One good question a day for you and your teenager. You each answer on your own phone, on your own time, and nobody sees a word until you've both answered. Two minutes, then it's yours to keep.
Questions grounded in relationship research, sequenced so the light ones come first.
On the web today, apps coming soon · free while we're in beta
Want more of the family in? Add siblings, a second parent, or grandparents anytime. The jar fits everyone.
Nobody sees a word until everyone's answered. That's the whole trick. And yeah, you get to see what your parents actually said, too.
11 memories in the Reyes jar
No sitting anyone down. No “we need to talk.” Just one question on everyone’s phone, and the little moment where the whole family finds out what everyone else said.
One question each morning, chosen for where your family actually is — not a random prompt pulled from a list.
A sentence is enough. So is a joke, or a photo. Skip it entirely and nobody is told — not even your parent.
The last answer opens them all, and a marble drops for each. That's the part your family comes back for.
Most of what your family says to each other is gone by morning. Here, every answered day becomes a marble — and the answers stay, dated and readable, for as long as you want them.
There's no streak to break and no counter shaming you for a bad week. The jar doesn't empty. It only fills.
3,187 answers · 3 years · 1 family
Four answers in. It still feels like a novelty.
It's a habit now. Nobody has to remind anyone.
She leaves for college with all of it saved.
Grounded in the research behind the “Do You Know?” scale — teenagers who know their family's stories score higher on resilience and self-esteem. These questions are how those stories get told.
Did you plink today?replaces “how was your day”
I plinked. Your turn.the nudge that isn't nagging
Mamá plinked something weird.a 16-year-old, voluntarily, about her mother
You've asked “how was your day” a thousand times and gotten “fine” a thousand times. This asks better questions than you'd think to ask at dinner, and it asks them of you, too. You're not running the conversation. You're just in it.
Here's the part they don't love: they have to answer the awkward one before they can see yours. Be funny, be one word, or skip it. Nobody's told, not even them. Worst case you waste two minutes. Best case your mom says something genuinely unhinged and you screenshot it forever.
No tiers, no seats, no add-ons — a family isn't a per-user license. When pricing arrives, one subscription will cover everyone who answers, grandparents included. For now, it's even simpler:
Early families get everything free while we build Plink Jar together. A fair family price comes later — and you'll hear it from us long before it shows up.
Free during the beta · no card, no catch · early families hear about pricing first
Plink Jar sends your family one good question a day. Everyone answers on their own phone, on their own time — and nobody can read anyone's answer until they've sent their own. When the last answer arrives, everything unlocks at once, and a marble drops into your family's jar for each answer.
No. The answer-first rule applies to everyone, parents included, and the app enforces it — it isn't an honor system. Until you've sent your own answer, everyone else's stays locked.
It's built for families with kids 13 and up — teens get their own account, with the same rules as everyone else. Younger kids can take part from a parent's phone, with a parent recording their answers in their words. And grandparents are first-class members, not add-ons.
It's free while we're in beta — no card, no catch. When pricing arrives, one subscription will cover the whole family: parents, teens, grandparents. No tiers, no per-person seats.
Nothing. There are no streaks, no counters, and nobody is told — not even a parent. The jar never empties; a missed question can still be answered for up to two weeks, and after that it's simply a day without a marble.
Yes. No ads, no location tracking, no reading anyone's messages or screen time — and nothing your family writes is ever sold. Answers stay inside your family's jar, and only your family can read them.
Start tonight with one question. Free while we're in beta — a two-minute habit deserves the time to prove it's worth keeping.
Built by three parents with nine kids between them, two behavioral scientists and a technologist, who wanted a better way to stay close to their own teenagers.