My Chapters

Questions

Who is My Chapters for?

Foster carers who write a regular letter to the child in their care, usually because their fostering agency or local authority asks for one each week or month. Kinship carers and supported lodgings hosts can use it too.

What does a letter look like?

A one- or two-page illustrated letter to the child, in your words, with up to six captioned photos. You choose from eleven everyday designs, and birthdays and festivals get their own. Each letter is numbered, signed with your names or your family name, and dated.

How do letters reach the social worker?

Tap Send and your email opens with the letter attached as a PDF, already addressed to the people you’ve saved for that child. The subject says whose letter it is and which week or month it covers. You can use the child’s initial instead of their name if your service asks.

What is the reference number for?

Many services file letters against the child’s record in their case system, using a reference such as PER12345. Add it to the child’s details and it goes into the email subject and message, so admin staff know exactly where to file it. It’s optional.

What happens when a child moves on?

The app helps you write an ending letter. You choose the situation, whether that’s adoption or a permanent family, going home, a move after a placement didn’t work out, independence or a short stay, and the guidance and ideas change to fit. The ending letter closes their book and can be sent on its own.

Can I make a book of the letters?

Yes. Bind every letter, or a date range, into a PDF book with a cover, contents and chapters by month or by the child’s age. Every word on the cover can be changed. It prints well and fits in a life story book.

Where are the letters stored? Is it private?

Everything is encrypted on your iPhone. There’s no account, no server and no tracking, and nothing you write is sent to us. Letters only leave your phone when you send, share or back them up. You can lock the app with a passcode or Face ID.

What if I lose my phone?

Turn on automatic backup to save a password-protected backup to a folder you choose, such as iCloud Drive. Your iPhone’s own iCloud backup also carries the app’s data to a new phone.

How much does it cost?

Every new subscriber gets 14 days free. After that it’s £3.99 a month or £34.99 a year, and Family Sharing lets a partner use the same subscription. If you stop subscribing, everything you’ve written stays on your phone to read and export.

Does it replace my recording or reports?

No. My Chapters is for the letters written to the child. Daily recording, incidents and reports stay in your agency’s own systems.

Does it work on iPad, with Apple Pencil?

Yes. On iPad your children sit beside their letters, and you can add a handwritten page with Apple Pencil, or let the child add a drawing of their own.

My Chapters in the notebook

• 8 October 2026Guide

  How to write a weekly letter to a child in foster care

  Why the letters matter, what to put in them, and how to write for the adult the child will one day be. Practical tips for foster carers.
• 8 October 2026Guide

  My Chapters: a guide for social workers and admin staff

  What you will receive when a foster carer sends a letter from My Chapters, how to file it using the child's reference number, and how the app keeps children's information private.
• 8 October 2026Guide

  Writing an ending letter when a child moves on

  How foster carers can write a goodbye letter a child will keep, whether they're being adopted, going home, moving after a placement ended, or moving on to independence.