A little less mayhem.

The calm family hub. Get the calendar, lists, meals and chores out of your head and onto one screen — no new hardware, no app sprawl.

One email when it's ready. No spam, no card.

Good morning
Saturday · The Howells
Tonight · Veggie pasta
Today
09:00 Swimming
16:00 Football
Shopping
Milk
Bread

The whole household lives in one person's head.

The dentist on Tuesday. The kit for Thursday. What's for dinner. Whose turn it is. The permission slip due Friday. It's all in your head — propped up by a group chat, three apps and a fridge full of paper. No wonder you're tired.

That invisible job has a name: the mental load. Less Mayhem is built to carry it.

One calm screen runs the house.

Mount any spare tablet in the kitchen and the whole family sees the same thing — today's plans, tonight's dinner, the shopping list, who's where. Always on, always current, readable from across the room. No $400 device to buy.

It's on everyone's phone too, so the plan comes with you.

Good morning
Saturday · The Howells
Tonight · Veggie pasta
Today
09:00 Swimming
16:00 Football
Shopping
Milk
Bread

Everything the household needs, in one place.

Shared calendar

Everyone's events, colour-coded, in one place — with the repeats and reminders you'd otherwise forget.

Lists, live

Shopping and to-dos that update the second someone ticks "milk". No more two cartons.

Meal planning

Plan the week's dinners, then send the ingredients straight to the shopping list.

Chores & allowance

Gentle routines and real pocket money. Research-backed, never naggy, never a leaderboard.

Private photos

A family gallery for the good bits. Yours — never a social network, never an ad.

Notes & messages

The fridge note, for everyone. Pin the ones that matter.

Just tell it.

Say it in plain words — “Add swimming Tuesdays at five for Mia,” “We're out of milk,” “Remind us to book the dentist” — and it lands on the right calendar or list. No forms, no fiddling. Meet Hearth, the helper that does the typing for you.

“Add swimming Tuesdays at 5 for Mia”“We're out of milk and eggs” “Book the dentist”

Or just forward the school email.

You know the newsletter with six dates buried in three paragraphs? Forward it once. Less Mayhem reads it, pulls out the sports day, the trip, the INSET day and the permission slip, matches each to the right child, and adds the certain dates to your calendar. The maybes wait for a quick yes from you.

Added to calendarSports Day · Fri 12 Jul · Leo
ReviewMuseum trip · Sat 19 Jul · Maya
To-doPermission slip · by Wed

Every family gets a private forwarding address — forward by hand, or set up auto-forwarding and forget it.

Calm by design.

We said no to a lot of things, on purpose.

  • ×No hardware to buy — it runs on a tablet you already own.
  • ×No ads, ever — your family is the customer, not the product.
  • ×No kid leaderboards or streaks — nothing for a child to lose.
  • ×No app sprawl — calendar, lists, meals and money in one calm place.

Built for our own kitchen first.

We were a family drowning in apps, paper and group chats. We couldn't find a calm, private way to run the household without buying a $400 screen — so we built one.— [Founder name], [city]

The chores side is built on the same research-backed, anti-anxiety thinking behind our last app, HousePoints — no streaks, no pressure, designed to fade out as habits stick.

Be among the first families to try it.

Questions, answered

Is it free?+

Free to join the waitlist, and free to use at launch. A premium tier comes later — one subscription for the whole family — but the everyday essentials stay free.

Do I need to buy a special device?+

No. Less Mayhem runs on any spare tablet you already own, plus everyone's phones. Mount the tablet in the kitchen and you've got a family display — no $300–900 hardware.

Is my family's data private?+

Yes. Your family's information — especially your kids' photos and whereabouts — is never sold and never used for ads. Private by default.

Which devices does it work on?+

iPhone, Android, and any web browser — plus a wall-display mode for a kitchen tablet.

When does it launch?+

We're in private build now and opening access to the waitlist in waves. Join and we'll email you when it's your turn.

I already use HousePoints — what happens?+

HousePoints becomes the Chores part of Less Mayhem — everything you have today, plus the calendar, lists, meals and more around it.

A little less mayhem, starting soon.

Get the whole household onto one calm screen. Join the waitlist and we'll save you a spot.

One email when it's ready. No spam, no card.