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Kids' Activity Planner & Schedule Tracker

See which kid is where, who is driving, and what has to go out the door — one tap per child, no cluttered family calendar.

Coming soon to theApp Store
Tagalong kids activity planner on iPhone showing one child's daily schedule with a what-to-bring checklist and leave-by reminder

What is Tagalong?

Tagalong is a per-kid activity and playdate planner for the parent doing the running-around. Instead of one crowded family calendar, every child gets their own schedule: tap a kid and see their whole day — where they need to be, who is taking them, and what they need to bring.

Each activity carries a 'what tags along' checklist — cleats, water bottle, permission slip, snack — and the app assembles a single out-the-door list per kid each morning. Reminders are targeted: an alert about Maya's piano lesson mentions Maya and the piano book, not the whole household.

Activities can sync two ways with a dedicated iOS calendar per child, so they also appear in the calendar apps you already use, and overlapping events across kids are flagged when you enter them. Everything is stored on your iPhone and works offline — entries never silently vanish.

Features

One schedule per kid

Filter the whole week to a single child in one tap. Each kid's activities, rides, and gear live together instead of being buried in a shared stream.

What-to-bring checklists

Attach gear, snacks, and paperwork to each activity — with a photo if it helps. Mornings start with one assembled out-the-door list per kid.

Leave-by reminders

Set a lead time per activity and get a leave-by alert for that kid and that event only. No whole-family notification spam.

Carpool and playdate notes

Record who is hosting, who is driving, and a parent contact note on each event, so 'who's taking whom' is never a group-chat archaeology dig.

Calendar sync and conflict flags

Each kid's activities can write to their own iOS calendar, and overlaps across children are flagged the moment you schedule them.

Offline-first and private

Everything is stored locally on your iPhone. The schedule works with no network, and playdate contacts never leave the device.

How it works

Add your kids

Create a card for each child — no sign-ins and no accounts for the kids. Children are records you manage, not users.

Schedule their activities

Add soccer, piano, playdates, and appointments with time, place, who is driving, and what to bring. Overlaps across kids get flagged as you type.

Get out the door

Each morning, check the per-kid list of the day's activities and gear. Leave-by reminders fire with enough lead time to actually leave on time.

Share a kid's week

Export one child's week — activities plus what to bring — as an image and text it to a co-parent, babysitter, or grandparent in one tap.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there an app to keep track of kids' activities?

Yes. Tagalong is built specifically for tracking each child's activities — sports, lessons, playdates, and appointments — rather than mixing everything into one shared family feed. Every activity records when, where, who is driving, and what the child needs to bring, and you can view any kid's full schedule in one tap.

How do I organize multiple kids' schedules?

The trick is separating the schedules instead of merging them: each child needs their own filterable timeline, plus a way to spot conflicts between them. Tagalong gives every kid a dedicated schedule with one-tap filtering, and flags overlapping activities across children the moment you enter them, so double-bookings surface before the day goes wrong.

Can I filter a family calendar by one child?

Most shared family calendars show everyone's events in a single stream, which is exactly why mornings get chaotic. Tagalong is per-kid first: tap a child's tab and you see only their day or week. The combined view still exists when you want the whole picture.

Is there an app that reminds you what to bring to practice?

Yes — Tagalong attaches a 'what tags along' checklist to every activity: shin guards, water bottle, music book, permission slip, even a photo of the item. The morning view assembles those checklists into one out-the-door list per kid, and the activity's reminder names the items so nothing gets left behind.

How do parents keep track of carpools?

A carpool falls apart when the who-drives-when detail lives in a scrolling group chat. Tagalong records who is hosting and who is driving directly on each activity, along with a parent contact note, so the answer to 'who's taking whom' is on the event itself — stored locally on your phone, not uploaded anywhere.

Can kids' activities show up in my normal calendar?

Yes. Tagalong can sync each child's activities two ways with a dedicated iOS calendar, so they appear in Apple Calendar and any calendar app connected to it. Edits flow back, and each kid keeps a separate calendar so colors and filtering stay meaningful outside the app too.

What is a leave-by reminder?

A leave-by reminder alerts you when it is time to leave, not when the event starts — you set a lead time per activity that accounts for the drive. In Tagalong each reminder is targeted at one kid and one event, so the 3:40 alert says which child, which activity, and what to grab on the way out.

How do I stop family calendar notifications going to everyone?

Notification spam happens when one shared calendar alerts every member about every event. Tagalong avoids it structurally: it is a single-parent app where reminders are scoped to one kid and one activity, so you only ever get the alert that is actually yours to act on.

Is there an app for scheduling playdates?

Tagalong treats playdates as a first-class activity type, not an afterthought. A playdate records who is hosting, which family is involved, drop-off and pickup arrangements, and what your child should bring. It sits on the kid's schedule next to sports and lessons, so the whole day stays visible in one place.

How can I share my child's schedule with a babysitter or grandparent?

Tagalong exports a per-kid activity card — an image of one child's week with times, places, and what to bring — that you can text or share like any photo. The sitter gets everything they need at a glance without installing anything or being added to a shared account.

Does my child need an account or a phone to use a kids schedule app?

Not with Tagalong. It is a single-user app for the parent; children exist only as entries you create and manage on your own iPhone. There are no kid logins, no social features, and no child-facing content — the kids never touch the app at all.

Does a kids activity planner work without internet?

Tagalong does. All schedules, checklists, and contact notes are stored locally on the device, so the app is fully usable at a field with no signal, and entries never disappear because a sync failed. Calendar sync is optional and catches up when you are back online.

How do I know if two of my kids' activities overlap?

Tagalong checks for conflicts across all your children as you enter an activity — not just within one kid's schedule. If Tuesday's football practice collides with a sibling's recital, you get a clear warning at entry time, while there is still room to arrange a carpool or move the slot.

Get Tagalong for iPhone

Every kid's day, finally sorted — who, where, with whom, and what to bring.

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