One place, instead of five.
A family command center is the single place a household's logistics live — the shared calendar, the chores, the meal plan, the lists — so everyone can see the same plan instead of juggling a group chat, a fridge whiteboard, and whatever one parent happens to remember.
It can be physical (a wall of whiteboards and paper) or digital (an app on the kitchen iPad and every iPhone). The digital version wins on one thing that matters most: it's always current and in sync, because it's the same calendar on every screen.
Four pieces every family command center needs.
Miss one and it stops being the place people check. Get all four in one spot and the week stops falling apart.
A shared calendar
One color-coded calendar everyone can see — work, school, activities, appointments — instead of living in one parent's head.
Chores everyone can see
Who does what, when. Fixed, rotating, or up for grabs — with streaks, a leaderboard, and a weekly recap, so accountability doesn't mean nagging.
Meals & groceries
The week's dinners decided in one place — planned around your family's allergies, learning from what actually gets cooked — so "what's for dinner?" gets answered on Sunday, not at 5:47pm.
An always-on display
A screen in the kitchen everyone glances at. The command center only works if it's visible without unlocking a phone.
On the wall, or on a screen.
Both work. Only one stays current when you're standing in the grocery store.
A whiteboard, a paper calendar, a chore chart, a meal-plan magnet. Cheap and tactile — but always a week behind, invisible when you're not home, and re-written by hand every Sunday.
The same four pieces, on the iPad in your kitchen and every iPhone — always current, and updated by anyone in the family in seconds. Built on the Google Calendar you already use.
The whole household, on the kitchen iPad.
HomeHQ is a family command center built for the iPad in your kitchen — calendar, chores, and meals on one calm, always-on screen, mirrored to every iPhone through the Google Calendar you already use.
One calendar. Everyone sees it.
HomeHQ runs on the Google Calendar your family already uses. Connect it once and every change shows up everywhere — the kitchen iPad and every iPhone show the same plan. Nothing to migrate, nobody to convince.
- ✓Change it on any phone — it's right everywhere, including Google Calendar itself.
- ✓Color-coded per person, automatically.
- ✓Add an event on your phone; the kitchen display updates in seconds.
- ✓Or snap a paper flyer — the events land on the shared calendar without typing.
- ✓It's your real Google calendar — your data stays in your own account.