The Works Apps // Family Mission Control (FMC)Family Mission Control
Family Mission Control is one iPhone app for everyone who lives in the home: calendar, tasks, shopping, meals, medicines, emergency cards and chat, including the person who helps in the home.
Reference renders of the web build with a demo household. Not store screenshots.
What this product is for.
A household is a small organisation with no manager, and the person who helps in the home is often left out of the plan. Family Mission Control gives every member of the household their own login and their own view.
In the product's own words.
Plan the days
Calendar, tasks, school and renewals.
- CalendarOne calendar for everyone. Colour it by person or by kind.
- Tasks and choresGive every job a name, a time and an owner, and see what is done.
- TodayOne screen for what is on for the household today.
- RoutinesSet up the routines your home repeats.
- SchoolTerm dates, homework, school kit, forms and who is collecting whom.
- RenewalsEvery expiry on one timeline: passports, IDs, insurance.
Run the house
Lists, meals, repairs and documents.
- ShoppingShared lists the whole household can add to.
- MealsPlan the week's dinners and tick who is eating.
- RecipesKeep your own cookbook.
- RepairsKeep a list of what is broken and who is fixing it.
- Family bulletinWi-Fi, gate code, house rules, who to call: the notes the house runs on.
- DocumentsPassports, IDs and insurance for each person, with their expiry dates.
- Budget and receiptsRecord receipts and see household spending by category.
Look after each other
Medicines, emergency cards and health.
- MedicinesA medicine schedule and cabinet for the house, with doses and stock.
- Emergency cardsOne for each person: allergies, medicines and who to call.
- Health recordsA record for each person, with nutrition. Owners and adults only.
- Sick daysNote who is unwell.
- PetsPets are part of the house, with their own health records.
Made for homes with help
The person who helps in your home gets their own login and their own simple view: a maid, a nanny, a driver, a cook.
- What a helper seesTheir jobs for the day. The shopping list. The household chat. The medicine schedule. Everyone's emergency card, so they know who to call. The family bulletin: gate code, Wi-Fi, house rules. Their own documents.
- What a helper does not seeTheir view has no calendar, budget or plan screens, and they can't add people. Adults see everything in the household.
- TalkOne household chat for everyone, helpers included.
Pricing and information
For iPhone.
- Pricing7 days free, then AED 100 a month or AED 1,000 a year. A payment method is needed to start; after 7 days the plan renews until you cancel. Monthly includes up to 10 people with their own login. Annual includes up to 20. Children and pets you add without a login don't count.
- Your informationYour information stays on our own server. No ads and no analytics or advertising kits. Export your information or delete your account at any time, inside the app.
Counted, not claimed.
From the product's own site, 15 October 2026.
The context this product works in.
Running a household involves a great deal of coordination that is rarely written down: who needs what, by when, and who is responsible if something changes. This section collects published research and official guidance on how household work is shared, what UAE law says about employing help at home, how family and children's data is regulated, and what health and safety bodies advise about keeping emergency information to hand. It is a reference, with sources listed and the dates they were read.
Emergency information at home
Paediatric and emergency bodies and civil-protection agencies advise recording contact and medical details in advance. UAE emergency numbers from the portal.
Read the guide02Employing domestic help in the UAE: the rules
UAE federal law sets written contracts, rest, leave and wage rules for domestic workers, run by MOHRE. A summary of official sources read on 15 October 2026.
Read the guide03Family data and privacy
UAE law protects personal data via a 2021 federal law and, for children, a 2025 child digital safety law. Apple and the UK regulator add published expectations.
Read the guide04Sharing the load at home
Research separates the physical tasks of a household from the thinking that organises them, and finds both unevenly shared. Evidence on tools is thinner.
Read the guide05Paying a domestic worker's wages in the UAE: the rules
What the UAE domestic workers law says about when wages are due, how payment is evidenced, deductions, leave pay and disputes, read with MOHRE's employer guide.
Read the guide06Children's online safety in the UAE: the 2025 law
What Federal Decree-Law No. 26 of 2025 on Child Digital Safety says about platforms, internet providers and parents or guardians, from the English text.
Read the guide07Renting a home in Dubai: the lease paperwork to keep
What Dubai tenancy law says a lease must contain, when it renews, how rent increases are capped and what notices matter, read from the Dubai Legislation Portal.
Read the guide08Shared family calendars: what the research says
What studies of family calendars, the mental load and usability say about sharing a household schedule, and where the evidence is thin or only inferred.
Read the guideThe numbers, with sources.
We publish a claim only when we have opened its source and read the passage that supports it. Each guide lists its sources with the date and a short quotation, so you can check us. Where a rule may have changed or the evidence is mixed, we say so. The guides are general information, not legal, tax, financial, HR or medical advice. Facts about each product are taken from the product's own site and code and carry the date they were counted.
The people it is built around.
Households
Everyone who lives in the home, each with their own login and their own view.
- AdultsSee everything in the household.
- FamiliesCalendar, tasks, school, meals, shopping, renewals and medicines in one app.
- Children and petsAdd them without a login and they do not count towards the number of people on the plan.
Homes with help
A maid, a nanny, a driver or a cook gets their own login and their own simple view.
- A helper seesTheir jobs for the day, the shopping list, the household chat, the medicine schedule, everyone's emergency card, the family bulletin and their own documents.
- A helper does not seeCalendar, budget or plan screens, and they cannot add people.
- TalkOne household chat for everyone, helpers included.
Questions about Family Mission Control.
What is Family Mission Control?
Family Mission Control is one iPhone app for everyone who lives in the home: calendar, tasks, shopping, meals, medicines, emergency cards and chat, including the person who helps in the home.
Which phones does it run on?
Family Mission Control is for iPhone. The screenshots on this site are reference renders of the web build with a demo household, not store screenshots.
How much does it cost?
It is free for 7 days, then AED 100 a month or AED 1,000 a year. A payment method is needed to start, and after 7 days the plan renews until you cancel. These prices were taken from the product's own site on 15 October 2026.
How many people can use one plan?
The monthly plan includes up to 10 people with their own login. The annual plan includes up to 20. Children and pets you add without a login do not count.
What does the person who helps in the home see?
A helper gets their own login and a simple view: their jobs for the day, the shopping list, the household chat, the medicine schedule, everyone's emergency card, the family bulletin and their own documents. Their view has no calendar, budget or plan screens, and they cannot add people.
Where does my information live?
Your information stays on our own server. There are no ads and no analytics or advertising kits. You can export your information or delete your account at any time, inside the app.
What can it keep track of?
Calendar, tasks and chores, routines, school, renewals, shopping, meals, recipes, repairs, a family bulletin, documents, budget and receipts, medicines, emergency cards, health records, sick days and pets.
How do I get it or get help?
Visit fmc.theworksapps.com. For help, use the support page at fmc.theworksapps.com/support or write to [email protected].
Related guides: Sharing the load at home, Employing domestic help in the UAE: the rules, Family data and privacy, Emergency information at home. See all the guides and the facts and figures.