Private beta · iPhone

A cozy place for your people.

Corkboard is a private app for the friends and family you see most weeks. Plan the park day and share the photos after, without digging through a group text for the details.

Made by two friends. No ads, no public profiles.

Why we built it

Your closest friends live ten minutes away, and you still go weeks without seeing them.

Getting from "we should hang out" to "we're at the park" takes a poll, a group text, a headcount, and somebody remembering to put it on the calendar. Corkboard handles those parts.

01

Plans people show up to

Post "Park at 3?" for the quick stuff. Send a real invitation with RSVPs and headcounts for the birthdays, and it lands on everyone's calendar.

02

The dentist recommendation, six months later

Someone in the group knows a good pediatric dentist and a sitter who does weekends. Corkboard files those where you can find them again, instead of 400 messages up the thread.

03

Only your people

Corkboard has no public profiles and no public feed. Your group sees your name and photo. You decide, friend by friend, who gets your address, your kids' allergies, and your calendar.

What's inside

One board for the whole group

The twelve tabs share one calendar and one list of people. When you create an event, Corkboard puts it on the calendar and opens a chat and an album for it.

Home

The weather, today's calendar, tonight's dinner, and what your friends posted since you last looked.

Live

Post "At the splash pad with the kids" and friends can come find you. You choose how long the pin stays: one, four, or eight hours.

Chats

Group chats and one-to-one. Each event gets its own thread, so the "who's bringing cups" talk stays out of the main chat.

Friends

Sort people into circles only you can see, like "Swim team" or "Neighbors," and into shared groups everyone joins, like the mom club.

Memories

Shared albums anyone in the group can add photos to. Each event comes with one already made.

Local

Somebody spots a concert or a farmers market and posts it. See who's going and add it to your calendar.

Activities

Swim on Wednesdays, gymnastics on Tuesdays. Post the standing thing, say you're in, and it shows up in your week.

Calendar

Group plans next to your own phone calendars, so you see the soccer conflict before you say yes.

Events

Design the invitation, collect RSVPs with adult and kid counts, add a co-host, ask your own questions, and keep the host's to-do list in the same place.

Recipes

Paste a link and Corkboard pulls in the ingredients and steps. Share it with the group or put it on this week's meal plan.

My Lists

Shopping, chores, reminders, and event to-dos, pinned to one board so you can see the whole week.

More

Birthdays, recommendations, trusted resources, lifehacks, favorite things, notes, and color themes.

Invitations

Guests don't need the app

Text the link. Grandparents and the family down the street can RSVP from a browser without installing anything.

  • Yes, maybe, or can't, with how many adults and kids are coming
  • Your questions, answered up front ("Any allergies?" "Staying for cake?")
  • Guests on the web see a headcount, not names. In the app, you decide who sees the guest list
  • Invitation templates, twenty fonts, and your own photos

What guests see when they open the link

Privacy

Only your group sees any of it

There's no public feed and no way for a stranger to find you. People get in because someone in the group brought them.

By invitation

During the beta we add each group by hand. Your profile, chats, and posts aren't on the open web. An event invitation is the one page anyone with its link can open.

You choose who sees what

Pick, friend by friend, who can see your address, your kids' details, and your calendar. Hide an event's guest list if you want. Nobody else sees your circles.

Location, one post at a time

You share where you are one post at a time, and the pin drops off the map after one, four, or eight hours, or sooner if you clear it. Corkboard has no background tracking.

No ads, no data sales

We don't sell your information and we don't run ads. The privacy policy has the full list of what we store and who can see it.

Read the privacy policy

Blocking, reporting, and kids' information are covered on the safety page.

Private beta

Request an invite

We add a few groups at a time. Tell us about yours and we'll email you when there's room.

We'll only use this to reach you about the beta.