Guides & advice

Help with the family week.

Get help with school dates, email and family calendars. Find the steps for your school's system, or advice on choosing what works for your family.

Native iPhone screens with fictional example data; email guide illustration.

School dates

Get the dates out of school apps, feeds and PDFs and into your family week. Start with the school dates hub →

Practical guide

Add your SchoolsBuddy calendar to Tandlo

Find your SchoolsBuddy calendar link, add it to Tandlo and choose the right children. Includes an official screenshot and help with missing or duplicate dates.

School emails

Choose which school messages to forward, with steps for your email provider.

Practical guide

How school email forwarding works

Choose the senders Tandlo may read, find your private forwarding address and understand what happens after an email arrives.

Practical guide

School emails into calendar events

Turn school emails and newsletters into calendar events. Compare adding dates yourself, subscribing to a school calendar and forwarding selected emails to Tandlo.

Practical guide

Forward only school emails from Gmail

Add and confirm your Tandlo address, then make a filter for the school senders you choose. Includes verified Gmail screenshots and help with greyed-out forwarding.

Family organisation

Advice to help you choose how your family keeps track of the week.

Parties and replies

Keep the invitation, the plan and the guest replies in reach.

Practical guide

Create a party invitation with AI and track RSVPs

Make the invitation in Tandlo, share its reply link and see who's coming in the party's Replies view. Standard designs and replies are Free; AI artwork is a Family feature, with four examples generated in Tandlo.

Practical guide

Add a party invitation to your calendar

Received an invitation picture? Share it into Tandlo, check the details and save a plan. Includes the edited share-from-chat demonstration and the separate RSVP step.

Moving apps

Save what matters and make a plan for moving to Tandlo.

Practical guide

Moving from Maple to Tandlo

Save your family information before Maple closes, plan your next steps and join early access for six months of Tandlo Family.

Using Tandlo

Start with Ask Tandlo

Bring an invitation picture, school letter or calendar link. Check the details before you add them to your family week.

See how Tandlo works

Ask Tandlo on iPhone with Photo, Paste and Add a calendar options
Actual iPhone screen from build 117, captured 13 October 2026 with fictional family data.
See the steps
  1. Invitation picture: open Ask Tandlo, choose Photo and select the invitation. Check the child, date, time and place, then confirm to add it to your plans.
  2. School letter: choose Photo in Ask Tandlo and select a picture of the letter. Review the dates and notes before saving the plan.
  3. School calendar: choose Add a calendar in Ask Tandlo, paste the subscription link and preview it. Choose the child, check the activities and add the calendar. Subscribed activities appear in Tandlo.

These examples show adding information to Tandlo. An RSVP, payment or export to another calendar is a separate action.

What can I put into Ask Tandlo?

A school email, a letter, a party invitation or a calendar link: start with what you have. Open Ask Tandlo and choose the way that suits it.

  • Words or an email: type your request or paste the relevant text into the message box.
  • A photo or screenshot: choose Photo to take a picture or select one from your library.
  • A calendar link: paste it into Ask Tandlo, or choose Add a calendar to open the calendar preview.
  • A PDF or something in another app: use that app's Share action and choose Tandlo where available.

Check the child, dates and details before saving a plan or adding a calendar. For regular school emails, you can also set up forwarding using the guide below.

Try Tandlo with your family

Early access for UK families on iPhone. See current availability and what is included.

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