The group text
40 messages to answer one question.
For school, sports and activity carpools
The carpool app that keeps up with your schedule.
Parendipity builds your kids' schedule from school, coach and league emails, then puts a driver on every ride. Run carpools with other families, even ones who don't use the app.
Download on the App Store30 days free. No credit card.
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Ellie · Riverside Strikers U10This week's rides
JMON14
Practice · 4:30 PMRiverside fieldsPParkers driving
TUE15
Practice · 4:30 PMRiverside fieldsJYou're driving
WED16
Practice · 4:30 PMRiverside fieldsNeeds a driverAsked your caregiver list
THU17
Practice · 5:30 PMMoved to 5:30 · from coach emailSSarah driving
Why carpools break.
The spreadsheet
Out of date the first time practice moves.
The carpool app nobody else downloaded
Only works if every family signs up.
Carpools don't fail on the easy weeks. They fail when something changes.
How it works.
Your schedule builds itself.
Connect Gmail and Parendipity picks up practices, games and school events from the emails your coaches, leagues and school already send.
Set up the carpool.
Add the families you drive with and pick who's covering which days. Parents who don't have Parendipity get a link and tap to accept. No download needed.
Every ride has a driver.
Everyone knows who's driving, and when practice moves, the carpool moves with it.
What you get.
Every ride assigned.
Each pickup and dropoff has a name on it, inside your family and across families. No more "I thought YOU had pickup."
Other families don't need the app.
The parents you already carpool with get a link with the details and tap to accept. No account, no download.
Changes caught.
When a coach moves practice or a game gets rained out, Parendipity picks it up from the email and updates the ride.
Gaps covered.
When nobody can drive, a coverage request goes down your caregiver list, and the first yes takes the ride.
Group text, carpool apps, or Parendipity?
| Row | Group text | Carpool-only apps | Parendipity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where the schedule comes from | Someone types it in the chat | You enter it by hand | Built from your school, coach and league emails |
| Other families need to sign up | No | Usually, yes | No |
| When practice moves | Another round of texts | Someone has to update it | Picked up from the coach's email |
| Who's driving today | Scroll up and hope | In the app | On every ride, for both parents |
| Your own family's pickups too | No | Carpools only | Yes, every pickup and dropoff |
Group text
- Where the schedule comes from
- Someone types it in the chat
- Other families need to sign up
- No
- When practice moves
- Another round of texts
- Who's driving today
- Scroll up and hope
- Your own family's pickups too
- No
Carpool-only apps
- Where the schedule comes from
- You enter it by hand
- Other families need to sign up
- Usually, yes
- When practice moves
- Someone has to update it
- Who's driving today
- In the app
- Your own family's pickups too
- Carpools only
Parendipity
- Where the schedule comes from
- Built from your school, coach and league emails
- Other families need to sign up
- No
- When practice moves
- Picked up from the coach's email
- Who's driving today
- On every ride, for both parents
- Your own family's pickups too
- Yes, every pickup and dropoff
Every kind of carpool.
School drop-off
A weekly rotation with the neighbors.
Sports practice
A different team, a different set of parents, every season.
Activities
Swim, dance, music lessons and the one-off birthday party run.
"Every time I asked my wife how I could help with the kids, I created more work for her than if she'd just done it herself. I was missing the context she carried in her head. So I built Parendipity, so both of us see the whole picture and every ride has an owner."
Questions parents ask.
Do the other families need to download Parendipity?
No. Other parents get a link with the ride details and tap to accept. No account needed.
What happens when practice gets moved?
Parendipity picks up the change from the coach or league email and updates the event, so the ride follows the new time.
Can I use it for my own family's pickups too?
Yes. Every pickup and dropoff gets assigned, whether it's you, your co-parent or another family driving.
Is this a ride service?
No. Parendipity organizes carpools between families you already know. It doesn't match you with strangers or provide drivers.
Does it work for school and sports?
Yes. School drop-off, practices, games, lessons and anything else that arrives by email.
Is Parendipity on Android?
The app is iPhone only today. Because everything lives on Google Calendar, an Android co-parent still sees the full schedule.
How much does it cost?
$7.99 per child per month, capped at $19.99 per family. 30 days free, no credit card.