A family tool is anything that helps your family connect, communicate, or save what matters, without needing an expert or lots of prep time.
Below, you’ll find the free interactive tools we’ve built here at Simirity, the private family journal app, plus some of our favorite third-party tools for different parts of family life. Some of these third-party tools offer paid upgrades, but all include a free version or trial.
We created these tools to help families reflect, connect, and have better conversations. They’re all completely free and work right in your browser, no account required.
Some of the best family stories are sitting untold.
This simple storytelling game draws them out through guided prompts that work for all ages, from grandparents down to older children.
Questions that get everyone sharing stories
What don’t you know about your family?
This quiz isn’t just about scoring points. It’s about discovering what you don’t know about the people closest to you, while there’s still time to ask.
Play alone, bookmark the questions you can’t answer, and use them to start the real conversation.
This conversation game makes it easy for your family to share wisdom and experiences in a natural, relaxed way.
It works best with all generations together, and the questions adjust to each person’s stage of life, so even your children can contribute their own lessons.
A game that encourages kids to ask family for help
A quick way to assess how safe your family’s history is
This isn’t a game. It’s a diagnostic. Answer 18 questions about your family’s history and receive a score that benchmarks you against other families.
Your three weakest areas are flagged as priorities, giving you a clear starting point for the conversations you need to have with family members before the chance to ask them disappears.
Most family history disappears not because nobody cared, but because nobody asked.
Self-test mode shows you privately where your knowledge runs thin. Discovery mode turns those same questions into a family activity, where the gaps become curiosity rather than regret.
A great way to introduce children to their family heritage
Statements that get different generations talking
Different generations see the world differently, and those differences are exactly where the best conversations hide.
This free game gives teenagers and their parents or grandparents 92 statements designed to surface those differences, naturally and without awkwardness.
The long break has a way of vanishing into a screen before anyone’s made a plan.
Answer three quick questions about your teenager and this free tool hands back a tailored set of activity ideas, sorted by category and built for them.
Tailored summer ideas your teen will actually do
Tailored summer ideas the whole family will enjoy
The holiday is long, the children are different ages, and they rarely agree on anything.
Answer a few quick questions about your family and this free tool hands back a tailored set of activity ideas, sorted by category and built around everyone.
Memories fade. Stories go untold. The moments that matter most are often the ones that never get written down or shared with the people who need to hear them.
Simirity is a private, multimedia family journal that helps families capture, share, and preserve their stories across generations. From a grandmother’s childhood memories to a child’s first school day, everything lives in one private, searchable space, accessible to the whole family.
Here are some of the best free tools to help with different parts of family life. We picked these because they’re truly useful, well-known, and trusted by families around the world.
If there’s a paid option, there’s always a free version too.
Build your family tree and learn about the origins, journeys, and stories behind your family name. Both services below have free options, so you can start without signing up for a subscription.
Cozi gives your family one shared calendar, shopping lists, meal plans, and to-do lists. It’s free and made for busy families who need to keep track of many schedules in one simple interface.
Common Sense Media is a trusted resource for parents to check if movies, TV shows, books, apps, and games are right for their child’s age. It’s free and offers detailed reviews and age ratings.
Mealime creates weekly meal plans based on your family’s tastes and dietary needs, and includes a shopping list. The free version has everything most families need.
Khan Academy Kids offers free, curriculum-based learning for children ages 2 to 8. It covers reading, math, and social-emotional skills with games and activities kids enjoy.
Family Link is a free tool that lets you set screen time limits, approve app downloads, and monitor your child’s activity on Android devices. You just need a Google account.
What’s next
These free tools spark the conversations. Simirity gives your family a private place to keep what comes out of them, from childhood memories to life lessons, preserved for every generation.
HOW IT WORKSThe Simirity-built tools are all free to use and don’t need an account. Simirity family journal also has an entirely free option, with the possibility to upgrade for the full experience. The third-party tools listed here all have free versions, though some offer paid upgrades for more features.
No. All of the Simirity-built free family tools work right in your browser, no sign-up needed.
Our free family tools are designed for everyone aged 8+, though the quiz and games are best enjoyed as a family activity.
The other tools we recommend each solve a specific practical problem: organising schedules, planning meals, or finding age-appropriate content. Simirity family journal solves a different problem entirely: helping families capture and preserve the stories, memories, and wisdom that would otherwise be lost. It’s less about managing daily family life and more about preserving family stories and deepening family connections.
Yes. We’ll continue adding both our own free family tools and third-party recommendations as we find resources that genuinely help families. If you have a tool you’d recommend or a request for us to make, we’d love to hear about it.