Family Sharing

Step 1 — Add a connection

Family sharing starts with a regular connection request. You can upgrade it to Family once they accept.

1. Tap the Social tab (bottom nav).
2. Tap Connections at the top of the page.
3. Tap Add Connection (the green button near the top of the list).
4. Enter their email address — the same one they used to sign up for KetoLens.
5. Tap Send Request.

The request lands in their app. Once they accept, they'll appear in your Connections list and their shared meals will start showing in your timeline.

Waiting on them Your sent request shows under a "Sent Requests" header until they accept. You can't mark anyone as Family until the connection is mutual — one-sided requests don't count.

Step 2 — Mark as Family Member

Once connected, open their profile and flip the Family Member switch. The crown and one-tap shared logging kick in as soon as you mark them — they don't have to reciprocate for those. Pantry syncing is the one thing that needs both of you to opt in.

1. Go to Social → Connections.
2. Tap their name to open their profile.
3. Tap the Family Member toggle to turn it on.

That's your side done. Ask them to do the same on their device — open your profile in their app and toggle Family Member on.

Pantry sharing needs both sides The crown and "I shared this meal" button work as soon as you mark them — their side doesn't matter for those. But pantry syncing only starts once they've also marked you as Family. Until then, you'll see a "pending" banner on their profile.

What the pantry status banners mean

Scroll down on their connection profile to see the current pantry sharing status:

• Active (crown + green text) — both sides have marked each other as Family. Pantry items are syncing automatically.
• Pending (yellow text) — you've toggled Family on, but they haven't done the same yet. Nudge them.

👑 The crown in the feed

As soon as you mark someone as Family Member, a small gold crown appears on top of their avatar wherever they show up — in the Social timeline, in your Connections list, and on their profile. It's just a visual marker so you can tell family entries apart from regular connections without having to remember who's who.

🔗 Sharing a meal with your connections

Meals are private by default — connections can't see anything unless you explicitly share it. The share toggle is right there on the meal itself, so you decide individually which ones go out.

1. Log or open a meal from your Diary.
2. Find the Share with connections row — it's just below the AI confidence badge, in the meal summary card.
3. Toggle it on. The meal is now visible to all your connections in their Social timeline.

Pro feature Sharing meals requires a Pro or Trial subscription. If you're on the free tier, the toggle won't appear. You can still receive shared meals from family connections without a subscription.

Toggle it off at any time to unshare. The meal disappears from your connections' timelines immediately.

🍽️ Logging a meal you both ate

If you and a family member ate the same meal, one of you can log it and share it — the other can add it to their own diary in one tap without having to re-enter anything.

Person A (the logger):

1. Log the meal normally (Snap or Manual).
2. Turn on Share with connections before saving.

Person B (joining the meal):

1. Go to Social → Timeline — the shared meal appears there.
2. Tap the meal to open it.
3. Tap the teal I shared this meal button at the bottom.
4. A copy is added to your Diary instantly, with all the same food items and macros.

Your copy, your diary The entry added to your Diary is fully yours — you can edit it, change the date, or delete it independently. Editing your copy doesn't touch the original.

📦 Shared pantry

When both of you have marked each other as Family Member, your scanned pantry items are shared automatically. If your partner scanned the almond milk you both use, it shows up in your pantry too — and when the AI spots it in a meal photo, it uses the correct macros for both of you.

You can edit or delete shared items just like your own — fix the macros, rename it, change the quantity, whatever. The one thing you can't do is scan a new nutrition label or swap the photo, since those are tied to the original capture.