Every answer, searchable
Search every post and reply in your circle. When someone starts typing a question that's been answered, Village shows them the old thread first.
Mom groups, classes, PTAs, and playgroups run on WhatsApp threads and Facebook groups where everything gets buried. Village gives your community one private, organized home.
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Search every post and reply in your circle. When someone starts typing a question that's been answered, Village shows them the old thread first.
Your address, parking, phone number, and what to bring stay at the top of your circle. Phone numbers are tap-to-call.
Split one circle into pods, like “3–6 months · Tue 9am” or a PTA committee. Share a pod's link and parents land right in it. When babies age up, move the whole pod with a tap.
Village reminds each pod before every session, in your time zone. Or send all of today's reminders with one tap.
Post a meetup with the time and place. Members tap Going, and it shows up in “Happening soon.”
Share class photos, schedules, and PDFs like waivers, all collected on one Photos & files page. Private to your members, never on a public link.
Members can message you privately. Village answers common questions for you and sends an away message when you're busy.
Members can post anonymously, and still get private replies, so the hard questions finally get asked.
“Ask AI” sums up what your own members have already said about a topic. And every family gets a private parenting assistant, tailored to their kids' ages.
You approve who joins. Report and block are built in, and every photo is checked before anyone sees it. No ads, ever.
| Feature | Village | Facebook groups | WhatsApp groups |
|---|---|---|---|
| Answers organized by topic, not one endless thread | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Search old answers easily | ✓ | Limited | Limited |
| Pinned info at the top | ✓ | ✓ | Up to 3 messages |
| Pods for each class or age group, with move-up | ✓ | Subgroups, no move-up | Separate chats |
| Automatic class reminders | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Auto-replies to private messages | ✓ | ✗ | Business app only |
| Anonymous posts that can still get private replies | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| No ads or algorithm deciding what members see | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |