Quick Add: Type an Event, Maxie Builds It
No forms. No dropdowns. Type it like you'd text a friend, and Maxie has an event ready for you to check in seconds.
Try Maxie free →Quick Add means never losing five minutes to a calendar form. Say what's happening in your own words, and it's on the family calendar, ready to check, in seconds.
You're stood at pickup when another parent mentions swimming's moved to Thursdays. By the time you're home and dinner's on, it's slipped your mind, or you remember and then abandon the calendar app halfway through a five-field form because something's boiling over.
Quick Add exists for that exact moment. You don't need to be at a laptop, and you don't need five minutes of uninterrupted attention. One sentence, typed one-handed while you're stirring a pot, does the job a form was never going to get finished.
No forms. No dropdowns. No "select event type" before you've even said what's happening.
Type it like you'd text a friend, and Maxie has an event ready to check in seconds.
That's the whole idea behind Quick Add: the fastest family calendar app input isn't a form, it's a sentence.
How it works
1. Say what's happening
Type a sentence, or snap a photo of a school letter, a party invite, a schedule pinned to the fridge. However the information reaches you, that's how you can hand it to Maxie.
2. Watch it come together
As you type, little checkmarks show up for What, Who, and When, so you can see at a glance whether you've said enough. No pressure to get it perfect. If something's missing, Maxie asks, once, clearly, rather than leaving you guessing.
3. Check it, save it
Maxie shows you what it found. Change anything that's not quite right, then you're done. One sentence in, one event on the calendar.
Built for how families actually talk
Real family life doesn't come in neat fields. "Swimming Tuesdays at 6" doesn't tell you the duration, but Maxie knows swimming lessons usually run half an hour to forty-five minutes, so it fills that in for you. Mention "3.15 pickup" and Maxie knows you mean school finishing time, not the middle of the night. Say a child's name and they're already added as a participant.
That's because Maxie already knows your family: which child goes to which school, when term ends, what the usual weekly schedule looks like. You don't have to repeat yourself. Maxie's been paying attention.
Handles the tricky bits
Got it. Just need one more thing. Sometimes a sentence genuinely doesn't have enough in it, and that's fine. Rather than a guessing game or a string of back-and-forth questions, Maxie tells you exactly what it's understood and exactly what's still missing: "Got it: football practice, Saturday. Just need a time." One clear ask, not a conversation.
Add an event from a photo. Got a flyer, a permission slip, or a screenshot of a booking confirmation? Take a photo or choose one from your camera roll. Maxie reads it, pulls out the details, and gets an event ready for you to check, the same as if you'd typed it.
Multiple events, one message. "Swimming Monday and Friday at 4pm" is two events, and Maxie knows it. When a single message describes more than one thing happening, Maxie sets them up as separate events and lets you step through and confirm each one in turn.
If most of what lands in your day arrives by email rather than a quick text, Email to Calendar does the same job for your inbox, no typing needed at all.
Quick Add is available to every Maxie family, using your plan's monthly AI assist allowance.
Email to Calendar: Forward It, Maxie Takes It From There
Forward school emails, PDFs or photos to your Maxie address and get checked calendar events back, with duplicates merged and routines spotted automatically.
Shared Family Calendar: The Whole Family, One Calendar
One shared family calendar everyone sees the same version of. Invite a partner, co-parent, grandparents or a childminder, updates land for everyone.
Add It Once: Weekly Clubs Sorted for the Whole Term
Set up football on Tuesdays or swimming on Thursdays once, and every future session appears automatically, kit list included, all term long.
Shared Tasks: Maxie Suggests, You Assign, Nobody Forgets
Maxie suggests what an event actually needs, kit, forms, presents, and whoever's handling it gets told directly. One list, nothing forgotten.
Frequently asked questions
Does Quick Add work from a photo, not just typed text?
Yes. Snap a photo of a school letter, a party invite, or a schedule pinned to the fridge, and Maxie reads it the same way it reads a typed sentence.
What happens if I don't include a time or who's going?
Maxie tells you exactly what it's understood and exactly what's missing, for example 'Got it: football practice, Saturday. Just need a time.' One clear question, not a guessing game or a string of back-and-forth prompts.
Can one message create more than one event?
Yes. 'Swimming Monday and Friday at 4pm' is two events, and Maxie sets them up separately so you can confirm each one in turn.
Does Quick Add know my family's regular schedule?
Yes. It already knows things like which child goes to which school and what your usual weekly pattern looks like, so it can fill in details you didn't say, like assuming swimming lessons run 30 to 45 minutes.
Can I fix something Quick Add gets wrong before it's added to the calendar?
Yes. Maxie shows you exactly what it found before anything saves. Change anything that's not quite right, then confirm. Nothing lands on your family calendar app without you seeing it first.
Does Quick Add add my child as a participant automatically?
Yes. Say a child's name in your sentence and they're already added as a participant on the event, no separate step needed.
Is Quick Add only for school events?
No. It works for any family event, not just school admin. 'Grandma's birthday lunch Sunday 1pm' gets the same treatment as 'football Saturday.'
Can I use it for things like non-uniform day or a school trip?
Yes, exactly the same way. Type it naturally, for example 'non-uniform day Friday' or 'school trip to the museum, permission slip due Monday', and Maxie builds the event from the sentence.
Is Quick Add included in every Maxie plan?
Yes, it's available to every Maxie family, using your plan's monthly AI assist allowance.