For families who need a hand

When people ask “how can we help?” Finally have an answer.

Scheduled Help turns the offers of casseroles and carpools into a real schedule. Share one link, and friends & family pick the meals, errands, and hours that work for them. No group texts. No spreadsheets.

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Free, forever · Ready in a few minutes
A person checking the calendar
I need help from 7am to 12pm on Tuesday.
-Margaret
I've got Tuesday 7am till 10am.
-Anna
How it works

Three small steps. That's the whole thing.

Scheduled Help is intentionally tiny. We left out everything that doesn't earn its keep: accounts, notifications, confirmation flows. What's left is a shared page that just works.

1

You set up a schedule

Pick your dates and the kinds of help you need: hours at the house, meals, school runs, errands. Add a note for each day if you want. Simple.

A calendar being set up
2

You share one link

Send it to your friends. Anyone with the link can view and sign up. No invitations or hassles.

A link being shared
3

People claim slots

Helpers type their name once, then tap a slot to claim it. Their name shows up immediately for everyone. Empty slots are the signal that something still needs covering.

Signing up for a slot
A note from the maker

In 2026 my wife had surgery. We have five kids under seven years old and I work hybrid. Our friends and family wanted to help. My phone was buzzing with offers: meals, rides to school, “I can come sit with the kids any afternoon.” It was overwhelming in the good way.

And then immediately overwhelming in the bad way. What I actually needed was someone at the house between 2 and 4 on Thursday — not twenty amazing offers to help. I needed actual help.

“Just tell us how to help.”

So I built a tool for us. People could see the day, pick a slot, and put their name down. Our friends' didn't need a login or account. If a name was on a slot, it was covered. If it was empty, that's what we needed. People signed up, and our friends were thankful for the ability to help and our family got the help it needed.

Friends used it. Friends of friends asked to use it. So I'm made the real thing for anyone going through surgery, a new baby, a hard diagnosis, a stretch of hard-parenting, or just a season where the village wants to show up and doesn't know how. It takes a village - start saying yes to the help.

— Peter, dad of five
Built this from our kitchen table in the Pacific Northwest
Peter, his wife, and their five kids, hand-drawn sketch
Built for moments like

When life asks a lot of you all at once.

Scheduled Help started for a surgery week with five kids. It turns out the same shape works for a lot of seasons. Pick your dates, pick what you need, share the link.

Surgery & recovery

Hours at the house, meals dropped off, school pickups while you heal — without anyone asking what's still needed.

A new baby

The first six weeks are a blur (we know this). Let the people who said “anything you need” actually do anything you need.

Caring for a parent

Coordinate siblings, neighbors, and home-health hours in one place so nobody has to be the air-traffic controller.

After a loss

Friends want to show up with food and company. Let them, without making the grieving family constantly coordinate.

You can set this up for yourself, or you can set it up for someone else.

Start a schedule. Let people show up.

Two minutes to set up. Free, or chip in $3.99+ if it helps to keep this small and independent.

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No subscription · No accounts for helpers · Built by a dad of five