Step Planet
STEP PLANET · English

Your first steps,
together.

Parents create an account; children join with a family code. Start here the first time you open the app.

A family walking together beneath the stars

Account & family setup · 2026.10.28

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This guide mainly covers the iPhone/iPad app. The web version may differ. Device controls require authorisation in the app.

01

Set up the parent account

Create a family and a child profile first. Children do not need to register a parent email account.

  1. Open the app and choose the parent sign-in.
  2. Use your existing sign-in method, or follow the account creation screen.
  3. Create a family. For an existing web family, sign in and follow the claim flow.
  4. Create the first child’s nickname and icon. Later, when adding another child, choose a template, copy settings or start blank.
  5. Find the family code in Settings and share it privately with your child.
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Set up the parent account
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02

Create your first parent account

A parent creates the account; children join with a family code. Choose a sign-in method you will keep using so the family’s records stay together.

  1. On Parent sign in, choose First time? Create an account.
  2. Enter a parent email you can access and choose your own password.
  3. Follow the password requirements; use a longer password you have not used elsewhere.
  4. Choose Create account. If asked to check email, open the confirmation message.
  5. The link may open the website. Afterwards, return to the app and sign in with the same email and password.
  6. Already registered? Choose Already have an account? Sign in instead.
  7. Apple and Google sign-in are also available. Parents follow the system prompts and keep using the same method.
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03

Create a family and invite your child

Once the parent account is ready, give the family’s goals a home. A child needs a nickname, not a separate email account.

  1. After the first sign-in, choose to create a new family.
  2. Enter a family name and the first child’s nickname, then choose an icon.
  3. Check starting points and choose Create planet to create the family.
  4. Find the family code in Settings and share it privately with the child.
  5. On the child’s device, choose I am a child, enter the code, and select the correct name.
  6. Parents return to Tasks and adjust the first goals together.
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04

Help a child join

A family code opens the child’s tasks and planet. Device controls require a separate setup and authorisation.

  1. Install and open Step Planet on the child’s device.
  2. Choose the child entry and enter the code provided by a parent.
  3. Select the correct child when prompted.
  4. Check the name on the Planet screen. The device normally remembers this choice.
  5. If the family cannot be reached, ask a parent to check the code and child profile first.
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05

Privacy is part of the plan.

Noticing effort does not mean keeping every detail of a child’s life. Each piece of information should have a clear purpose.

  1. Task photos are uploaded for review by the family’s parents.
  2. Approval or return removes the photo from the task record; it is not a permanent album.
  3. Children do not need a personal email account; they join using the parent’s family code.
  4. Device controls require Apple authorisation; app-selection data is encrypted for authorised family devices.
  5. Share only what is needed, photograph the result, and keep family codes, setup codes and passwords private.
  6. Parents can open the Privacy Policy from Settings for the full details.
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