A daily check-in for a parent who lives alone. Start free.
HOW IT WORKS
Add their name, mobile number and a time on your iPhone. Once a day, they get a text and reply. If it's still unanswered an hour after its time (the default), we text the contacts who agreed to get alerts and have alerts on. You're added as their contact automatically (on Free, that's your one alert contact). If nobody qualifies, nobody is alerted.
WHAT IT'S LIKE FOR THEM
Our first text says the check-ins are automated and use AI. Check-ins start only after they reply YES, and they can reply STOP anytime. They don't need the app or a smartphone, just a mobile phone that gets texts (not a landline).
FREE OR A PLAN
Free: 1 person, 1 alert contact, up to 2 tries per check-in. A daily text ("Reply OK if you're doing fine") or a short check-in in the app. Replies aren't read by AI, except HELP: any other reply counts as checking in, even "I fell", and so does a photo.
Care (1 person) or Care Family (up to 3): a short text conversation, a call from an AI voice, or the app. Up to 5 alert contacts in all; up to 6 tries per check-in; up to 3 of your own questions per person, in text check-ins. With a plan, our AI reads their replies and calls: if something they say suggests they may need help (like "I fell"), we text the contacts who agreed. The AI can miss something, or alert when nothing is wrong. Plans add AI summaries and a running recap, which can miss things or get them wrong and aren't medical advice.
LIVE ALONE YOURSELF?
Check in in the app once a day. You don't need to give your own number; setup needs one contact, who is asked first. If your check-in doesn't reach us for any reason, including checking in with no signal, it counts as missed and your contacts who agreed are alerted, unless you reopen the app before the wait ends.
THE LIMITS
• It can't detect a fall by itself; it only knows what they tell us.
• On every plan, replying with the one word HELP during a text check-in texts the contacts who agreed. On paid plans, the AI also reads a text sent up to 12 hours after our last check-in text or call. Otherwise, contacts may not hear until a check-in is missed and the wait has passed: with one check-in a day and the default 1-hour wait, about 25 hours can pass.
• On paid plans, a photo or voice note on its own doesn't count as checking in; on calls, any answer counts, and so can voicemail.
• Each missed check-in sends at most one alert text to each contact who agreed. We never call your contacts or emergency services.
• A text alert can be delayed or fail to arrive, and a delivered one may not be seen right away.
• After three missed days in a row, call and text check-ins pause: contacts who agreed get one notice, and no one is checked on or alerted until you open the app.
• Text and call check-ins and alerts work with US phone numbers. English only. For iPhone and iPad.
PRIVACY
On paid plans, AI summarizes check-ins and reads replies; on Free, AI reads only a HELP sent after a check-in (OpenAI for voice calls, Anthropic for summaries and replies). We don't sell your data, use advertising identifiers, or track you across other apps or websites.
Check In Together is a check-in and text-alert tool. It is not a medical device, a monitoring service or an emergency-response service, and no one at Check In Together responds to alerts or sends help. In an emergency, call 911. Message and data rates may apply.
SUBSCRIPTIONS
Care: $99/year or $9.99/month. Care Family: $199/year or $19.99/month. 14-day free trial for new subscribers. Payment is charged to your Apple ID. Plans renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. Any unused part of a free trial is forfeited when you subscribe.
Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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