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Sidecar is not open yet, so any price, trial or plan named in these answers is planned rather than on sale.
What is Sidecar?
A copilot for your own life. You tell it what is going on in your own words, and it works out what matters now, what is slipping and what to do next, with the reason under each line. It holds errands, people, bookings and goals in one place, and it is built for busy UK professionals and parents.
How does it work out what to do next?
It reads what you have told it: the dates on your errands and bookings, the steps under your goals, and the people whose last contact has lapsed. From that it ranks what matters now and what is slipping, and puts the reason in a clause under each line. The ranking is recomputed on a batched schedule as your data changes.
Is there an iPhone app and a home screen widget?
Not yet. Today Sidecar is a phone-first web app you open in your browser, and it has a widget preview screen showing the 'now' and 'coming up' content. A native iPhone app and real home screen widgets are what we are building towards, and there is no App Store listing at this stage.
Will Sidecar nudge me when something is due?
No. There are no push notifications, emails or texts from the app. Everything sits on the today view and the widget preview screen, so what you read is whatever is true at the moment you open it.
What does it cost?
There is a Free plan at no cost, with tasks and errands, three people entered by hand and one goal. Plus is £6.99 a month, adds the read-only Google Calendar and Contacts connection and more goals, and annual billing saves about 28%. Checkout is handled by Stripe, monthly or annual.
What can Sidecar see of my Google account, and where does it go?
On Plus it reads your Google Calendar and Google Contacts, read-only, so it cannot write to them, edit them or delete anything. A privacy screen in the app names the exact recipients, Google and OpenAI, and the data categories that leave your device. The same detail sits in the privacy notice, so you can read it before connecting anything.
Can my partner or family share an account?
Not for now. Sidecar accounts are single-user, so it holds one person's errands, people, bookings and goals. Shared and family use is not part of this build.
Can I use Sidecar for health or medical notes?
No. Sidecar is not a health or medical product and makes no claims of that kind. Onboarding asks you to acknowledge, before capture is switched on, that you will not enter medical or diagnostic information in free-text fields, and the privacy policy carries the same exclusion.
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