One private app for the whole family. Kids chat with only the people you choose, chores get done without the nagging, and the week lives on the kitchen wall.
Messaging apps have searchable names and stranger invites. Chore apps want a debit card. And the family calendar lives in one parent's head.
Campfire is different. You choose who your kids can talk to, what their chores are worth, and what goes up on the kitchen wall.
Chat, chores, and a kitchen calendar — one place, with you holding the keys.
Let them chat. Get the chores done. Put the week on the kitchen wall.
Grandma, cousins, best friends — only the people you've said yes to.
They do the jobs. They earn toward rewards you choose. You stop being the reminder.
The week lives on the kitchen wall. You stop being the one everyone asks.
A few minutes. Start with chat, then add chores and the kitchen calendar whenever you like.
Add the kids, then say yes to Grandma, cousins and friends. Anyone you don't approve simply isn't there.
They type your email, tap their face, and enter a 4-digit PIN. No kid email. Nothing for strangers to find.
Add Campfire Kids to the home screen. No app store. It updates on its own.
A small app, made by a fellow parent, and shared with families who want the same.
No search, no public profiles, no "people you may know." Only you can add someone.
Every family conversation, in one place. Stay close without hovering.
The app measures nothing. Your family's data is never sold or used to train AI.
Encrypted at rest, so a stolen backup can't be read. You can still see your kids' messages.
Jobs uses points or pretend dollars. Real cash always comes from you.
Made for my own kids first, and shared with families who feel the same.
I wanted my kids to message their grandparents and cousins without handing them a social app, an open internet, and a feed of strangers.
The options felt like two poles: lock them out, or give them an app built for grown-ups. Neither one fit.
Campfire is what I wanted. Family stays close. Parents stay in charge. No ads. No algorithm. Just the people who matter.
I built this for my own kids. If it feels right, I'd love to have you.
