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Private social media for families

Keep your family together across distance and generations.

FamilyMatter is a secure digital home to preserve memories, coordinate milestones, and protect your family's legacy — without living on a public feed.

No spam. No public profiles. Family-only invites.
Invite-only by designYour family controls who enters. No random follows. No discovery feed.
Organized, not chaoticMemories live by people and events, not buried under 9,000 messages.
Built for legacyPreserve your family story with permanence, not a temporary scroll.
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Nana & Grandpa 50 years ❤️
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Mom's 70th 43 memories
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Summer Reunion All 22 here 🎉
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First steps! Just now
The Garcia Family
18 members online
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Aunt Rosa
"Look who took her first steps today 🥹"
2 min ago · 12 hearts
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Grandpa Tom
"Just added our 1974 wedding photos to the tree"
1 hr ago · 8 hearts
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Family Event
Christmas 2025 — 9 going, 4 maybe
Calendar · Dec 25
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70%
of teens exposed to violent content online
Youth Endowment Fund, 2024
48%
of teens say social media harms them
Pew Research, 2025
47%
of parents say privacy is their #1 fear
Nationwide Children's, 2025
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ads, algorithms, or strangers on FamilyMatter
That's the whole point.

Because your data, privacy, and memories should always be a family matter.

No ads. No algorithms. No public profiles. Just your people, your story, and a private space built to last.

How it works
A private space where your family's story lives.

Stop losing memories in group chats and public feeds. FamilyMatter organizes your people, your moments, and your milestones in one secure place built specifically for families.

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Create your family space

The family admin sets up a private, invite-only space in minutes. You decide who's in — no discovery algorithms, no strangers ever.

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Invite every generation

Send simple invite links to grandparents, cousins, and family abroad. Designed for every age — no prior social media experience needed.

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Share, organise, remember

Post to the family feed, build your family tree, coordinate events, and preserve memories that will outlast any group chat.

Who it's for
Who FamilyMatter is built for.

If your family is spread out, busy, growing, or simply wants to protect what matters, FamilyMatter gives you a place that feels like home.

🌎 Long-distance families

Stay connected without the noise

Keep grandparents, siblings, and cousins involved even when life — and geography — gets in the way. Family across the world can feel present in every moment.

👶 Growing families

Document the story as it unfolds

A new baby, a first step, a first word. FamilyMatter gives every milestone a home — organised, searchable, and safe from the chaos of a group chat.

🕯 Legacy-focused families

Preserve the story behind the photos

Capture family history, stories, and memories that deserve to live beyond the moment — and beyond any single platform's servers.

Features
Built for families — not followers.

FamilyMatter replaces chaotic group chats and disappearing posts with something permanent, organized, and truly private.

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Interactive Family Tree

Build a living, visual map of your family that connects people to their stories. See how everyone fits together across generations.

Add relatives with context
Attach memories to people
Printable poster (Premium)
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Shared Family Timeline

Capture milestones in one central timeline your entire family can revisit. No more lost photos buried in old text threads.

Photos + long-form stories
Tag family members
Searchable by event or year
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Family Calendar & Events

One calendar for the whole family — birthdays, reunions, holidays, and milestones. RSVP tracking and photo albums per event.

RSVP tracking
Birthday reminders
Google & Apple sync (Premium)
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Private Family Messaging

End-to-end encrypted messaging for the whole family. A family-wide room, 1-to-1 messages, and sub-group chats — with parental visibility for kids.

Family group room
Sub-group chats
End-to-end encrypted
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True Family Privacy

No public feeds. No algorithms. No strangers. Every space is invite-only and controlled by your family. We don't sell ads or data. Ever.

Private-by-default
Granular access control
Data never sold
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Memorial Pages

When a family member passes, their memory deserves a real home — not a frozen public profile. Memorial Pages let family continue posting memories and tributes privately.

Living family tribute
Anniversary prompts
Linked to the family tree
Why us?
The private home your family never had online.

Every tool families use today was designed for something else — advertising, communication, photo storage, or researching the past. FamilyMatter is the only one built exclusively for families: daily connection, memory preservation, and legacy, all in one private place.

Feature FamilyMatter 💬 WhatsApp 📷 Google Photos 📖 Facebook 🍼 Tinybeans
Private & invite-only
No ads. Ever.
Family tree
Shared calendar ~
Memorial Pages
Built for grandparents ~
Memory preservation ~ ~
Daily family connection ~
FamilyMatter gives you what none of them can.

“Other apps help you remember your grandparents. FamilyMatter helps your grandchildren remember you.”

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No ads. No data selling. Ever.
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Built for every generation, grandparents included.
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Family tree + timeline + calendar + messaging in one place.
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Memorial Pages keep loved ones' memory alive — privately.
Early voices
What families tell us they need.

We're building in conversation with real families. Here's what they say when they imagine having a private digital home.

"I love my family group chat… but it's impossible to find anything. This would actually keep our memories organised and make us feel genuinely connected."

Parent with a big extended family

"My grandparents aren't on social media. If this felt simple enough for them, we'd actually all use it — that's been the missing piece for years."

Long-distance sibling

"Facebook feels public. iMessage feels temporary. This feels like a family home — something that would actually last across generations."

Parent thinking about legacy
Pricing
One family. One bill. No ads. Ever.

We charge a flat subscription per family space — not per person. We work for your family, not for advertisers.

Free
$0 / month
Try it with your immediate family. No credit card needed.
  • Up to 10 family members
  • 5 GB photo & video storage
  • Private family feed
  • Basic family tree
  • Family messaging
  • Shared family calendar
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Extended Family
$14.99 / month
For large, multigenerational families with no limits.
  • Unlimited family members
  • Unlimited photo & video storage
  • Everything in Family, plus…
  • Built-in family video calls
  • Google & Apple calendar sync
  • Annual printed memory book
  • Printable family tree poster
  • GEDCOM family tree import
  • Priority support
Join the Waitlist

Save with annual billing · Family $79.99/yr · Extended Family $119.99/yr

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