If you go quiet,
one person gets your last line.
You write a line a day. Over time it becomes a book you can hand to someone — sealed, so nobody can read it, including us. And if the writing stops for longer than you chose, the one guardian you picked receives the last thing you wrote, with its date. Most people pick a week.
No card. No trial timer. The free plan keeps one guardian and one export; that's a real plan, not a countdown.
What actually happens
Three things, in this order. The middle one is the part everyone gets wrong.
You write a line
Text, a photo, or your voice. Mark a day ★ if it mattered. That's the whole chore — there is no check-in button, because writing is the check-in.
If you go quiet, we ask you first
Day 7 with no writing, we email you. Day 10, once more. Then 15 more days pass — day 25 at the latest. Writing anything at all, on any day, cancels all of it.
Only then does one person hear from us
The guardian who agreed to watch over you gets one message: the last thing you wrote, with its date. Not your journal. Not your location. Not an alarm.
What your guardian would actually receive
One email, once, and only after the quiet stretch you set. Here it is, word for word — this is the whole thing.
Hi Dana,
Mom has been quiet for 25 days. They asked us to send you the last thing they wrote if that ever happened.
Written September 21, 2026.
Open the status note →
This is a status note, not a report on how they are right now. We do not know that, and we do not check. If you are worried, call them. If you believe someone is in danger, call 911.
No diary. No location. No daily log. Just that one message, and the date.
Your guardian never signs up for anything. They open a link, read what a status note means before they say yes, and can say no without any fuss — or step away later.
What we can read — and what we can't
Most apps say "encrypted" and leave it there. Here's the actual list.
In plain text
- Your email, and a value we can use to check your password (not the password)
- Your guardians' email addresses — that's how we reach them
- Who accepted, who stepped away, and the dates
- Payment facts: plan, amount, receipt
- When you last wrote — a timestamp, not the text
Sealed — we can't read it
- Every note, photo and recording
- Every letter you schedule
- Every transcript of your voice
- The status note your guardian would receive — its key is cut in two, and we only ever hold one half
That's why export works offline, and why our own support can't recover your password: there is nothing on our side to recover it from.
It becomes a book
Open Chapters and your notes are already arranged by year — every year you wrote in, in order. Pick the ones worth keeping (or let the ★ and ✨ marks do it), then take it out as a page you can print, or as plain text.
Nothing is generated for you. No summary, no rewrite, no "AI version of your life." The dates are facts and the words are yours. That's the difference between a memoir and a feed.
Who runs this, and what happens if we stop
It is one person, not a company. No investors, no growth team, no board — and the person who answers your email is the one who wrote the code. What that buys you is the absence of pressure: nobody is pushing me to make this stickier, add reasons to come back, or charge you for the exit.
Your words live on one server, encrypted. The database holds cipher only — we cannot read your notes, your recordings, or the note your guardian would receive. That's a property of the design, not a policy we could quietly change later.
A snapshot every day, and it gets checked. The database is copied, opened, verified and counted before the copy counts as a backup; seven are kept, then the oldest goes. Photos and recordings are mirror-copied once, when they are saved. If the server dies, you lose a day at most — never the file you sent last year.
If this ever ends, you get 90 days' notice and export stays open until the last day. The export is a standard archive that opens offline with your password — it doesn't need us. Test it before you trust it: it's on the app's Export tab, on the free plan, today.
Honestly compared
Some of these are free and already installed. Here's where each one actually fits.
| What | It's better when… |
|---|---|
| Google Inactive Account Manager | 3–18 months is soon enough, and all you need is your account data passed along. It's free, and it's already in your Google settings. It won't send anyone a word you wrote. |
| A phone call / a family group chat | You want a conversation, not a signal. Nothing beats hearing a voice — but it can't happen on a schedule, and it stops working the moment somebody's in the hospital. |
| Never Far | You want the weeks in between covered, and you want a specific person to receive something real on the day it matters — not a notification that an account exists. |
If Google's tool covers it for you, use it. We'd rather be the right choice than the default one.
Two plans, no monthly billing
- Write as much as you want
- One guardian
- 10 minutes of voice transcription a month
- Full export, forever
- Up to five guardians
- Unlimited transcription
- Everything in v1.x
- Same export promise
Refunds: 30 days, no questions asked — reply to the address on your receipt and we'll send it back. Payment by Creem, who also handles tax. The yearly plan simply ends when it ends — nothing is cancelled behind your back, and export stays free either way.
Questions people actually ask
Is this a safety monitor?
No, and we won't pretend otherwise. We never check whether you're okay right now. A status note reflects the last thing someone wrote — possibly days ago — never their current condition. If you're worried about a person, call them. If you believe someone is in danger, call 911.
Does my guardian see my journal?
No. They see one message, once, and only if you've been quiet past the point you set. They read exactly what a status update means before they agree, and they can decline without any fuss — or step away later.
What if I forget my password?
Then the data stays sealed, permanently. That's the cost of us not holding your key — and the reason nobody here can read your notes, including us.
What happens if you shut down?
You get 90 days' notice, and export stays available until the last day. The export is a standard archive that opens offline with your password. We built the exit before we built the features — it's on the pricing page because it's part of the product.
Is there a free trial?
No timer. The free plan doesn't expire, and it isn't a demo — it keeps one guardian and full export. If you never pay, you still have a working product.
Reading before you sign up
How to check on your parents who live alone (without driving them crazy)
A practical look at what actually works — automatic signals instead of daily interrogation — and an honest comparison of the options, including the ones that aren't us.
How to leave a message for your child to read later
Three ways to time a message, four things that make a letter land, and seven openers you can steal. Takes about ten minutes to start.