For the mother who remembers everything
The household, handled.
You stop being the one everyone checks with. Doyenne puts every school, team and family schedule in one place, works out who's dropping off and who's picking up — and tells them.
Essential is free. No card required.
Saturday
3 children · 4 calendars
Maya · Violin
8:30am · Mom driving · Studio link
Leo · U10 soccer
10am · Mom driving · League app
Maya · Orthodontist
10:30am · Mom driving · Google
Nora · Tennis clinic
1pm · Grandma driving · School feed
Mom can't be in two places. Assign a driver.
What changes
The week is settled before it starts. And everyone has already been told.
Every school, league and family calendar in one place. Each ride with a driver against it, the grandmother who drives on Tuesdays told by Doyenne rather than by you, and the clash you'd have found at the curb showing up on Sunday evening instead.
Nothing left to check. Nobody left to remind. No one asking you what time it starts.
How it works
Set it up once. See it everywhere.
- I.
Bring it in
Connect Google or Outlook, paste a link from the team app, or paste the thing itself — a spreadsheet from the piano teacher, a list from the coach, or the whole letter from school, which Doyenne reads for what is happening and what is due.
- II.
Say who's driving
Assign a child and a driver to a whole season at once — one person for the whole trip, or one to take them and another to bring them home. Doyenne marks every ride still waiting for someone.
- III.
Everyone gets told
Each driver hears it from Doyenne, by email and on their phone, about their own half of the trip. Your week also appears in your own calendar app, labeled by child.
What they receive
You stop being the one who remembers.
Give a trip to whoever is driving and Doyenne tells them — on their phone if they have an account, by email if they don't. They see that one trip and nothing else of yours.
Doyennenow
You're taking Nora to tennis on Saturday
1:00 pm, Riverdale courts. Home afterwards too.
To Grandma
Saturday, 8:04 am
Nora's tennis clinic, today at 1:00 pm
Spring has you taking Nora there and bringing her home. Riverdale courts, 1:00–2:30 pm.
If you can't, reply to this and we'll let Spring know.
You can see this one trip. Nothing else of Spring's calendar.
What you get
Every child, in their own color
Tag any event to a child — including games pulled in from the league app — without touching the original.
One takes them, one brings them home
He drops off, you collect. Name both and each is reminded for their own half, not an hour early.
Two places at once, caught
When someone is expected in two places, or hasn't time to drive between them, you hear it early enough to fix it.
A season in one paste
Paste the coach's list or the piano teacher's spreadsheet. A term lands at once, child and driver already set.
The permission slip, not just the trip
Paste the email from school. Doyenne finds the trip — and the slip due the week before, which is the part remembered at ten o'clock the night before.
Ask in plain words
“What still needs a driver this week?” “Who’s taking Leo on Thursday?” Answers out of your own calendar, not a search box.
In the calendar you already check
Everything appears in your iPhone or Google calendar, labeled by child, and rings there too.
Change a whole season at once
Practice moved thirty minutes? Shift the lot together. Hide a cancelled game and it stays hidden, however often the league republishes it.
Carpooling
Share the driving, without the group chat.
A party across town, and you're going anyway with two empty seats. Offer them on the event, send the link to the class chat, and other parents ask for a place. Nobody rides until you say yes, and both families are emailed either way.
Doyenne carries the messages and records who agreed to what. It doesn't vet drivers, check insurance or arrange transport — that judgment is yours, exactly as it is at the school gate. We say so plainly in the terms.
Doyenne
The family calendar Spring uses to keep track of who's driving.
A carpool there and back is offered
Ava's birthday party
Saturday 24 October, 2:00 pm
- Driving
- Spring
- From
- School car park
- Places left
- 2 of 3
No account needed. Nothing is arranged until Spring says yes.
Connections
Works with what you already use
- Google Calendar, both directions
- Outlook and Microsoft 365, both directions
- iCloud, school and team apps, through any calendar link
Pricing
Begin free. Upgrade when you're ready.
Essential
Every schedule, every child, every ride.
$0forever
- Every calendar, school and team link you have
- Kids, drivers and alerts for any ride with nobody driving
- Carpool seats with other parents
- Paste a season and import the whole thing
- Read 3 letters from school a month
- Show everything on your phone
- Invite your partner
Signature
Doyenne reads the post so you don’t have to.
$7.99/month
- Everything in Essential
- Unlimited letters from school, read for you
- Ask about your week in any words you like
Household
For the households that don’t fit in one house.
$14.99/month
- Everything in Signature
- Up to 6 people, each with their own sign-in
- A co-parent across town, grandparents, a sitter
- Everyone sees the week and their own reminders
Ready to stop being the family switchboard?
Essential is free, with no card and no time limit.
Questions
Does Doyenne change my Google or Outlook calendar?
Only when you add or edit an event and pick that calendar. School and team feeds are read-only.
Which team and school apps work?
Most — TeamSnap, GameChanger, SportsEngine and the rest offer a calendar link. Paste it once and it stays current, including when the coach moves a game.
My school doesn't publish a calendar link. Now what?
Paste the thing itself — a spreadsheet, a handout, or the whole letter. Doyenne pulls out what is happening and what is due: the trip on the twelfth, the permission slip and the $12 due on the sixth. You check both before anything is added.
Can I undo a big import?
Yes, in one tap. You can also select a whole season later to rename, move or remove it.
Will it show in my iPhone calendar?
Yes, in one tap, labeled by child, with any ride still needing a driver marked in the title. Those events ring like any other.
Can it send alerts to my phone?
Yes — turn them on in Settings. On iPhone, add Doyenne to your home screen first; Safari only allows alerts from there. Email reminders work everywhere regardless.
Does the person driving find out?
That's the point. Your partner on their phone, a grandparent or sitter by email, with no account needed. They see that one trip and nothing else of yours.
What if one of us takes them and the other brings them home?
Name both. Each is reminded for their own half, and neither of you is counted as busy for the hour in between.
Can another parent take my child, or mine take theirs?
Yes — that's carpooling, and it's on every plan including the free one. Offer spare seats and share the link, or ask for a place through a link sent to you.
Does Doyenne check the other parents?
No. Doyenne passes the messages and records who agreed to what; it doesn't vet drivers, check licenses or insurance, or arrange transport. Only a child's own parent can ask for a place, and nobody travels until the driver accepts. The judgment is yours, as it would be at the school gate.
Does the other parent need a Doyenne account?
No. They open the link, give their child's name and a way to reach them, and confirm they're the parent or guardian.
Can my partner see my work meetings?
No. Your events stay private unless you share them with the household.
Do I need a card to begin?
No. Essential is free, with no time limit and no card.
Will I ever be charged without warning?
No. Doyenne emails you a week before any charge, with the date and the amount. Cancel before then and you pay nothing.