Backpacked

For parents of more than one kid

Tomorrow,
sorted.

Backpacked turns school emails, classroom newsletters, sports texts, and the flyers crumpled in the bottom of a bookbag into one calm checklist for the morning.

The mental load, in numbers

Your inbox is doing the worst possible parent admin.

Five different schools, three group texts, two classroom apps, one paper flyer in the bottom of the bag, and a sports schedule PDF that updates every Sunday. The information is everywhere, and the consequence of missing it is your kid being the only one not in pajamas on pajama day.

Every existing family calendar app makes you retype it all. Backpacked reads it for you.

52%
of parents say their personal email is more overwhelming than their work inbox.
Mother.ly survey
62%
have missed an important school detail in the last month.
Mother.ly survey
71%
say they feel like a bad parent when they miss something.
Mother.ly survey

Forward, share, or snap. That's it.

Three ways in. One calm screen out. The same simple loop, every time information arrives.

One.

Send it to Backpacked

Forward a school email to your private Backpacked address. Share a PDF or screenshot from any app. Snap a photo of a paper flyer. We don't read your inbox — only what you send us.

Two.

We read it for you

Backpacked pulls out the date, the kid it's for, and what they need to bring. Field trip on the 13th, $25, permission slip due Monday. You confirm. It's saved.

Three.

Tomorrow shows up

At 9pm the night before, you open Backpacked. Every kid, every action, one screen. The pajamas are already by the door, because you knew.

What we promise

Honest about what we'll never do.

Backpacked is built by a small team that's tired of family apps that are bloated, ad-stuffed, or trying to also be a chore tracker, a recipe box, and a chat app. We do one thing.

No ads. Ever.
No banners, no sponsored "school supply lists," no upsells inside notifications. You pay a small subscription, that's the whole deal.
We don't read your email.
You forward what you want extracted. Nothing else. We never connect to your full inbox, and we never sell what we see.
One thing, done well.
School and after-school activity logistics, for kids you have. Not chores. Not meal planning. Not group chat. We will say no to those features, on purpose.
Clean exit.
One-tap export of everything to a calendar file or CSV. If you leave, you take your data with you.

Common questions

When does it launch?
Beta opens late summer 2026 to early-access signups, iPhone first. Android follows about three months later. Sign up above to be in the first wave.
Will it read all my email?
No — and it can't. Backpacked doesn't connect to your inbox. You forward (or share, or snap) only the items you want extracted. That's a deliberate design choice for privacy and trust.
Why not just use Cozi or a shared Google Calendar?
Both are calendars. They make you retype every event by hand. Backpacked reads the source — the email, the PDF, the photo of the paper flyer — and does the typing for you. The calendars are the output, not the work.
Can my partner see the same calendar?
Yes. One family code, two phones, same Tomorrow. Both adults get the night-before notification. Grandparents can be added in read-only mode.
How much will it cost?
Free to try with one kid. The Family plan is around $5/month or $40/year for unlimited kids and partner sync. Early-access signups get the first three months free.

Get the first invite.

Be one of the first 500 parents to try Backpacked this fall. We'll write you back with one short question that'll help us build it for you.