📖 The Pa' La Casa Guide

One family = one group. This is the most important thing to understand:

1. 1ONE person (the owner) creates the family in the app — 30 seconds, no email or password.
2. 2On creation, the app gives them a 6-letter CODE and a WhatsApp share button.
3. 3Each family member downloads the app, taps “Yes — I have a code” and enters it. The same code works for the whole family.
4. 4Done! Everyone shares the same list, the same alerts, the same digital home.

💡 If each person creates their own family, they'll end up in separate groups that can't be merged. When inviting someone, always say: “tap I HAVE A CODE”.

One list for everyone, live: what one adds, everyone sees instantly.

1. 1Type the item below and tap +. Add several at once: “milk, bread and eggs”.
2. 2The list organizes ITSELF by store aisle (produce, meats, dairy…) so you shop without zig-zagging.
3. 3Tap the quantity (or “+ quantity”) for “2 lb”, “1 dozen”, whatever you need.
4. 4To mark something bought, tap the CIRCLE on the right — only the circle, so nothing gets checked by accident.
5. 5Every item shows who asked for it and when.

💡 Made a mistake? Open “Show completed” and bring it back with one tap.

Say your list like you'd say it at home — Spanish, English and Spanglish all work.

1. 1Tap the mic 🎤 next to the typing box.
2. 2Speak naturally: “two pounds of tomatoes, paper towels, lactose-free milk”.
3. 3Tap ⏹ to finish. The app splits each item, sets quantities and files them in their aisle.

💡 Great while driving (phone in its mount) — dictate the list on the way to the store.

Want THAT exact brand? Snap a photo and the app names it for you.

1. 1Tap the camera 📷 in the add bar.
2. 2Photograph the product (label facing you helps).
3. 3The AI identifies it with brand and size — “noosa vanilla yoghurt 4 pack” — and adds it with its photo so the shopper finds exactly that one.

💡 Perfect for the products only you know: a photo beats a thousand descriptions.

The star feature: when you arrive at YOUR store, your family's phones ring. No texting, no buttons.

1. 1Go to the Stores tab and save your usual supermarkets (search by name, tap save).
2. 2When the app asks for location permission, choose “ALWAYS ALLOW” — that's what lets it work with the phone in your pocket.
3. 3Done. Next time anyone in the family walks into that store, everyone gets: “🛒 Carlos at Publix — need anything?”
4. 4Whatever they add while you're inside reaches you right there in the aisle.

💡 The alert takes ~2 minutes to confirm you really went in (so it stays quiet if you just drive past). Privacy: it only works at stores YOU saved — no map, no history, nobody sees where you are.

For the “which brand was it?” moment — a private chat that only exists during the shopping trip.

1. 1Only the person IN the store can open a chat: tap 💬 next to an item someone else requested.
2. 2A private conversation opens with whoever asked for it — nobody else sees it.
3. 3Send a shelf photo 📷: “this box or the purple one?” — instant answer.
4. 4When you leave the store, chats archive themselves.

💡 Others can't message the shopper unless the shopper wrote first — zero distractions while shopping.

Find out what your family REALLY spends — most people have no idea.

1. 1Leaving the store, open Receipts (in the List tab) and tap “Scan receipt”.
2. 2Photograph the whole ticket. The AI reads every item with its price.
3. 3The app totals your month and keeps a history of every trip by store.

💡 Scan EVERY receipt the first month — the number will surprise you (it surprised us 🙈).

Write what you'll cook and the shopping list builds itself, dish by dish.

1. 1In the Menu tab, write one dish per day: “Monday: chicken and rice, Tuesday: tacos…” — any cuisine.
2. 2Pick how many people and tap “Generate shopping list”.
3. 3The app lists ALL the ingredients with quantities, grouped by dish — uncheck what you already have.
4. 4Tap 🍳 next to any dish for the full step-by-step recipe (hundreds included: Peruvian, Mexican, Central American, Caribbean and world classics).

💡 Repeated dishes add up on their own: if Monday and Thursday both need rice, the list asks for the total.

Furry ones are family too — vaccines and care, remembered automatically.

1. 1In the Pets tab, add your companion (name, species, photo if you like).
2. 2Log events: vaccines, meds, baths, vet visits — with date and repetition (“every 3 months”).
3. 3The app alerts the family when something is due or overdue.

Your personal to-dos, with reminders — and appointments can be shared.

1. 1Dates: add “dentist Friday 3 pm”, choose when to be reminded (15 min, 1 hour, 1 day before).
2. 2Share it with anyone in the family — they get the reminder too.
3. 3Tasks: your private, simple to-do list.

Every new family starts with 30 days of EVERYTHING free. Afterwards:

1. 1FREE forever: the shared family list and the receipt scanner (up to 4 a month).
2. 2PLUS ($24.99 a YEAR, paid only by the owner, covering up to 10 members): store-arrival alerts, the aisle chat, voice and photo adding, AI menus and recipes, and unlimited receipts.
3. 3Subscribe from Family → “✨ Pa' La Casa Plus” with your Apple account. Cancel anytime from Settings.

💡 One payment for the whole family — under $2.10 a month to keep the house in sync.

Your account lives in your family, not in your phone — recovery takes a minute.

1. 1Ask the owner for a code: Family → the 🔑 button next to your name.
2. 2On the new phone: open the app, tap “I already have an account” and enter the code.
3. 3You're back exactly as you were: your family, your list, your history.

House rules, carved in stone:

1. 1No email, no phone number, no passwords — we don't ask, we don't have them.
2. 2Your location: only detects arrival at stores YOU saved. No map, no route history, nobody in your family sees where you are.
3. 3Minors' phones (marked 🧒 by the owner) never share location.
4. 4Your data belongs to your family: zero ads, zero data sales, and the owner can erase everything anytime.