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FamilyOrganization.app

Planner & to-dos

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A family planner and to-do list, with time blocks that fill themselves

FamilyOrganization.app is the family organizer on the TV you already own, with an ADHD-friendly visual timeline for each person (Roku now; Apple TV, Fire TV and Google TV coming).

Its family planner holds every to-do: park tasks in a queue, then plan them onto a day, week or month, or hand them to someone for today, from the iPhone or on the TV with the remote. Time blocks are repeating windows that fill themselves from the queue.

See it on the TV

Updated · Feature status checked September 28, 2026

A TV on the living-room wall above a wooden mantel, showing FamilyOrganization.app.
The Planner on the TV: “Fix the porch light” goes from the queue onto the week, then to Marcus for today (demo family).

Short answer

What is the best way to keep track of family tasks and schedules?

Keep one shared place for every job, give each job a when and a who, and put it where the whole family already looks.

FamilyOrganization.app does that with a planner. Tasks with no date yet wait in a queue, in priority order. When you're ready, plan one onto a day, a week, this month or next month, or give it to someone for today, and it lands in their list on the TV.

Planned tasks that slip don't vanish: they come first, marked past due. Time blocks, such as Saturday yard work, fill themselves from the queue with tasks of the right type that fit the time.

You can plan from the iPhone app or on the TV's Planner screen with the remote, and both stay in step. The calendar comes from your iPhone, so appointments and each person's tasks are on the same screen.

Definition

What is a family to-do list app?

A family to-do list app is a shared list of the jobs that keep a home running, with who does each one and when.

Most are lists on a phone, so each person has to open the app to see them. That works for the parent who writes the list; it works less well for the kids and partners who are meant to do the jobs.

FamilyOrganization.app has three kinds of task. One-off to-dos, for a person or the whole family, stay done once ticked and move to an archive the next day. Routines repeat and reset at midnight. The queue holds everything without a date, until you plan it or hand it out. All three show on the TV, in each person's list.

Short answer

Can you plan tasks on the TV?

Yes. The Roku channel has a Planner screen where you move tasks between the queue, a day, week or month, and each person, with the remote.

It has three columns: the Queue on the left, the period in the middle (Day, Week, this month or next month) and People on the right, with each person's tasks for today. Press OK to pick a task up, then Right to plan it into the period, and Right again to choose who gets it for today.

You can also add a task from the TV with the on-screen keyboard, or by voice on a remote with a microphone, and reorder or delete tasks. Everything you change on the TV is saved to the family's shared lists, so the iPhone app shows it too.

The remote on the Planner screen
FeatureWhat it does on the Planner screen
OK on a taskPicks it up, so you can move it
Right, while carryingFrom the Queue: plans it into the period. From the period: opens the list of people, to give it to someone for today
Left, while carryingFrom the period: sends it back to the Queue. From the Queue: deletes it (you confirm first)
Up / Down, while carryingChanges its priority
PlayOn the period column: Day, Week, this month, next month. On the Queue: all tasks, one type, or one time block
OK on “+ Add a task”Opens the on-screen keyboard; voice remotes can dictate the task

Definition

What are time blocks in FamilyOrganization.app?

A time block is a repeating window of time for one kind of task, like Saturday yard work from 10:00 to 11:30, that fills itself from the queue.

You set a block up once in the iPhone app: a name, an owner, a task type and how long it lasts. Each day it runs, it takes queued tasks of that type in priority order, as long as each one fits in the time left, and skips any that don't.

The tasks it takes show up in the owner's list, and the block sits on their timeline, so a job with no date gets a real slot in someone's day without anyone scheduling it by hand. A task finished in its block today keeps its place.

That is different from an hour-by-hour time blocking app: you don't drag a task to a set time. You set the window once, and the planner decides what fits in it each day.

How a 90-minute Chore block fills from the queue (demo)
FeatureTypeLengthIn Saturday's 90-minute yard-work block?
Mow the lawnChore45 minYes: 45 of 90 minutes used
Clean out the garageChore60 minNo: only 45 minutes left, so it waits
Sweep the porchChore30 minYes: 75 of 90 minutes used
Book dentist check-upsErrand10 minNo: it isn't a chore

Short answer

Is time blocking good for ADHD?

Time blocking can suit ADHD because it swaps an open-ended list for a few visible windows of time. In FamilyOrganization.app those windows fill themselves from the queue, so there's one less plan to make.

A long to-do list asks you to decide, again and again, what to do next. A time block makes that decision once: homework from 4 to 5 on weekdays, or yard work on Saturday morning. The block sits on the person's timeline on the TV, so the time is something you can see coming.

Our blocks are repeating windows, not hour-by-hour schedules. Each day a block runs, it takes queued tasks of its type that fit the time left, in priority order. You can't pin a task to 4:15; if you need that, give it its own calendar event. It is ADHD-friendly by design, not a treatment; for guidance, see our ADHD-friendly family calendar page.

Short answer

How do you use a to-do list for time management?

Keep today's list short and give every task a day and an owner. In the planner, tasks wait in a queue until you plan them onto a day, week or month, or hand one to someone for today.

A list only manages time when it meets the calendar. Three to five jobs for today, each next to the appointments already in that person's day, is a plan; thirty jobs with no dates is a worry. Everything else waits in the queue, in priority order, without cluttering today.

Getting it out of your head is half the job. Our checklist of the mental load lists the jobs that usually live in one parent's memory, so you can move them into the queue and share them out.

How it works

How do you plan a week of family tasks?

Collect first, plan second: everything goes in the queue, and you decide when and who later, from the sofa if you like.

  1. Step 1: Add it to the queue

    Type it in the iPhone app or on the TV, with a type and how long it takes. It waits in priority order.

  2. Step 2: Plan it or hand it out

    Put it on a day, a week, this month or next month, or give it to someone for today, and it lands in their list on the TV.

  3. Step 3: Let time blocks fill

    Set up a time block once, and it pulls matching tasks from the queue each day it runs.

Short answer

What is the best family shared calendar and to-do list?

The best family shared calendar and to-do list is the one where appointments and jobs live together and everyone sees them without asking.

Three things to check before you choose:

  • Do tasks and calendar events show side by side, so a job has a real time in the day?
  • Can jobs without a date wait somewhere, instead of cluttering today?
  • Can the people doing the jobs see them, including kids without phones?

FamilyOrganization.app shows the calendars from your iPhone and everyone's tasks on the TV you already own, one timeline per person, with the planner behind it. You don't have to move your calendar: the TV shows the calendars on your iPhone, including Google or Outlook accounts added to the phone, and the sync is one-way, from the iPhone to the TV. We make FamilyOrganization.app, so weigh this answer with that in mind; pricing will be announced at launch.

Families said

What did families say about keeping track of everything?

When the TV was shared in Facebook groups in September 2026, families told us what running the list is like today.

“…writing notes and to do lists all day long, then losing those lists and rewriting them”

Shaela N. · Facebook · Sep 2026

“That I can manage from my phone. Since I feel like I manage everyone”

Jen C. · Facebook · Sep 2026

“…keep us on track of after school activities/games/tests/homework/chores”

Yaritza M. · Facebook · Sep 2026

Comments are quoted verbatim. Read more from the community.

Where it works

Where does the planner work?

On Roku TVs and the iPhone app, both in beta. Apple TV, Fire TV, Google TV and Android are coming soon.

On your TV

  • RokuThe Planner screen, with the remoteIn beta
  • Apple TVComing soon
  • Fire TVComing soon
  • Google TVComing soon

On your phone

  • iPhonePlan, hand out and set up time blocksIn beta
  • Android phonesComing soon

FAQ

Questions about the planner

Can I plan a task for next month?

Yes.

Read the full answer: Can I plan a task for next month?

A task can be planned onto a day, a week, this month or next month. On the TV, Play steps the period column through Day, Week, this month and next month.

What happens to planned tasks that don't get done?

They stay planned and move to the top of the list, marked past due with the date they were planned for, so slipped jobs are the first thing you see.

Can kids see tasks handed to them?

Yes.

Read the full answer: Can kids see tasks handed to them?

A task you give to someone for today goes into their list on the TV, where they tick it off with the remote like any chore.

Is the shopping list part of the planner?

Yes.

Read the full answer: Is the shopping list part of the planner?

Purchases are a task type, with optional prices and a running total, and they can be planned and handed out like any other task.

What about one-off to-dos?

Those work too: a to-do for one person, or for the whole family, stays done once ticked, and yesterday's finished to-dos move to an archive.

What is a good shared to-do list?

One list the whole household can see, where every job has an owner and a day.

Read the full answer: What is a good shared to-do list?

Free apps such as Microsoft To Do and Todoist share lists between phones. FamilyOrganization.app puts the family's to-dos on the TV as well, in each person's list, and finished ones move to an archive; its pricing will be announced at launch.

Can Claude or ChatGPT add tasks for me?

Not yet.

Read the full answer: Can Claude or ChatGPT add tasks for me?

A connector that lets Claude or ChatGPT add and plan tasks is in development. Today you plan in the iPhone app or on the TV.

Get the family's list out of your head and onto the TV.

The planner is in beta on Roku and iPhone now.

  • No new screen to buy
  • Plan from the sofa with the remote