The school newsletter, already read
The family inbox is an email address for your household, like [email protected]. Give it to the school, the coach and the PTA, or forward one email, and Clear Day Family pulls out the dates, deadlines and to-dos for you to approve.
Free to start. No card, and no password: we email you a code.
How does the family inbox work?
Set it up once. Then it reads the mail you never had time for.
Copy your family address
It's in the app, ready to share.
Point the school at it
Give it to the office and teachers, or have your own email forward school messages. Forwarding one yourself? Put a child's name in the subject line and it goes to that child.
Approve what it found
Clear items, like “Picture day, Thursday,” go on the calendar marked “from email,” with Undo. Anything it isn't sure about waits under Check these.
Who can send to it?
You choose. On Free, the inbox reads mail from 1 sender or domain you list, like the school's domain, plus your own email. Mail from anyone else is held unread and deleted after 7 days.
Family Circle can read mail from anyone, or from up to 25 senders you list.
What about the paper flyer in the backpack?
Snap a photo and it's read like an email. Dates go to the calendar, and anything unclear waits under Check these, the same as mail.
What does it leave out?
Medical details are dropped when an email is read, so they never land in your calendar or to-dos. The inbox never sends mail, and you can open every email it read.
- Never sends from your address
- Drops medical details
- Shows the email behind every item
How many emails does Free read?
Free
$0- 30 emails read a month
- Reads from 1 sender or domain you list
- An assigned address
Family Circle
$20 a month or $129 a year- Unlimited emails read (fair use)
- Reads from anyone, or up to 25 senders
- Pick your own address, plus up to 5 more, like soccer@
7 days free, then $20 a month or $129 a year. Compare plans
Questions about the family inbox
Is the family inbox a real email address?
Yes. It receives mail but never sends any. It reads what comes in so it can pull out dates and to-dos, and you can open every email it read.
What happens to emails from senders I haven't approved?
They're held without being read and deleted after 7 days, unless you add the sender.
Does it work with Gmail?
Yes. Set Gmail, Outlook, iCloud or any email service that can forward to send the school's messages to your family address.
Where the dates go
Get your family address.
Free, with your first 30 emails a month read for you.