The Hōbi app shown on an iPhone.
The Hōbi app icon — a warm terracotta smiling face.

Raising a child takes a village

Hōbi is a private app that brings your village together in one place.
A father helping his daughter brush her teeth, a grandmother and granddaughter filling muffin tins, a father and son laughing with shaving cream, and a mother helping her baby take first steps outside
You
Ok so Eli's been scared of this bike for a month
Today he just went for it. made me run the whole block and did NOT want to stop 😂
❤️
👌
2
Grandma
Is everyone still coming Sunday? I'm doing the ham
Aunt Rae
yes!! and GO ELI 🥹 that's our boy
Uncle Mike
What can i bring sunday?

The good stuff keeps getting lost in the group texts.

Not because they didn't care. The chat can't hold a kid's whole life and the Sunday plans at once. The bike, the lost tooth, the thing they said in the car you swore you'd never forget. Gone to old threads until you go looking for who they were at seven and there's nothing there.

Hōbi is the one place that only holds them.
Three iPhone screens of the Hōbi app showing Eli's Circle and the Effort moment ‘Kept trying when it was hard,’ with a photo of a dad helping him ride a bike and Circle comments.

Hōbi gives them a place.

The people in your child's life write down the good things they see. A moment of kindness. A moment of courage. Something funny, something gentle, something that surprised them. It takes a few seconds.

Three iPhone screens of the Hōbi app showing how a moment is captured.
Two iPhone screens of the Hōbi app: the Care Circle showing nine members of Maya’s Circle, and a Circle member detail view for Michael Torres.
Care Circle

The people who care, finally in one place.

The grandparent two time zones away. The aunt who never misses a weekend. The teacher who sees a side you don't. You choose who's in, and only they are. Everyone catches something different, and Hōbi holds it all together.

Three iPhone screens of the Hōbi app: Maya’s Portraits list, the full Portrait letter titled ‘Kindness showed up everywhere, and effort grew louder,’ and the shareable Portrait carousel card.
Portrait

Every week, a story about who they're becoming.

Every moment your Circle captures comes together into a Portrait. A letter written from every perspective.

Not just yours. Everyone's.

You will read things about your child that nobody ever told you. You'll screenshot them. You'll come back on hard days just to remember who this tiny person is becoming.

Three iPhone screens of the Hōbi app: the Promises tab with active and ‘happening soon’ promises, the ‘What’s your promise?’ creation sheet, and an admin approval screen for a 40-spark promise.
Promises

Character earns
real experiences.

On a Tuesday, your daughter earned a pottery class because Grandma and Grandpa kept noticing her creativity. She didn't earn it because she asked. She earned it because she showed up as herself, and the village saw it.

Two iPhone screens of the Hōbi app: the Help tab with ‘Still open’ and ‘Past needs’ sections, and the Ask for help creation sheet.
Help

When your people
need to show up.

A meal during a hard week. A ride to practice. A hand with pickup when the day falls apart. Help is how your village goes from noticing the good to
showing up for each other.

And if it needs to be sent in the group chat, you can do that too. Android phones included.

You're doing better
than you think.
A mother leans in to touch noses with her toddler in a bright, modern kitchen.

Frequently Asked Questions

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