Set up Cria Planner in 10 minutes

Step 1 — Add your first thing (1 minute)

Open the app and use the quick-add bar at the bottom. Type the way you'd say it — "dentist Friday 10:00" or "buy milk tomorrow" — and Cria Planner turns it into the right kind of item with the date already set. That's the whole trick: don't decide up front whether something is a task or an event, just type it and let the app sort it.

• Something with a time becomes an event on your calendar.
• Something to finish becomes a task you can tick off.
• Something to remember becomes a note.

Step 2 — Check My Day (30 seconds)

Tap the sun to open My Day. Everything happening today — events, tasks due, dated notes — sits in one list. This is the screen most people live in day to day; the rest of the app is there for when you're planning ahead, not getting through today.

Step 3 — Make a plan (2 minutes)

A plan is a folder for one thing: a trip, a house move, a birthday, "the week." Create one, give it a colour, and drop related tasks, events and notes inside. Now they travel together and show up colour-coded on the shared calendar, so a glance tells you which part of life you're looking at.

Step 4 — Share it (2 minutes)

Open a plan's member list and invite someone by email. They join for free — sharing never costs the people you invite — and from then on you both see the same tasks and events, and reminders reach everyone in the plan, not just whoever typed them. This is the step that turns a personal to-do list into a household that's actually in sync.

Step 5 — Let Cria AI do the heavy lifting (2 minutes)

Tap the assistant and describe what you're planning: "a weekend camping trip for four" or "organize my week around two deadlines." Cria AI builds the whole thing — the events, the packing list, the tasks, who does what — and keeps answering as things change ("what's left before Friday?"). It's the difference between a blank planner and one that's already started for you. (Cria AI is included from the Family tier up.)

Step 6 — Make it yours (30 seconds)

Pick a theme colour in Settings and turn on the reminders you want. Two worth knowing: the morning digest sends a short summary of your day, and notes can lock behind your fingerprint or face for anything private. Then you're done — the planner fills in as life does.