Yes, all core features are free. A Pro plan is available for advanced users.

What languages does the voice assistant support?

The AI voice assistant supports 6 languages: French, English, German, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese.

Yes, your data is encrypted and hosted on secure servers in Europe (Paris). RGPD compliant.

Does TAMSIV work offline?

The voice assistant requires an internet connection. Your existing tasks and memos are accessible offline.

Can I share with my family?

Yes! Create a family group and share tasks, memos, and your calendar. Each member sees updates in real-time.

How does the voice assistant work?

Hold down the microphone button, speak naturally, then release. The AI analyzes your request, extracts dates, reminders, and priorities, then automatically creates your task or memo. You can validate or modify it before saving.

What are the different subscriptions available?

TAMSIV offers 3 plans: Free (essential features), Pro (advanced features, extended AI), and Team (advanced collaboration for teams and associations). You can manage your subscription directly from the app.

Binders work like folders: create a hierarchical tree to organize your tasks and memos. You can keep them private or share them with a group for real-time collaboration.

Can I add attachments to my tasks?

Yes, you can add photos, videos, and documents to your tasks and memos. Files are securely stored and accessible by all group members if the item is shared.

How does the integrated calendar work?

The Agenda tab displays your scheduled tasks and events in a calendar view. You can create events by voice or manually, with custom reminders. In collaborative mode, the group calendar is shared.

What is the gamification system?

TAMSIV rewards your productivity! Earn points by completing tasks, maintain daily streaks, unlock badges, and track your progress in the news feed. The more active you are, the more you level up.

How do I invite someone to join my group?

From the Social tab, share your invitation code or send a direct link. The invited person can join your group and access shared binders, assigned tasks, and the common calendar.

Can the AI create events in my calendar?

Yes, for example, say "Create an event next Tuesday from 2 PM to 4 PM, team meeting" and the AI will create the event with the date, time, and reminders automatically.

Are my voice data recorded?

No. Your audio is transcribed into text in real-time and then deleted. Only the resulting text is kept. No voice recordings are stored on our servers.

Can I use TAMSIV on the web?

Yes, a web application is available at tamsiv.com. Log in with your account to find your tasks, memos, and calendar from any browser.

How do reminders work?

You can set one or more reminders per task or event. The AI can also create them automatically when you dictate: "remind me 30 minutes before." Notifications arrive directly on your phone.

Can I customize the app interface?

Yes, you can reorder the main tabs according to your preferences. Press and hold a tab to move it and customize your experience.

Best Shared Family Checklist App with Voice (Android 2026)

Name: TAMSIV
Author: TAMSIV

A shared family list always breaks the same way. Someone writes "bread" on the fridge whiteboard, someone else adds "shampoo" to a phone note, a third person drops it in the family WhatsApp thread. By Saturday nobody has the full picture, two people bought the same mustard, and the kid's snack got forgotten.

The problem was never the shopping itself. It is the coordination beforehand. Several contributors, several moments across the week, and no single place everyone keeps up to date. A good shared family checklist app fixes exactly that. Here is what to look for in 2026, and how the main options compare.

What makes a family checklist app actually work

Before comparing, here are the criteria that matter day to day in a household:

Real-time sharing: when one person ticks an item, everyone sees it within the second, even mid-supermarket.
Low-friction capture: adding an item must take three seconds, not five taps. This is where voice changes everything.
Structure: groceries, school, chores and weekend plans should not live in one flat list. Nested folders keep each "mental pile" separate.
Access levels: a teen should add their snack without seeing the budget. A neighbor should see one list, for one errand, then nothing.
Free enough: a family of four will not pay four subscriptions just to write "milk".

The main shared family checklist apps in 2026

Cozi

Cozi is the long-time default for family logistics: a color-coded shared calendar, to-do lists and a recipe box. It is excellent for appointments and as a wall-calendar replacement. Its weak spots for a pure checklist workflow are voice capture (limited) and depth of organization (lists stay fairly flat). If your main need is a family calendar, Cozi is a strong pick.

Any.do

Any.do is polished, with a thoughtful family plan, real-time shared lists, grocery features and natural-language input. It is one of the smoothest options around. The catch is that the full family experience sits behind the paid plan, and its structure stays task-list first rather than nested folders.

Google Keep

Google Keep is free, instant and already on most Android phones. You can share a note as a checkbox list. For a single shopping list shared with one partner, it is hard to beat on simplicity. What it does not do: family roles, nested organization, or any real distinction between a quick memo and a structured task.

Microsoft To Do and Todoist

Both are powerful task managers with shared lists and, increasingly, voice features. They shine for personal productivity and work projects. For a household they can feel over-engineered, and they are built around tasks rather than the mix of lists, memos and shared contexts a family actually juggles.

TAMSIV

TAMSIV approaches the problem from the capture side. You press the mic and say "add shampoo and deodorant to the shopping list", and the item drops into the right shared folder. The assistant reads what is already on the list first, so it will not add "eggs" twice. Everything lives in nested folders (Kitchen > Shopping list > ...) several levels deep, and each person gets an access level: full, edit, or read-only, per folder. Free on Android, with Pro and Team plans for heavier use.

Parent adding an item to a shared family shopping list by voice in a kitchen at dusk

Comparison: Cozi vs Any.do vs Google Keep vs TAMSIV

Rather than a sales pitch, here are the facts on the criteria that matter for a shared family list:

Criterion	Cozi	Any.do	Google Keep	TAMSIV
Voice capture	Limited	Natural input	Basic dictation	Conversational AI
Real-time sharing	Yes	Yes	Yes (note)	Yes
Nested folders	Flat lists	Lists / folders	Labels	Unlimited, several levels
Per-person roles	Family account	Family plan	No	4 roles (full, admin, editor, reader)
Smart de-duplication	No	No	No	Yes (merge before add)
Built-in calendar	Yes, strong point	Yes	Simple reminders	Yes, native
Useful free plan	Yes (with ads)	Partial	Yes	Yes
Data hosting	USA	USA	USA	Paris, France (GDPR)

The takeaway is simple: no app wins on everything. Cozi stays unbeatable as a family calendar, Google Keep as a single ultra-simple list. TAMSIV stands out as soon as you want to capture by voice, organize in depth, and give each member the right access level.

Why voice changes everything for a family list

The moment a shared list gets filled (or not) is when you notice something is missing. You walk past the empty bathroom shelf and realize there is no toothpaste left. If adding it means unlocking, opening the app, finding the right list and typing, nine times out of ten you skip it. The information is lost.

With voice capture you say "add toothpaste" in passing, three seconds, without interrupting what you are doing. And with TAMSIV the AI understands the intent instead of transcribing blindly: it puts the item in the right existing list, merges if it is already there, and asks when it is unsure. The partner already at the store sees the update within the second.

TAMSIV in practice: the milk scenario

Picture a shared folder This week's kitchen with four sub-folders: Shopping list, Weekly meals, Favorite recipes, Sunday batch cooking. Both parents have full access everywhere, the teens have edit access on two sub-folders only (they add their snack without seeing the budget), the neighbor has read access on the Shopping list alone, just for her errand.

Wednesday evening you dictate "add milk". The item drops into This week's kitchen > Shopping list without you saying the path. If milk was already there, the AI does not duplicate it. When someone ticks the pasta at the store, the others see the box check and do not buy it twice. That is exactly the pattern I detail in the article on shared family shopping lists.

When another app is the better choice

To be fair: if you mainly want a digital wall calendar to juggle doctor appointments and kids' activities, Cozi will probably do it better. If you just want a single shopping list shared with one person, no roles or structure, Google Keep is perfect and already installed. TAMSIV takes the lead when you want to combine both worlds: fast voice capture, several lists organized in folders, and different access per member.

FAQ

What is the best shared family checklist app with voice?

For a family list filled by voice, TAMSIV is built precisely for this: you dictate an item and the AI files it in the right shared folder, in real time, without duplicates. Cozi remains the best choice if your main need is a family calendar, and Google Keep if you want a single ultra-simple list.

Does a shared TAMSIV list update in real time for everyone?

Yes. As soon as one person adds or ticks an item, the other members of the folder see the change within the second, including when someone is already at the supermarket.

Can kids add items without seeing everything?

Yes. Each member gets an access level per folder (full, edit, or read-only). A teen can add their snack to a specific sub-folder without seeing the rest, such as the budget or other lists.

Is TAMSIV really free for a family?

The free plan covers unlimited folders, unlimited lists and memos, voice creation and collaboration, with no ads. The Pro and Team plans add advanced features and more members per group, but a family can organize entirely on the free plan.

Is TAMSIV available on iPhone?

TAMSIV is currently available on Android via the Google Play Store. The iOS version is planned and a web app is in development. You can follow progress on our public roadmap.

Try it now

Download TAMSIV for free on the Google Play Store, create a shared folder for your family, and add your first item by voice. To go further, read the guide on collaborative family organization or the comparison of the best voice task manager app on Android.