Zazu

Zazu is a text-message assistant for families that tracks schedules, school updates, grocery lists and to-dos, then proposes and carries out next steps once a parent approves. It includes a 7-day trial and then costs $19 a month.

Zazu is a family organization assistant that works through text messages. Instead of asking parents to adopt another dashboard, it lives in a chat thread where they can send a grocery item, a reminder, a school notice or a question about the week. The service aims to take over the planning and follow-through that usually lands on one parent, so the household relies less on memory and repeated check-ins. In practice, the homepage shows Zazu reading an update, working out the action behind it and proposing next steps for approval. A party RSVP can be answered, a gift ordered and a ride confirmed with a single "yes". A change in school pickup time can be passed to the other parent, with the family calendar updated once they confirm. The same pattern extends to larger errands, such as comparing an insurance renewal against a cheaper quote and switching policies after the user has reviewed it. Connecting an email account lets Zazu flag updates such as shipped orders, school photo notices and refunds. Everyday features cover shared grocery lists that any family member can add to, to-dos with reminders, appointment arrangements, and school and activity updates. Zazu is built for the whole household rather than one organizer, so both parents can see shared plans. Children can be included in age-appropriate ways, and families control which information is shared and which stays personal. Among alternatives, Zazu sits between shared family calendar apps, grocery list tools and general-purpose AI assistants. Calendars and list apps record what a family has decided, while Zazu tries to do the coordination around those decisions. The target user is a busy parent, often a working one, who is the default keeper of household details. The site also offers a free mental load calculator, a roughly three-minute exercise covering 27 family tasks that shows who remembers, plans and tracks what at home. Pricing is a flat monthly fee after a 7-day trial.