Our Family Socials: a private family social network

Never miss your family's greatest adventures. Our Family Socials is a private, ad-free social network for families to share life events, photos and stories with each other instead of posting them publicly. See where they have been, relive the moments, and stay connected across any distance.

Stay connected across any distance

From weekend getaways to once-in-a-lifetime trips, keep up with what your family is doing. Follow the relatives you care about, see their events in the order they happened, and stop finding out about a graduation three weeks after the fact.

Your memories are yours

No ads. No data selling. No algorithms. A family-sized space instead of a public one.

  • Not public by default - a new event goes to the followers you have approved, not to the open internet, and you can narrow or widen that audience for every event.
  • No ads, ever - we will never sell your data or show ads. Your memories are not a product.
  • Built for families - made by a family, for families.

Who can see an event

You choose an audience for every event you create: Followers (the default), Close Family, a custom group, Private (only you) or Public. Public events can be opened by anyone who has the link, including people without an account, so choose a narrower audience for anything you want kept inside the family.

One thing worth knowing: signed-in members can see an event in the shared feed unless you set it to Private, and opening the event page itself is then gated by the audience you chose. People who are not signed in only ever see events set to Public.

What you can do

  • Follow family members - see what your family is up to in a chronological feed, with no algorithm hiding posts. Never miss a birthday party, graduation, vacation or Sunday dinner.
  • Rich event pages - photo galleries with lightbox viewing, rich text for the full story, comments and likes from family, and every detail that makes a trip worth remembering.
  • Interactive maps and timeline - see every trip on an interactive world map, follow multi-location journey maps, and browse a timeline organised by year. Filter by person, place or date.
  • GPS extraction from photos - Our Family Socials reads the location data already stored in your photos and suggests the places you visited.
  • Video support - add video clips alongside photos, with a built-in trimmer.
  • AI Create (beta) - upload a batch of photos and AI groups them, asks a few questions and drafts the story for you to edit. Available on a paid plan or during the free trial.
  • Family trees - a visual family tree built from relationships both people have confirmed.
  • Tag profiles - tag children, older relatives or pets who do not have an account yet; they can claim the profile later.
  • Audience controls - choose who sees each event, from Public down to a custom group such as "close family only" or Private, just for you.

How it works

  1. Create an account at ourfamilysocials.com. Every new account starts with a 30-day Pro trial, no credit card required, and you can publish up to 5 events during it.
  2. Follow your family. Send follow requests or email invitations. Once someone accepts, you see each other's events.
  3. Share life events. Build an event page with photos, a story, dates and locations, then choose its audience.
  4. Stay connected. Browse the feed, the map or the timeline, and comment and like just like a normal social network - only among family rather than in public.

Common questions

What is Our Family Socials?

Our Family Socials is a private social network designed for families. It lets you share life events, photos, and stories with your closest family members and friends. Unlike public social media, a new event goes to the family you have approved rather than to the open internet, and there are no ads or algorithms.

Is it really free?

Viewing is free forever: the free plan includes viewing the events you have access to, following family members, commenting and liking. Creating events needs an active trial or subscription. Every new account gets a 30-day Pro trial during which you can publish up to 5 events; after that you need Pro or Lifetime to publish, and those plans remove the 5-event limit.

Who can see my events?

You choose an audience for every event: Followers (the default), Close Family, a custom group, Private (only you) or Public. Follow requests are yours to accept or decline. Two things are worth knowing: an event set to Public can be opened by anyone who has the link, including people without an account; and any event that is not set to Private can appear in the shared feed to signed-in members, although opening the event page itself is still gated by the audience you chose.

Can I share an event with someone who doesn't have an account?

Yes! Each event can be shared via a private link. Recipients can view that specific event without needing an account, but they won't see your other events or be able to follow you.

Read all the answers on the FAQ page.

Simple, transparent pricing

Start for free. Upgrade when you need more.

Every new account starts with a 30-day Pro trial and no credit card is required. During the trial you can publish up to 5 events - only published events count, so drafts and deleted events are free. Pro and Lifetime remove the 5-event limit. If the trial ends and you have not subscribed you keep a free account for viewing, liking and commenting, but you cannot create new events until you subscribe.

  • Free to View - $0/forever. View the events you have access to, like and comment, follow family members, interactive maps and timeline, and a 30-day Pro trial with up to 5 published events.
  • Pro - $9/month billed annually ($108/year), or $12/month billed monthly. Create unlimited events, photo and video uploads, journey mapping, GPS extraction from photos, privacy controls and a rich text editor.
  • Lifetime - $294 once. Everything in Pro, no recurring fees, all future updates, priority support and early access to features.

30-day free trial on all accounts. Subscribe within 5 days for an extra month free.

After the trial you can still browse the feed, and you can still open your own events, any event set to Public, and events from the people you follow. Opening anything else needs an active trial or subscription.

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