Family-Matters

When someone dies, the hardest part of settling the estate is often not the money. It's the belongings — the grandfather clock, the recipe box, the paintings, the everyday things that carry a lifetime of memories. Family Matters helps an executor share those things fairly and calmly, without the hurt feelings that dividing them so often causes.

HOW IT WORKS
• The executor photographs each item and groups it by category and room. 'Describe It' drafts a description from the photo and title, which you can keep or edit.
• Family members are invited with a QR code, a link, an email, or a list imported from a spreadsheet. Joining is free for family members.
• The executor gathers items into events — "Kitchen", "Jewellery", "Round one" — and chooses who takes part in each.
• Each family member privately marks every item as wanted or not, and can add a comment. Nobody sees anyone else's choices. Only the executor does.
• When an event ends, the executor sees which items nobody wanted, which one person wanted, and where several people want the same thing — so conversations happen only where they're actually needed.
• A printable estate report (PDF or spreadsheet) records every item, its photo, and each person's preference, ready for the family, an attorney or an accountant.

MADE FOR REAL FAMILIES
• Private by design: members' preferences go to the executor alone.
• Executors chat with a member or with the whole family inside the app.
• Run more than one family matter — a parent's estate now, an aunt's later — and be a member of someone else's at the same time.
• Close a finished matter when you're done. Nothing is deleted until you decide.

Family Matters exists to let families concentrate on each other rather than on the furniture.

SUBSCRIPTION
Family members use Family Matters free. Executors subscribe to add items, invite family members and run events. Subscriptions are available quarterly or annually and include a free trial for new subscribers.

Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within the 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel the subscription in your Apple Account settings at any time after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription.

Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/