Because families can be meshy, let's untangle yours.
This is your private space to map out your family's story, free from social media distractions. No logins, no passwords, just your family.
🌱 Getting Started: The Basics
Tap the + Add button to create a new person. Then, tap the edit icon (the little pencil) on their card to add notes and life events like births, marriages, pets, and children. As you link people, your family mesh grows!
🤝 The Sourdough Starter: Share & Collaborate
This is the magic part. You can create a family "starter file" for others.
• Go to More > Save Data to export your private .json file.
• Send that file to a relative (email, text, whatever you like).
• They open the app and use More > Load Data. The app will merge their file with yours, not replace it!
Now they can add that side of the family no one remembers and share the updated file back. It's a private, collaborative family tree.
📊 Fun Views: See Your Family in New Ways
Tap the View button to get different perspectives:
📋 Sort: Order everyone by A–Z, Age, Upcoming Birthdays, or Anniversaries.
🗓️ Calendar: A full calendar view of all future birthdays and anniversaries. Never miss one again!
📈 Reports: Charts like generation breakdown, births by month, event types, age distribution, and anniversaries by month.
🛠️ Handy Tools (in the "More" Menu)
🎨 Themes: Change the color and toggle Dark Mode.
📋 Copy Data: The copy icon on a person's card copies a clean text summary to your clipboard.
📤 Export to CSV: Exports your data to a .csv for spreadsheets.
❤️ Share a Wish: On a birthday/anniversary, a share icon appears to send a ready-made message.
✍️ Add, Edit, and Events
Edit any person to update names, notes, parents, and life events. Add children via Childbirth events. When adding a Marriage or Divorce, the app offers to add the matching event to the partner to keep both records synced. Pets count too 🐾!
💾 Data & Backups
Save Data: Export your full Mesh as a private JSON file.
Load Data: Merge another file into yours (people with the same ID are skipped).
Export CSV: Get a spreadsheet version of your people and events.
Activity Log: Review recent adds, edits, and imports.
Data Health: Run a quick check for missing info.
🫧 The “Starter File” Idea
Treat your Mesh like family sourdough — export, share privately with relatives, they add their side, and merge it back. Everyone grows the same living, private family history without accounts or logins.
🌱 Trial & Plush
The free trial has a small person limit. When you’re close, you’ll see a friendly nudge — upgrade to Plush for unlimited family space.
🔒 Privacy Promise
Your Mesh lives entirely on your device. Nothing is uploaded or tracked. Share only when you export a file — your story stays yours.