Create a TraceNook family space and invite your family

If your partner keeps asking which box holds the spare charger, put the same household record on both phones. One person creates the family space with Max; everyone else can join on the free plan. There’s no account to create. You invite each phone on your home Wi-Fi; after that, changes pass directly between phones on the same Wi-Fi, or end-to-end encrypted through our relay when you’re apart.

Check what you’re about to share

Open Me, then Family sync. Before you tap Create family space, look through what’s in your private space, because all of it moves into the new family space. You get a fresh, empty private space at the same time for anything you’d rather keep to yourself.

Name the family and this phone

Use a name such as “Our home” and a device name such as “Dad’s iPhone,” so the device list is easy to recognize. Versions before 1.0.8 also asked for a four-digit family PIN here; 1.0.8 removed it.

Invite one phone at a time

1. Connect both phones to the same home Wi-Fi and open TraceNook on both.
2. On the owner’s phone, open Family Sync and tap Invite family member. Leave that page open: the QR code lasts 10 minutes, and closing the page cancels the invitation.
3. On the new phone, open Family Sync, tap Scan to join a family and point the camera at the owner’s QR code.
4. Both phones now show a six-digit code. Check that the two codes are identical, then tap Codes match on each phone.

Only the owner can invite; members can’t add devices. The new phone doesn’t need Max. If the phones can’t find each other, run through the family sync checklist before starting a new invitation.

Switch between family and private records

In Me, tap Current space to open Switch space. Pick the family space for shared household things and the private space for your own. Each space keeps its own items, spots and photos; switching only changes what you see, nothing is copied across.

Once the second phone has joined, read how family sync works for everyday use. The device and owner guide covers changing the owner’s phone later.