Journal with a partner

Invite a Contributor to your Family Journal, keep separate queues and reminders, and answer the same prompt with two voices under one Kinlet Pro.

One Family Journal. Two voices. One Kinlet Pro membership. Kinlet lets parents (or any two adults) write together in the same journal. The Keeper owns the journal and invites a Contributor. Each person gets their own daily questions, their own mix of subjects, and their own reminders — then both can answer the same prompt so the book carries Mom's voice and Dad's voice side by side.

Who does what

Keeper — Owns the Family Journal. Invites collaborators. Full settings (Subjects, Members, Holidays). Pays for Kinlet Pro.
Contributor — One writing seat. Own daily queue, subject mix, and notifications. Writes as a family-tree person (for example Dad). Uses the keeper's Pro.
Viewer — Read-only access. No daily queue.

Keeper: invite your partner

1. Open Members

On the Keeper account, go to Settings → Journal → Members.

Keeper Settings with Members row — Settings → Journal → Members.

2. Start an invite

Tap Invite member to your journal.

Members empty state — Members → Invite member to your journal.

3. Choose email, role, and voice

Enter their email. Choose Contributor (writes with you) or Viewer (can read). For a Contributor, pick the Family Member they write as — the name and nickname used as their byline in the book (for example James Sullivan — Dad). Review permissions, then Send invite.

Invite form with email, Contributor role, and family member — Email, Contributor role, and family-member voice.

4. Confirm email + copy link

After sending, Kinlet confirms the invite was emailed and shows a copy-link backup. They still need to sign in with the invited email.

Invite sent confirmation with copy link — Confirm email sent, then copy the link if needed.

5. Track pending invites

Until they accept, the invite sits under Pending invites. You can Resend or Revoke.

Members with a pending Contributor invite — Pending invites → Resend or Revoke.

Partner: join as a Member / Contributor

1. Create an account

Your partner downloads Kinlet and creates an account with the same email you invited. After they sign in, Kinlet detects pending invitations for that email and opens the invite step automatically—no need to choose Keeper or Member.

Create account screen — Sign up with the invited email.

2. Accept the journal invite

Under Invites for this email, they see a Journal · Contributor card (for example Elena's Story). Tap Accept.

Accept Journal Contributor invite for Elena's Story — Pending invites list — tap Accept on the Journal · Contributor card.

Invalid invite code dialog — If a code fails, use the journal Accept card instead.

Shared membership

On the Contributor's Settings, Plan shows Pro with the line Included with the keeper's Pro. Storage, AI, and SMS journaling for the Contributor ride the Keeper's subscription — no second Pro bill.

Contributor Settings showing Pro included with the keeper — Settings → Plan: Included with the keeper's Pro.

Contributors manage participation under Access (not Members). Keepers keep the Members screen for invites.

Separate queues, mix, and reminders

Your own daily prompt

Each writer sees their own daily question on Journal Home. Answer, snooze with Not now, or Skip — Skip and Not now only affect your queue. When either person answers, that prompt is burned for both daily queues so you don't get the same question twice as today's prompt.

Contributor Journal Home with daily prompt — Journal Home shows your own daily prompt.

Your own subject mix

Open Settings → Access. Confirm your Contributor voice (byline). Under Subjects, turn subjects on or off and set the daily question mix percentages (must total 100%). Tap Save.

Access: Contributor voice and subject mix — Settings → Access → Subjects mix.

The Keeper still configures the full roster under Settings → Subjects. Contributors choose which of those subjects they write about and how often.

Your own reminders

Each person sets notifications on their own device: App Notification (push on this phone) and Text (SMS) so daily questions arrive by text and you can reply without opening the app.

Enable mobile push notifications — Enable App Notification on this device.

Both answer the same prompt

One parent answers first. The other opens that entry and adds their answer so the prompt keeps both voices.

See the first answer

Open the entry. You'll see the shared Prompt and the other parent's answer (for example Mom's Answer).

Entry with prompt and Mom's Answer — Shared prompt with the other parent's answer.

Add your answer

Edit / add your voice on the same prompt. Your draft appears as Your Answer while the other voice stays visible.

Composer adding Your Answer beside Mom's Answer — Add Your Answer beside the other voice.

Both voices on one entry

After you save, the entry shows Your Answer and Mom's Answer (or Dad's) under the same prompt — ready for the book.

Entry with Your Answer and Mom's Answer — Both voices under one prompt.

Feed byline

In Journal → Entries, multi-voice cards show both bylines — for example — Mom and Dad.