Less texting.
More driving.
CarPool is the calm, private way for a small group of families to coordinate who drives the kids — without the endless group chat.
Free to start · No credit card · Set up in 2 minutes
⚽ Soccer Practice
1 openDrop-off · 3:30 PM
Home → Lincoln Field
✓ Mike Johnson driving
Pick-up · 5:00 PM
Lincoln Field → Home
⚠ Needs a driver
3 kids · 3 families · tap for details
The group text wasn't built for this
Soccer, swim, dance — every week, the same scramble.
“Who's driving Thursday?”
Buried under 40 unread messages by the time anyone answers.
Plans change, half the group misses it
A time shifts, a kid drops out — and the update never reaches everyone.
One family does all the driving
Without a clear picture, the load lands on whoever volunteers first.
CarPool replaces the scramble with one shared, always-current picture.
How CarPool works
Three steps from group-text chaos to a calm, shared plan.
Start your group
Create a carpool group and invite a few families with a simple code. They join free.
Add your carpools
Set up each activity once — drop-off, pick-up, who's riding. Repeating events stay on the calendar.
Claim your trips
See a leg that needs a driver? One tap and you're on it. Everyone sees the update instantly.
Why families stick with it
Built around one idea: coordination without the overhead.
Private by default
Every family sees only the carpools they're part of. No window into anyone else's schedule.
One tap to drive
Claim a trip with a single tap — no reply-all, no confirmation chains.
A chat for every carpool
Each event has its own thread, so soccer talk stays with soccer.
Never miss an open seat
CarPool flags trips that still need a driver, so nothing slips through.
Real names, real clarity
Drivers are people — “Mike is driving” — not a guess about which parent.
See who's driven what
A simple tally keeps the driving load fair across the group.
Built for the parent holding it together
Every carpool has one organizer — making the calls, sending the texts, keeping the whole plan in their head. CarPool is built for them.
You set up the group and invite the families. They join free, with nothing to figure out. From there, the whole group can see the plan and pitch in — so it stops being one person's job.
Use it like a real app
Add CarPool to your phone's home screen — it opens full-screen, just like an app from the App Store. No download required.
iPhone & iPad
- 1. Open carpool.family in Safari.
- 2. Tap the Share button at the bottom of the screen.
- 3. Scroll down and tap Add to Home Screen.
- 4. Tap Add — the CarPool icon lands on your home screen.
Android
- 1. Open carpool.family in Chrome.
- 2. Tap the ⋮ menu in the top right.
- 3. Tap Add to Home screen (or Install app).
- 4. Confirm, and the CarPool icon lands on your home screen.
Join free. Carpool for life.
We're opening Carpool to our first 10 family groups. Founding families join free — and never pay, even after later groups start paying.
You'll help shape what we build next, and your group keeps full access for life — at no cost. No payment, no subscription, no surprise pricing later.
Only 10 founding spots · Free for life · Set up in 2 minutes