Kinful
Everything a carer needs to keep a child safe tonight, and everything a parent wants to know about how the day went.
Why we're building this
Right now, parents and carers keep track of a child's day through text messages, sticky notes, and guesswork. A carer doesn't know if the toddler slept badly, or which foods to avoid tonight. A parent doesn't know what happened at the park, or whether lunch actually got eaten. Kinful fixes that, gently: the safety information that matters shows up the moment a shift starts, and the small moments come back as a warm story instead of a report.
Three simple ideas, and one that keeps everyone safe
Start the day in sync
Before leaving, a parent leaves a quick voice note: “rough night, let's keep today easy.” The carer knows what kind of day it is from minute one.
Everything a carer needs, fast
Allergies, routines, and who to call sit on one screen, above the fold, found in under 10 seconds, not guessed at or texted about mid-shift.
Cook and shop together
Recipes, allergies, and favourite meals live in one shared place. When something runs low, it's added to the shopping list on its own.
A story, not a spreadsheet
Instead of clinical logs, the day becomes a warm feed of photos and captions. At pickup, parents already know how the day went.
A day with Kinful
Here's what one evening looks like, start to finish.
Shift starts
The carer opens the briefing: today's tasks, allergies, and who to call, all above the fold.
8:30
Parent drops off, leaves a quick voice note, pins today's lunch recipe.
11:30
Carer cooks lunch, snaps a photo, and the app notices olive oil is running low and adds it to the shopping list.
15:00
A photo from the park lands in the feed, with a caption.
18:00
Parent reads a warm summary on the way home. Nothing to ask, everything already known.
Why this could really work
- Parents want peace of mind, not more admin.
- Carers get clarity without feeling monitored, and flagging a problem never has to feel like confrontation.
- Nothing like the shared recipes-and-storyfeed combination exists in other childcare apps today.
- Backed by real research: CHI 2026 interviews with 21 nannies, and data showing two-thirds of parents of young children already rely on more than one carer.
What's next
A shared parenting approach
A short “Our Approach” card so a carer never has to guess a family's bedtime rituals, screen-time rules, or way of handling a tantrum.
Language preferences
So a family and carer who don't share a first language still stay in sync.
A searchable recipe book
Every family recipe, easy to find, so it never gets lost with time.
An end-of-year memory book
Every recipe, photo, and voice note from the year, compiled into something worth printing and sharing.
Ready to see it?