Questions, answered
Straight answers about ForeRun, what it is, what it costs, and how it handles the mental load. If yours is not here, email [email protected] and a person will answer.
What is ForeRun?
ForeRun is an iPhone and iPad app that holds the mental load for parents and hands you one task at a time. You speak or photograph whatever is in your head, school flyers, appointments, groceries, the birthday gift nobody else remembered, and ForeRun sorts all of it, then shows you a single next thing instead of a list of forty. It costs $9.99 a month or $79.99 a year, and one subscription covers everyone in the household.
How much does ForeRun cost?
ForeRun costs $9.99 per month or $79.99 per year, and the annual plan saves about 33%. There is a 14-day free trial that does not require a card to start. One subscription covers your whole household, there is no per-person charge for a partner or co-parent.
Is there a free trial?
Yes, ForeRun is free for 14 days and you do not need to enter a card to begin. You get the full app during the trial, not a limited version.
What devices does ForeRun work on?
ForeRun runs on iPhone and iPad with iOS 16.4 or later, on Mac with an M1 chip or newer running macOS 12 or later, and on Apple Vision Pro. There is no Android version today.
What is the mental load?
The mental load is the invisible work of remembering, planning, and anticipating everything a household needs, the part that never shows up on a chore chart. It is noticing the shoes are too small before anyone complains, tracking which kid needs what on which day, and holding the running list of everything that would fall apart if you stopped thinking about it. It is exhausting specifically because it is constant and invisible, and it falls disproportionately on mothers.
How is ForeRun different from a to-do list app?
ForeRun shows you one task at a time instead of the whole list. Standard to-do apps are excellent at storing tasks, but they hand the full list back to you every time you open them, which is its own kind of overwhelm. ForeRun takes the sorting and prioritizing off your plate and surfaces a single next step.
How is ForeRun different from a shared family calendar?
A shared family calendar is built around manual entry, and ForeRun is built around voice and camera capture. With a calendar app, someone has to type each event in, and in most households that someone is the same person every time. With ForeRun you talk or take a photo and the app does the sorting. A calendar is stronger if what you need is a color-coded schedule everyone can see; ForeRun is stronger if the problem is that everything lives in one person’s head.
Can my partner use it too?
Yes, one ForeRun subscription covers the whole household at no extra cost. Partners share a task board and sync in real time, so a task someone else takes on visibly leaves your plate. That visibility is most of the point.
Do I have to type everything in?
No, you can speak or take a photo instead. Tap Talk It Out and say everything on your mind in whatever order it comes out, and ForeRun sorts it into tasks. Or photograph a school flyer, permission slip, or invitation and it pulls out the dates and details for you.
Can ForeRun read my kid's school flyers?
Yes, photograph a flyer, permission slip, or schedule and ForeRun extracts the dates and to-dos automatically. This is one of the most-used features, because school paperwork is where most of the household mental load actually enters the house.
What is THE ONE THING?
THE ONE THING is ForeRun's main screen: a single task, chosen for you, with nothing else competing for attention. It exists because a list of forty things and a list of one thing take the same amount of time to work through, but only one of them is survivable on a hard day.
Does ForeRun work for dads?
Yes, ForeRun works the same for any parent, and it is often most useful for the partner trying to take load off rather than add to it. Shared task boards make the invisible work visible, which is usually the harder half of splitting it fairly.
Does ForeRun help with food allergies?
Yes, ForeRun includes an allergy label scanner that reads ingredient labels and flags allergens. It is built for the grocery-aisle moment of squinting at the back of a package while a kid is melting down in the cart.
Is there a newborn mode?
Yes, newborn mode adapts ForeRun for the first months, including feeding tracking for 3 a.m. sessions when you will not remember which side or what time. It reduces the app to what actually matters in that period.
What is the energy level setting?
The energy setting adjusts what ForeRun asks of you based on how much you have to give that day. On a low-energy day it surfaces smaller, lighter tasks instead of the same demands as a good day. The list does not care how you slept; ForeRun does.
Does ForeRun replace my calendar?
No, ForeRun works alongside your existing calendar rather than replacing it. It integrates with the calendar you already use, so events stay where your family expects them while ForeRun handles the tasks and remembering around them.
Is my family's data private?
Yes, ForeRun's full privacy policy is published at forerunapp.com/privacy and covers exactly what is collected and how it is used. Journal photos stay on your device, household data is visible only to the people you add to your household, and you can export or delete everything at any time.
Who made ForeRun?
ForeRun was built by Andrej Suttles for his wife Elizabeth, a nurse, after watching her carry the scheduling, remembering, and anticipating for their family on top of her shifts. It was built for one specific overwhelmed person before it was built for anyone else.
How do I cancel?
You cancel ForeRun through your Apple ID subscription settings, the same as any App Store subscription: Settings, then your name, then Subscriptions, then ForeRun, then Cancel. Cancelling during the 14-day trial costs you nothing.
How do I get help?
Email [email protected] and a person will answer. There is no ticket queue and no chatbot.
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