The when
Date, start time, end time. Handles "Tuesday at 3" the same as "March 14, 9am-noon." Picks the correct year when only a day is mentioned.
WhatsApp to calendar
Forward a WhatsApp. That's it.
Sense is a contact in your WhatsApp. Forward a class-group message, a coach's photo, or a camp PDF - we pull out the dates, who it's for, and what to bring, and reply with what got added. You never leave WhatsApp.
How it works
Two minutes to set up. Forever after, just forward.
Step 01
Connect WhatsApp in Sense
Open Sense, go to Settings, tap Connect WhatsApp. Send the prefilled message that opens. That's the whole setup - now Sense is a saved contact in your WhatsApp.
Step 02
Forward whatever lands
The class WhatsApp coordinating a Tuesday playdate. The coach's photo of the away-game roster. The school's PDF newsletter forwarded by another parent. Long-press, Forward, pick Sense.
Step 03
Sense replies in chat
"Added: Tara's playdate Tuesday 3:30pm at the Cohen house." Your partner sees the same event on the family calendar. Nothing got typed.
What gets pulled out
The thing buried in the forty-message thread.
The where
Pulls "the Cohen house" or "Field 4 at Mason Park" out of conversational messages. Drops the address into the event so a tap opens maps.
Who it's for
"Just the 3rd grade girls" routes to your daughter. "Practice for the U10 team" routes to whoever on your family is on that team.
What to bring
"Wear orange, bring a water bottle and the permission slip" lands as notes on the event so you don't have to scroll back through WhatsApp at 7am.
Photos and PDFs included
The coach who screenshots the schedule. The room parent who attaches a PDF. The flyer someone snapped at pickup. Forward the attachment - same outcome.
Reminders set automatically
RSVP-by dates, permission-slip deadlines, deposits due. Becomes reminders in Sense routed to the parent on duty.
What to forward
The messages worth forwarding.
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The class WhatsApp
Spirit week, picture day reminders, the "did anyone get the homework page" thread, the field-trip volunteer signup. Forward the one message with the date in it - skip the other thirty-eight.
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Coach and team chats
"Practice moved to Friday at 5." "Photos this Saturday, arrive in uniform 30 min early." Forward, done. Reminders route to whoever drives that day.
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Photos of printed paper
A neighbor sends a phone-snap of the camp flyer from their mailbox. A friend texts the back of a birthday-party invitation. Forward to Sense - the dates extract.
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Camp and activity providers
Many providers now drop PDF schedules straight into WhatsApp instead of email. Forward the PDF - every week of camp lands on the calendar at once.
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Your partner's "FYI"
"My mom's coming Friday." "I have a client dinner Thursday." Forward the one-liner; it becomes a calendar event your whole family sees without you having to retype it.
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Then ask follow-ups in the same chat
"What's on Saturday?" "What time is the recital?" "Did Asher's permission slip get returned?" Sense answers from your real calendar and reminders, in WhatsApp.
Why this works when share-sheets don't
The friction was the problem.
You never leave the app
Share-to-an-app means tapping into Sense, waiting, reviewing, going back. Forwarding inside WhatsApp is one motion you already make ten times a day. The hands know it.
Same UX on iPhone and Android
The iOS share sheet doesn't exist on Android. WhatsApp does, the same way, on both. Forward works the same for your partner on their Pixel as for you on your iPhone.
Photos and PDFs come with the message
Other "to-calendar" bots take text only. WhatsApp's forward carries the attachment. Sense reads the attachment.
It's a real conversation
Reply to Sense in the same thread to ask questions, fix a wrong time, or check what's on tomorrow. Not a one-way intake bot.
FAQ
Common questions.
How does forwarding a WhatsApp message to Sense work?
Sense is a contact in your WhatsApp once you link the two. Long-press any message in any chat, tap Forward, and send it to Sense. The text, photo, or PDF goes to your Sense account; the AI extracts events, reminders, and lists; Sense replies in WhatsApp with what it found.
Do I have to leave WhatsApp to use this?
No. The whole loop happens inside WhatsApp. Forward in, reply back. You never open the Sense app unless you want to. iPhone and Android both work the same way.
What can I forward - just text, or photos and PDFs too?
Text, photos, and PDFs all work. Forward the coach's schedule-change message, the photo of a school flyer someone snapped, or the camp PDF the registrar dropped in the parent thread. Sense reads them all and pulls out the dates, locations, and what to bring.
Can I chat back and ask follow-up questions?
Yes. Once linked, the same WhatsApp thread works as a full chat with the Sense assistant. Ask what's on this week, what time soccer is, what Maya needs for the field trip. Sense answers from your family's calendar, reminders, and lists.
Is this secure? My class WhatsApp has a lot of personal stuff in it.
Only messages you explicitly forward to Sense reach our servers - we have no access to the rest of your WhatsApp. The linked number is bound to your Sense account, so forwards from any other phone are ignored. You can disconnect any time by replying STOP.
Is this a Premium feature?
WhatsApp chat is part of Sense Premium, which also includes chores, meal planning, allowances, medications, and unlimited email forwards. Free for 5 days, no card required.
What about messages I do not forward - does Sense see those?
No. WhatsApp messages stay end-to-end encrypted between you and the other person until you actively forward one to Sense. There is no scanning, no auto-read, no background pull. The forward is the action.
Does this send the events to Google Calendar too?
Yes. Sense syncs with Google Calendar two ways. Events extracted from a forwarded WhatsApp message land on your Sense family calendar and flow through to your linked Google Calendar - so anyone in your family who lives in Google Calendar sees them without doing anything extra.
How is this different from WhatsApp's built-in Events feature?
WhatsApp's Events feature lets you create one event inside one group chat for the people in that group. It does not pull dates out of messages other people send, and it does not put anything on your family calendar. Sense reads the dates buried inside a class-group thread, a coach's photo, or a school PDF and adds them to your shared family calendar with the right person assigned.
Can my partner forward to the same Sense family?
Yes. Each adult in the family links their own WhatsApp number to their own Sense account, which is already part of the same family. Anything either of you forwards lands on the shared family calendar that you both see.
Does it work with WhatsApp Business?
Yes. The forward works the same from any WhatsApp client - personal, WhatsApp Business, WhatsApp Web, WhatsApp Desktop. The link is to your phone number, not to a specific app build.
Will Sense reply to every message I forward, or can it be quieter?
Sense replies once per forward to confirm what was added or to ask a follow-up if something is ambiguous. If nothing actually needed to land on the calendar, the reply just says so - no separate analytics pings, no notification spam. You can mute the Sense thread inside WhatsApp like any other contact.
Forward the next one. See what we do with it.
Sense is free to download. Premium is free for 5 days, no card required.