# ShareLocket — The Group Chat Grows Up > A private message board for your family and friends, where your posts build a smart, interactive archive. ShareLocket circles are private message boards for families, friend groups, teams and clubs. Post by email, text message, phone call or the website; the people in your circle get your posts on the schedule they choose, and everything shared builds into an archive you can search. There is no app to install and nothing new to learn. ## The Group Chat Grows Up A private message board for your family and friends, where your posts build a smart, interactive archive. ## Start free. 1. **Create a circle** — Give it a name and it's ready with its own destination email address and phone number. Free to start with no credit card required. 2. **Add people** — Invite by email or SMS. No app necessary, no complicated setup, no learning curve. 3. **Post from anywhere** — Use email, SMS, phone call, or the website to instantly add photos, videos, stories, files, and voice notes. Private circle members get them on their chosen schedule. No app to install. Nothing new to learn. ## A circle for each group One for your family, one for your friends, one for your book club. Follow updates by the minute or wait for the summary. Tame your notifications and endless new apps. ## Start free, grow into premium No card needed to begin. Only 1 person pays! ### Free Plan — $0, for as long as you like All the amazing basics. A small group, with recent posts. - Post from the website, by email, by text, or by phone call! - Photos, videos, stories, files, and voice notes - Comments and reactions on every post - A summary each day or each week, by email or text - Private: only the people you invite can view - No app to install, nothing new for anyone to learn - A small group of people - Recent posts are visible and searchable - Download everything ever posted to the circle, any time - Automatic transcriptions, instant text recognition in photos ### Subscription — per circle More people & a living archive Only 1 person pays, the rest are free. Cancel any time & nothing is deleted. - More people - Every post, back to the first one - Everything in the free circle - A smart, growing archive with surprising features! - We understand what you post and instantly build ways to display it - 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?" - Automatic photo feeds for digital picture frames! - If it ends, the circle stays open and nothing is deleted - Make albums from what the circle has shared Add it any time from Circle settings. ## Why people use it **Private** Only the people you invite can see the circle. There is no public link, and we never sell what you share or use it to train any AI models. **Easy to join** Send an invite by email or text. They tap once, add a password, and they are in. No app to download. **Post from anywhere** Post from the website, an email, a text message, or a phone call. We meet people where they are already most comfortable. **For any group** Families, friend groups, teams, clubs — any group that wants a private place to share and stay connected. **Notification preferences** A summary each day or each week, by email or text, so nobody has to keep checking. Tame your alerts! **No ads or algorithms** No ads, promoted posts, data mining, or influencers. Take back your screen and save your time for real connections. ## Common questions **Is there really a free version?** Yes. A small circle with its recent posts is free for as long as you like. You only pay for a subscription if you want more people, every post available, and the smart archive features that come with a full circle history. **What happens when a free circle is full?** No new spots open until someone leaves, or a member purchases a subscription for the circle. A paid circle gets room for more members. **What happens to older posts on a free circle?** They are kept, not deleted. You'll see them again when the subscription starts and the full archive opens up. **Do you share what we post with anyone?** Absolutely not. Posts, photos, videos, files, recordings, and comments are shown to the circle and to nobody else. We never sell them. Your subscription keeps your data your own. When we process content into "tokens" for our smart archive features, the information is anonymized and never used to train AI models. **Who can see the circle?** Only its members. There is no public link. If there is a certain piece of content you want to make public, subscriptions offer custom albums that can be selectively shared outside the circle for special occasions — event invitations, birthday wishes, memorials, travelogues. Your privacy is a top priority for us and we make sure you have full control. **What happens if I stop the subscription?** The circle stays open. It goes back to the free size, recent posts stay visible, and no new custom sharing albums can be created. Nothing is deleted, and you can download everything at any time. If you resubscribe, your archive opens back up to the very beginning. **Do you take suggestions?** Yes! We would love to hear your ideas! Please write to us using the [contact page](/contact). **What if I lose my login?** You can get back in with your email address or phone number by clicking the "forgot password?" link on the login page. ## Create a circle for free. Add the subscription only if you want more. See [pricing](/pricing), [how it works](/how-it-works), or the [FAQ](/faq).