No downloads. No accounts (yet). Just open, share, and start. Follow the steps below for every device in your home.
Tap "Open App" anywhere on this site. Family Basecamp opens instantly in your browser — no install needed.
Tap your family member card. Each person has their own color, icon, and personalized view from day one.
Follow the guide below for your device. It installs like a native app — icon on your home screen, no browser chrome.
Share the app URL with every family member. Everyone who opens it sees the same live data automatically.
Family Basecamp must be opened in Safari on iPhone/iPad (not Chrome) for the Add to Home Screen option to appear.
It's the square with an arrow pointing up — at the bottom center of the screen on iPhone, or at the top on iPad.
You may need to scroll the share sheet to find it. Tap it — you'll see Family Basecamp with the compass icon.
The app icon now lives on your home screen. Tap it anytime — it opens fullscreen like a native app, no browser bar.
Everyone opens the same URL and adds it to their home screen. All devices stay in sync automatically.
💡 Pro tip: Put the Family Basecamp icon in the first row of your home screen — it becomes a habit when it's the first thing you see.
Quick reference
Chrome is recommended on Android for the best home screen install experience.
This opens Chrome's options menu.
Chrome may also show an automatic banner at the bottom of the page — tap "Install" if you see it.
The Family Basecamp icon appears on your home screen and opens like a native app.
💡 Note: The exact menu wording varies slightly by Android version and phone maker, but "Add to Home screen" appears in Chrome's menu on all modern Android devices.
Amazon Fire tablets come with Silk as the default browser. Open it from your home screen or app grid.
Tap the address bar and enter your app URL. Bookmark it while you're there.
This places a shortcut on the Fire's home screen for quick access.
In Silk Settings → Home Page, paste the app URL so Family Basecamp is the first thing that opens every time.
💡 Best use: A Fire HD 10 mounted in the kitchen is the ideal family hub setup. See the Wall Tablet tab for the full guide.
This is the setup we recommend most.
A wall-mounted tablet changes how your family starts every day.
An Amazon Fire HD 10 ($149.99) is our top recommendation — 10" screen, great brightness, affordable. A Fire HD 8 works well too.
Search Amazon for "tablet wall mount" — adjustable arm mounts start around $20. Pick one with a cable management channel so the charging cable is hidden.
Kitchen near the door is ideal — it's the crossroads of family life. Mount at adult eye level so parents can glance at it easily. Kids will look up naturally.
In Silk browser settings, set the start page to your app URL. The tablet will always open to Family Basecamp.
Run the cable through your mount to a nearby outlet. A tablet that's always plugged in is a tablet that's always on and ready.
On Fire tablets, you can use "Pinned Apps" in Accessibility settings to lock the display to the browser — so kids can't accidentally navigate away.
💡 From our family: "The morning after we set it up, the kids walked straight to it before asking us anything. That alone made it worth it."
Chrome, Safari, Firefox, or Edge all work great on desktop. Just navigate to the app URL.
Drag the URL to your bookmarks bar or pin the tab. On Chrome, you can also install it as a desktop app via the address bar install icon.
Schedule something from your laptop and the kitchen tablet and everyone's phones update in real time.
💡 Parents: Desktop is great for the finance and connection tabs — bigger screen makes it easier to work through decisions together at the kitchen table.
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