# InnerCircle: Stay Close — Share Life Together > Share Life Together (iPhone/iPad app by myInnerCircle.io.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/innercircle-stay-close/id6760042405 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [myInnerCircle.io](https://appshunter.io/developer/1882460326) - Category: Social Networking, Productivity - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 15.0 · 34 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-05-11 - Data updated: 2026-09-13 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/innercircle-stay-close/id6760042405/reviews.md ## What is InnerCircle? InnerCircle: A private alternative to social media for families and close friends. No algorithm. No strangers. No data sold. Ad-free for under-18s within a family account. InnerCircle is a private family and friends social calendar, messaging, social sharing and reminder app. It helps you stay organised, remember important moments, and stay connected without social media. Stay on top of birthdays, anniversaries, events, shopping and to-do lists, and life milestones in one shared calendar. Sync your iOS, Outlook and Google calendars into one quick-glance home screen. Gentle in-app and email reminders mean nothing important is forgotten. No public profiles. No followers. No algorithms deciding what matters. No ads sold against your kids. No data sold about your family. InnerCircle is a private, invitation-only app built for real relationships. A safe, calmer alternative for families and teens caught up in the wave of social media age restrictions and bans. A private calendar for families and close friends- Manage a shared calendar that everyone in your circle can see: - Birthdays and anniversaries - School events and family plans - Important reminders and milestones - Shared moments with close friends Only the people in a circle can see the events and details inside it. Just talk, and it's built for you: Hold the Just Talk button and say what you need. Send a message, name your upcoming events, describe a shopping or to-do list, or list the people for a new circle with their birthdays and anniversaries, and InnerCircle builds it all for you. Voice and AI features are included while you're ad-free. Get to know your circle with Insights: Meaningful quizzes and reflections that live on each person's profile card, ready to share and compare: - Strengths Quiz with paths worth exploring - Couple's and Parenting Reflections, with daily tips to act on - Memory Prompts to record family stories in their own voice - Big Kids Adventures and the Living Life List: hundreds of moments to tick off, photo by photo - Interview Practice: answer out loud, get honest structured feedback Remember the things that matter- Store useful information like: - Addresses and key dates - Ages, preferences and notes - Life events you don't want to forget - Passport numbers and other important documents When someone joins your circle, they provide their own important dates and contact details. No more searching old messages when it's already too late. Stay connected without social media: A calmer, safer space for families and teens as social media is banned or restricted for under-16s around the world. No influencers. No clout farming. No infinite scroll. Share updates, photos, videos, adventures and voice notes only with the people you trust, without likes or comments from strangers. It's connection without noise. Private by design - Invitation-only circles - No public content - No data sold about you or your kids - Your data stays within your circles - Ad-free for under-18s (with an adult in their circle) Who this app is for - A family calendar and reminder app - A shared calendar for couples, friends or parents - A private app for family and friends with built-in messaging - A calm alternative to social media and a safer place for teens online Pricing InnerCircle accounts for users under 18 are always ad-free (with an adult in their circle). For adult users, start free and explore at your own pace. You'll get 30 days ad-free to begin with, then ads support the free tier from day 31. Upgrade anytime to stay ad-free or invite others to unlock additional ad-free weeks. From the founders InnerCircle was built by two dads in the UK who couldn't outsource the question every parent eventually asks: what kind of digital world do we want our kids growing up in? This is a small answer to a big problem. Your family. Your friends. Your moments. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | InnerCircle Yearly Plan | $49.00 | per year | | InnerCircle Monthly Plan | $6.00 | per month | | InnerCircle Weekly Plan | $2.00 | per 7 days | ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.8 — 2026-09-05 AI Orb embedded into Lists (with a list already open - just push to talk and add extra items to any list displayed. When creating a new account, you'll be asked to verify your email address, the app will now read and pull through the code sent directly to your email. And faster loading times of your notifications in the app. ### 1.7.9 — 2026-09-01 This update is all about safety, family value and polish. REPORT AND FLAG, EVERYWHERE Every contact card now has a Report this user option, in direct chats, in the new full-size group members list, and on any post in your feeds via the poster's photo. Choose a reason, and our safety team commits to investigating within 24 to 48 hours, with a reply through a message in the app. Flag a post and it is hidden from your feeds for good. VERIFIED SIGN-UPS New accounts now confirm their email with a code sent at sign-up before the account is created, so every member of every circle is reachable and accountable from day one. ONE SUBSCRIPTION, WHOLE FAMILY A paid plan now covers your immediate family automatically. When a parent subscribes, their partner and children get the ad-free experience too, and the full AI toolkit comes back for the household, including the Just Talk orb. Nothing to set up, it just works. INTERVIEW PRACTICE IS LIVE The one-off Interview Practice unlock can now be purchased in the app: £9.99 for a full year, all eight subjects, AI-graded answers, shared with your whole family. Find it under Insights, or on your Settings billing page. Already on the Yearly plan? It is included automatically. INSTANT ACTIVATION Subscribe or buy an add-on and it now switches on right away. Ads disappear and AI features return the moment your payment confirms, no restart needed. PLUS Ads for free-tier users now sit neatly at the bottom of the screen with the app fitting cleanly above them, the home dock spaces itself properly, sheets and menus scroll all the way, and messages from our safety team now clearly appear as Support. Lots of smaller fixes from our brilliant testers throughout. ### 1.7.8 — 2026-08-24 This is our biggest update yet. Here's what's new: A COMPLETELY REDESIGNED APP InnerCircle has a beautiful new look from top to bottom. The new home screen puts everything one tap away: your next 5 upcoming events in a swipeable banner, your closest people to message or grab contact details from, and quick access to Lists, Events, Updates, People, Insights and Messages. There's a guided tour the first time you open it, and you can replay it any time from Settings. JUST TALK, AND IT'S BUILT FOR YOU Hold the new Just Talk button and say what you need. Send a message, name your upcoming events, describe a shopping or to-do list, or list the people for a new circle with their birthdays and anniversaries, and InnerCircle builds it all for you. You can even photograph a handwritten list and watch it become a real one. Voice and AI features are included while you're ad-free. INTRODUCING INSIGHTS A whole new way to know the people in your circles, living right on their profile cards: • Strengths Quiz: uncover your brightest strengths and the paths they could open, then share and compare results with your circle • Couple's and Parenting Reflections: private check-ins you can retake over time, with a Together view for partners and a daily tip to act on • Memory Prompts: record family stories in their own voice, question by question • Big Kids Adventures: 125 adventures for your child to tick off, photo by photo • Living Life List: 250 life dreams to live, photograph and wish for • Interview Practice: answer real interview questions out loud and get honest, structured feedback ALSO IN THIS UPDATE • Add a photo to each circle so they're easier to spot • Sub-tasks in to-do lists • Turn your phone sideways to view photos and videos full screen • Swipe to hide duplicate posts in your Updates feed; they return only if someone comments or reacts • Share a Strengths Profile straight into a circle post or chat • The app now follows your phone's text size setting, so larger accessibility text carries into InnerCircle • Smoother, more stable feeds when scrolling through photos and videos • Dozens of fixes and polish based directly on tester feedback Thank you to everyone who shared feedback. Keep it coming from Settings, and enjoy the new InnerCircle. ### 1.7.7 — 2026-06-23 Insights and Strengths Discover each family member's strengths, plus Couple and Parenting reflections, with results saved to their profile card. Know when someone shares Get an alert and a notification when someone in your circle completes an insight, so you can celebrate together. Daily reflection reminders, your way Switch the gentle daily nudges on or off for each person, right from the Insights tab. Smarter events All-day birthdays and milestones now appear before timed events on the same day, and events you add by voice automatically tag the right person. Polish Memory prompts in chat are easier to spot and answer, the contact-editing screen behaves properly with the keyboard, and we squashed a range of bugs to keep everything running smoothly. ### 1.7.6 — 2026-06-08 Meet Insights: a new family discovery layer for your circles. - Strengths Quiz: 35 gentle questions that reveal your gifts, with a shareable one-page Gift Profile saved to your profile card - Couple's Reflection: 24 questions across eight parts of life together. Answer separately, then compare - Parenting Reflection: a quiet, honest look at where a parent's life is pointing - Retake any reflection and see exactly where you've grown since last time, with full history - Memories: record life stories in a loved one's own voice, answering questions like "What was the first home you remember?" Recordings live on their profile for the whole circle to treasure - Send a memory question straight into any chat from the new question button - Private Notes on profile cards: keep passport numbers, sizes and other essentials at your fingertips. Only you can see them, with notes on your children shared between parents - Shared list cards in chats now update live as items get ticked off - Cleaner date pickers throughout the app Plus smaller fixes and polish across quizzes, profiles and navigation. ## Apps similar to InnerCircle | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [For Real FRends](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/for-real-frends/id6743093923) | — | Free | Social Networking | | [Pawchio](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pawchio/id6761720440) | 5.0 (1) | Free | Social Networking | | [Clustr Social](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/clustr-social/id6758867889) | — | Free | Social Networking | | [KindlyHand](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kindlyhand/id6444837693) | 5.0 (1) | Free | Social Networking | | [Circles - Stay in the Loop](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/circles-stay-in-the-loop/id6762945543) | 5.0 (3) | Free | Social Networking | | [Grand Dating App: Match & Chat](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/grand-dating-app-match-and-chat/id6759621261) | 5.0 (1) | Free | Social Networking | ## Related topics [xircle](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/xircle) --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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