Ourlee

A shared calendar, photo library, notes, prayer log and location map for two people, or now for a household of up to fifty. No feed, no discovery, nobody in it you didn't invite. It exists because I didn't like any of the apps built for couples, and because my partner is on Android while I'm on iOS.

I didn't like any of the couples apps. The interfaces are rough, and the decent ones want real money for what is basically a shared calendar. So I built the one I wanted.

The constraint that shaped everything: I'm on iOS, my partner is on Android, and it had to be identical on both from day one. One Expo and React Native Web codebase goes to iOS, Android and the web against a FastAPI backend.

It's grown past couples. A household is now two to fifty people with roles, so a family can use it, and you can turn a couple into a family and back without losing anything. Some things stay two-person on purpose. Private Messages and In Step, the cooperative game, both refuse cleanly on a household bigger than two rather than half-working and being strange about it.

What's in it: a shared calendar that syncs both ways with Google, Apple CalDAV and ICS, a shared photo library, notes with markdown and scripture references, goals with milestones, plans, a prayer log, live location, nine home-screen widgets, and a faith layer with a daily verse and multi-day devotionals. There's no AI in it anywhere, which was a decision rather than an oversight. The verses and devotionals are written by people.

It's in closed beta on TestFlight and Google Play. The public site says coming soon until the billing cutover is finished.