# Bedside Care — Home caregiver call button > Home caregiver call button (iPhone/iPad app by Voice Activity Ltd.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bedside-care/id6784975530 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Voice Activity Ltd](https://appshunter.io/developer/1796351875) - Category: Utilities, Lifestyle - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 26.5 · 4 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-07-06 - Data updated: 2026-08-14 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bedside-care/id6784975530/reviews.md ## What is Bedside Care? Bedside Care turns two devices you already own — two iPhones, or an iPhone and an iPad — into a private, reliable call-bell for looking after someone at home, with no internet, no monthly fees, and no accounts. The person you're caring for taps one large "Call for help" button on the bedside screen. Your iPhone alarms instantly with sound and vibration, wherever you are in the house, until you acknowledge the call. HOW IT WORKS Set one device as the bedside screen and one or more iPhones as caregivers. The bedside screen shows a single, full-screen button — nothing to read, nothing to choose, just one tap for help. When it's tapped, every caregiver phone sounds an alarm and vibrates until someone acknowledges it. The person at the bedside sees every step — "Calling…" the moment they tap, "Sent" once a phone has the call, and "[Name] is coming" once a caregiver responds — so they always know help is on the way. Tapped by mistake? A large "False alarm" button stays on screen, so a mis-tap is undone in one touch and the alarm stops. OPTIONAL REQUEST CATEGORIES Off by default. When you want a little more detail, the bedside screen can show small optional tags — painkiller, toilet, food, drink — so a call arrives as "Help needed — Painkiller." They only add a hint; simply tapping for help always works. BUILT TO BE RELIABLE For a call-bell, silence is the most dangerous failure. If the connection between devices ever drops, Bedside Care actively alarms instead of going quiet, and if a call is not delivered the bedside screen warns you rather than showing a false "Sent." PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything happens over your own home Wi-Fi. No internet, no cloud, no sign-up — no data ever leaves your devices. Nothing to subscribe to, nothing to track. FOR ONE OR TWO CAREGIVERS Carrying two iPhones between you? Both receive every alarm, so whoever is closest can respond — and one acknowledgement clears the call on both phones. ON YOUR WRIST (APPLE WATCH) Pair an Apple Watch with a caregiver's iPhone and calls come straight to your wrist: a buzz and a "Help needed" alert with a single Acknowledge button — answer without reaching for your phone, even when it's charging in another room. (The watch works through its paired iPhone, which stays connected over your home Wi-Fi.) A SIMPLE RECORD Every call and response is timestamped on your device, giving you a simple history you can look back on or share with a visiting nurse. WHAT YOU NEED - A bedside device — an iPad or an iPhone — kept on charge within the person's reach - One or two iPhones to carry as caregivers (iPhones, so a call vibrates as well as sounds) - A home Wi-Fi network GETTING RELIABLE ALERTS Alerts sound and vibrate even with the ring/silent switch off, and come through during Focus and Do Not Disturb. The caregiver app keeps working while the iPhone is locked or in a pocket: calls reach your iPhone — and your Apple Watch — and keep re-alerting until someone acknowledges, and you're warned if the link ever drops. Staying connected uses some battery, so keep the phone on its charger overnight; with the app open on screen you also get the loudest, continuously repeating alarm. Allow the "Local Network" permission when prompted, keep everything on the same Wi-Fi, and always keep a simple physical backup, such as a bell, within reach. Bedside Care was made for families caring for a loved one at home. It is deliberately simple: one clear button, honest feedback, loud alerts, and nothing in the way. Note: Bedside Care is a convenience tool for communication between members of a household. It is not a medical device and is not a substitute for professional medical care, monitoring, or emergency services. Keep a physical backup, such as a bell within reach, in place as well. In an emergency, always call your local emergency number. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | Kind Tip | $2.99 | one-time | | Generous Tip | $4.99 | one-time | | Very Generous Tip | $9.99 | one-time | ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.7 — 2026-08-12 Quiet, when quiet is what's needed. - New "Pause all alerts" switch in Settings. One switch stops everything the app does — call alarms, connection warnings and every medication reminder — until you turn it back on. The screen clearly says alerts are paused the whole time. For a hospital stay, a trip, or when the app isn't being used for care any more. - The medication plan can now be removed entirely: Edit plan → "Remove the whole plan". Every reminder stops; the medication diary stays on the phone and can still be shared with the nurse. - The daily "medication period has ended" reminder now stops by itself after a week, and no longer appears on a phone whose plan is empty. The notice on the medication screen stays until the plan is reviewed. ### 1.6 — 2026-07-21 Better behaviour around phone calls. - When a phone call comes in on the caregiver phone, the call takes over the phone's sound and Bedside pauses while you talk — that part is how iPhones work. What's new is what happens afterwards: short calls now fix themselves, and after a longer call the phone shows a "Bedside alerts are paused" notification — when you hang up, tap it, and alerts are back on. It even works straight from the lock screen and from a paired Apple Watch, no unlocking needed. Before this fix, the app could stay silent after a call until you unlocked the phone and opened it. - Everything else works exactly as before — no other changes. ### 1.5 — 2026-07-18 A small but important fix. - Fixed a crash when removing a medication from the plan: removing certain medications could close the app the moment they were removed. The removal itself always went through, but the app should never quit on you — now it doesn't. - Everything else works exactly as before — no other changes. ### 1.4 — 2026-07-14 Put a medication on hold. - The doctor pauses a medication for a few days? Don't delete it. Open it in the plan and switch on "Put on hold" — its reminders stop and it leaves the day's checklist, while the dose, the supply count and the diary history all stay. - A held medication shows grayed with "On hold" in the plan, so it's always clear it hasn't gone anywhere. - Switch the hold off and reminders pick up again from the medication's next give-time — times that passed while it was paused stay quiet, with no pile of "overdue" alerts. - As always: no internet, no accounts, everything stays on your phone. ### 1.3 — 2026-07-10 For homes with more than one bedside device. - Each caregiver phone now answers exactly one bedside device. If several bedside devices share your Wi-Fi — two people being cared for, or a spare device for trying things out — each caregiver phone asks which one it should answer, and the others can no longer ring it by accident. - Switch any time: Settings → Bedside device → "Use a different bedside device…". The same screen always shows which bedside device this phone answers and whether it's connected. - Renaming a bedside device is now seamless — phones linked to it follow the new name automatically. - With a single bedside device nothing changes: the phone finds and links to it by itself, no setup step added. - As always: no internet, no accounts, nothing leaves your Wi-Fi. ## More apps by Voice Activity Ltd - [PetAI: Care, Connect & Create](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/petai-care-connect-and-create/id6742016840) - [YoMeme: Meme Maker & Editor](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/yomeme-meme-maker-and-editor/id6746637364) - [CaveCanvas](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cavecanvas/id6747941450) - [Food Signal: Scan & Stay Safe](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/food-signal-scan-and-stay-safe/id6752017688) - [Snap&Keep: Receipts Scanner](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/snap-and-keep-receipts-scanner/id6757212886) - [SoundStream Remote](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/soundstream-remote/id6773252115) All apps by Voice Activity Ltd: https://appshunter.io/developer/1796351875 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-14.*