How it works
From group chat to living archive
Starting a circle takes a minute. Here's every step, from the first invite to a transformative archive that evolves with your content.
Create a circle
It's free. Sign up with your email or phone, or with your Apple or Google account. Give the circle a name, and it's ready with its own destination email address and phone number.
- Sign up with your email or phone, or use your Apple or Google account.
- From your home page, choose Create a circle.
- Give it a name — "The Ellis family", "Chicago Besties", "Book Nook".
Add people
Invite by email or SMS. Each person gets a unique link, taps it once, adds a password, and they're in. No app to download, no complicated setup, no learning curve.
- Up to 10 people on a free circle, 25 with the subscription.
- Administrators decide who is invited. Anyone can leave whenever they like.
- Everyone can post, not only the person who started a circle.
Sarah, Dad, Aunt Rosa, and two others are in.
Post from anywhere
Use email, SMS, phone call, or the website to instantly add photos, videos, stories, files, and voice notes. We meet people where they are already most comfortable.
Email
Send a photo or a note to the circle's own email address. It is posted the moment it arrives.
Text
Text photos, videos, or just a message to the circle's phone number.
Phone call
Call your number and talk. Your voice note is recorded, posted for everyone, and includes a transcript.
Website
Photos, videos, files, stories, and voice notes, with comments and reactions on every post.
Keep up your way
Everyone picks their own pace. Stay up to the minute or wait for the summary, and reply to anything to add a comment. Tame your notifications.
As it happens
A notification for every post, by email.
Once a day
Everything from today in one summary, by text or email.
Once a week
The whole week in one summary, with the photos. Choose text or email for delivery.
Watch the archive grow
We analyze what you post and instantly build ways to display it. With no extra effort, you build a smart, interactive archive that gets more useful the longer the circle runs.
People, places, and dates
Explore who is in the photos, where they were taken, and when. The simple way to build a family album.
Collections that organize themselves
A recipe collection, a family tree, a library with book reviews, a travel map with photos -- your circle constantly adapts to what you use it for.
Ask natural questions
"What did grandma hint about for her birthday?" Everything is searchable, with automatic transcriptions and text recognition in photos.
Digital picture frames
A subscription adds support for digital picture frames! The latest posted photos of grandchildren can show up on your digital picture frame automatically.
Add the subscription
$150 a year per circle, and only one person pays. Any member can add it from Circle settings, on day one or years later.
Without the subscription
- Up to 10 people
- The last 30 days of posts are visible
With the subscription
- Up to 25 people
- Every post, back to the first one
- Custom albums to share outside the circle for special occasions
- Digital picture frame support
Ready to begin?
Create a circle today. It's free, and there is no app to install.