Questions, answered

Is Hale right for your family?

The honest answers parents ask us most — about cost, privacy, and how Hale actually works.

Yes — Hale is free to start, and the core is free: trusted local activities near you, gentle tracking, and your family’s own view of what matters. Paid plans are a later add-on for deeper automation, not a gate on the everyday value.

Yes. Hale is built privacy-first for the most sensitive data there is — a newborn’s. Your data is stored in Canada and never leaves it, in line with PIPEDA and Quebec’s Law 25. Hale never sells your data.

A tracker asks you to log everything. Hale is passive — it works quietly in the background, and instead of another chart it brings back the “village”: the classes, groups, and drop-ins near you that other families actually value.

Every stage of childhood, from newborn to 18 — newborn, toddler, child, and teen — adapting what it surfaces and how it protects privacy as your child grows.

Teens 13 and older get real privacy by default: their content is summarized for a parent, not shown raw, unless the teen agrees. The one exception is a genuine safety concern — and there, the teen is notified.

Only with your explicit consent. New accounts start in an observe-only mode, and nothing happens on your behalf until you approve that specific kind of action. You are always in control.

No. Hale is event-driven and passive by design — it is not another daily logging chore. You share what you want, when you want, and it does the quiet work of noticing what’s useful.

Hale is Canada-first today, because keeping your family’s data on Canadian soil is a core promise, not a setting. Support for other regions is on the roadmap.

Ready to find your village?

Free to start. Your data stays in Canada.