV browser |
And the old tablet gets a second life instead of a drawer.
The same day, in everyone's pocket.
- Works on any phone
- Add to Home Screen, no app store
- Updates live for the whole family
- Free during beta
Five Ask Saku screens on a phone: adding the family, the week's calendar, Today, chores and rewards, and the shopping list.
Sunday, 8 pm
Snap the school letter. It's on the calendar by dinner.
Take a photo of the newsletter, or drop in the PDF of term dates or the season's fixture list. Saku reads every date and who it's for. You untick anything you don't need, then add the lot in one tap.
Saku found 4 datesCheck, then add
Add 3 events
3:40 pm
Leave at 4:10. Saku already did the maths.
Save the swimming pool once and every lesson gets a leave-by time from your front door. When two pickups land at once, you hear about it before school's out, not at the gate.
Mon 28
Tue 29
Wed 30
6:30 pm
Chores that count toward something.
Kids tick off their own jobs and watch the family reward fill up, with every colour showing who helped. Legoland at 500 points turns out to be very motivating.
Saving for
Tidy your room+10Feed Milo+10Put the toys away+5Saturday, 10 am
The shopping list is already written.
Anyone can add milk the moment it runs out. At the shop, the list is sorted by aisle and ticks off with one thumb.
🛒 Groceries
Dairy
Pantry
Also in the house
- Places with drive timesSchool, practice, the dentist: saved once, with how long it takes to get there.
- A wall displayKiosk mode turns a spare tablet or TV into the family noticeboard, with weather and news.
- Public holidaysYour country's holidays appear on the calendar from your home address.
- Your other calendars, brought inConnect a Google, Apple (iCloud) or Outlook calendar, or a school's calendar link, and new events come in every hour.
- Everyone has a placeParents sign in; kids, grandparents and pets get their own colour and profile.
- Helpers, no login neededAsk a grandparent, sitter or driver to cover a pickup. They get an email with just that job and can say yes or no.
MEET SAKU
Your curious companion for a brighter day.
Saku keeps an eye on the week so you don't have to: who's where, what clashes, and what's still to do. Ask in plain words and get a straight answer from your own calendar and lists. When Saku suggests an event, a chore or something for the shopping list, you tap Add to save it.
Ask Saku
Is Saturday afternoon free?
Mostly. Mira has swimming at 2:00 until 3:00, and the grocery run is at 6:30. You're clear from 3:00 to 6:00.
Questions families ask
Do I need to buy a screen?
No. Ask Saku runs in the web browser of the iPad, Android tablet, phone or computer you already have. Kiosk display turns any of them into the family noticeboard.
Does everyone need an account?
Only the people who sign in. Kids, grandparents and pets get a profile with their own colour, so you can assign events and chores without giving them a login. Helpers, like a sitter or a driver, get an email about the one job you ask them to do.
What does it cost?
Nothing during the beta. If we introduce paid plans, we'll tell you well before anything changes.
Who can see our family's information?
Only the people in your household, and any helper you send a job to. Other families can't read it and we never sell it. A few services handle parts of it for us, such as our AI provider when you ask Saku a question; the Privacy Policy lists them. You can download everything or delete your household from Settings.
Can I bring in the school calendar?
Yes. Connect the school's calendar link, or your Google, Apple (iCloud) or Outlook calendar, and new events come in every hour. Or take a photo or PDF of the term dates and Saku reads the events for you to check before they're added.
Start tonight, on the tablet you already have.
Add the family, save the school, prop the tablet up in the kitchen. Tomorrow's pickups are on the wall by breakfast.