# Hertis: Family Kept Close — Stay close to aging parents

> Stay close to aging parents (iPhone/iPad app by Itechglo Solutions Pty Ltd.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hertis-family-kept-close/id6790336812 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Itechglo Solutions Pty Ltd](https://appshunter.io/developer/6817196702)
- Category: Lifestyle, Photo & Video
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.1 · 61 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-09-28
- Data updated: 2026-10-31

## What is Hertis?

You moved far away. Your love didn't. Hertis is how you stay close to your aging parents, wherever you live, and keep their stories in their own voice.

Ask for a story and they answer simply by talking. Press play and you hear it just as they told it, pauses and laughter included.

Hertis is free to start, and your parents never pay. The Story Vault, and anything else marked "with Hertis Family", is part of our optional subscription.

Their stories, in their own voice
Each story is kept in themed collections, to play again. With Hertis Family.
Add old photos and your parent can tell the story behind them. Hear the first three free; more with Hertis Family.
Ask for the dish you grew up on and hear the recipe in their voice. Cook along with Hertis Family.
Your parent can leave a blessing, advice or a letter, now or sealed until a special day.

Your week and your year
On Sundays, a week with enough moments and a photo becomes a short film, in your parent's voice where they recorded it. First one free; then with Hertis Family.
Most mornings, Today's memory brings back a moment from your past. Spin again or send it to your parent. Whole history with Hertis Family.
At each year's end, a Memory Film of your year, in your parent's own voice where they recorded it. With Hertis Family.
Weekly keepsakes (your first is free), monthly recaps and keepsake books to save as a PDF. With Hertis Family.

In their day, from anywhere
Share photos, voice notes and a few words, and theirs come back to you.
Ask your parent tomorrow's question. It reaches them in the morning with your name.
Each morning your parent gets one gentle question, answered with a tap, a photo or their voice.
One tap on "I'm well" lets the whole family know.
Each evening they can light the Lamp. Add an ember, or light your own light wherever you live, and they see who lit one.
Lamp evenings: ask the family to light a light on a day that matters. One a month free; more with Hertis Family.
Turn a spare tablet into a photo frame for your parent. With Hertis Family.
Plan a call, a coffee or a visit, and your parent confirms with one tap.
Birthday reminders, a daily game and a weekly quiz they play too.

Close, without watching
A calm line tells you they were here today, or that a call might be welcome. It comes only from them opening Hertis or sharing, never location or health data. Hertis is not a medical or emergency service.

A companion for them, free for them
Your parent can talk to the Hertis Companion and hear a short, warm reply. It can look up the news, a score or the weather. It says plainly that it is an AI and turns them back towards you. Their words stay private unless they share them. With Hertis Family you may get a gentle note such as "in lovely spirits today".

Free and Hertis Family
Free includes everything not marked, in one circle that can hold both parents. It shows your last 30 days; older moments are kept, not deleted.
Every new circle starts with a Founding Month: all of Hertis Family for 30 days from your parent's first share. No card, no automatic charge.
Hertis Family adds everything marked above, plus full history, Family Questions, search, and more circles, occasions and time capsules.
One plan covers the whole family, and any of you can keep it. Stop paying and nothing is deleted; it all opens again when you return.
The Legacy Guarantee, a one-time purchase, keeps every moment open to your family, even if a plan lapses. Memorial spaces are never behind a paywall.

Private to your circle, encrypted, no ads, never sold. Everyone signs in with a mobile number and a one-time code.

Hertis Family is an optional auto-renewing subscription, billed monthly or yearly and charged to your Apple Account. It renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel in your account settings.

Terms of Use: https://hertis.app/terms
Privacy Policy: https://hertis.app/privacy

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hertis Family Monthly | $6.99 | per month |
| Hertis Family Annual | $59.00 | per year |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Legacy Guarantee | $149.00 | one-time |
| Gift a Year | $59.00 | one-time |


## Is Hertis safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Hertis.

## Is Hertis legit?

Hertis: Family Kept Close has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Hertis is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.3.5 — 2026-10-24

What's new
• Translate now shows on a moment's own screen, for its words and its voice note, and Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Chinese and Arabic join the languages (with Hertis Family).
• Before your parent's phone asks about notifications, a short note now tells them what they'll hear about: a photo, a voice note or a question from the family.
• The small gold dot on your parent's bell now shows only when something is waiting for them.
• If a message your parent types to the Companion doesn't go through, their words go back in the box, ready to send again.
• When a photo or video doesn't go through, more screens now say so.
• When you tap a time capsule's notification, it now opens that capsule, and a capsule that won't load says so, with a Try again button.
• On your parent's screens, the back button no longer covers the Hertis mark on Help, and a two-line hint under the mic is now centred.
• Many smaller fixes for a smoother, more reliable Hertis.

### 1.3.4 — 2026-10-18

What's new
• Ask your parent tomorrow's question: pick one or write your own, and it reaches them the next morning with your name.
• Lights from every home: light a small light for your parent in your own evening, wherever you live. They see who lit one.
• Lamp evenings: ask the whole family to light a light on a day that matters, a birthday, a big day or a hard day.
• Turn a spare tablet into a photo frame for your parent (with Hertis Family): the family's newest photos come by on their own.
• Parents can now send a few words with one clear Send button, just above the keyboard.
• The family tabs now show their picture right to the top of the screen.
• A photo's name no longer sits over the Close button, and a parent's back button no longer covers words on their screens.
• Many smaller fixes for a smoother, more reliable Hertis.

### 1.3.3 — 2026-10-10

What's new
• The story behind the photo: add old photos, and your parent tells who's in them, in their own voice.
• Today's memory: each morning a moment from your family's past. Spin for another, or send it to your parent.
• Sunday films: your family's week as a short film, with your parent's own voice notes.
• Ask your parent for a few kind words for someone's birthday or big day.
• Parents can now say something back in their own voice.
• A welcome for your parent: record a hello and add a few photos before they open Hertis, and invite brothers and sisters to add theirs.
• On your parent's Today: one small thing to try each day, and a way for the family to show them around.
• "All is well" now shows properly when a parent taps it.
• Record a video straight from the camera.
• Tapping a notification now opens the right family circle.
• A lighter look, with pictures in place of icons and plainer words throughout.
• You'll hear when your parent joins Hertis.
• Many smaller fixes for a smoother, more reliable Hertis.

### 1.3.2 — 2026-10-08

What's new
• If a phone call cuts a recording short, Hertis keeps what you said before the call.
• When a parent leaves a recording unsent, Hertis now asks first, so it isn't lost by mistake.
• In family chat, a photo that doesn't send stays, ready to try again with one tap.
• "Share with my family" in the Companion now also sends anything urgent a parent said just before.
• The Companion now says plainly that it's an AI, and the Your data & safety page names the AI services we use.
• In Talk to us, links in our replies now open with a tap, including the link to a full copy you asked us for.
• Many smaller fixes for a smoother, more reliable Hertis.

Also new since version 1.2.0:
• Parents can now read and hear the replies their family leaves on their moments.
• Remove a moment or message you shared, or tell us if something shouldn't be there.
• Quiet hours now run from 10pm to 6am, and family abroad get reminders in their own morning.
• Long recordings keep going when the screen dims, and voice notes play clearly, even on silent.
• Share a photo straight to other apps, and find a gift link again under Your gifts.

### 1.3.1 — 2026-10-07

What's new
• Parents can now read and hear the replies their family leaves on their moments.
• Remove a moment or message you shared, or tell us if something shouldn't be there.
• Quiet hours now run from 10pm to 6am, and family abroad get reminders in their own morning.
• Long recordings keep going when the screen dims, and voice notes play clearly, even on silent.
• Share a photo straight to other apps, and find a gift link again under Your gifts.
• Many smaller fixes for a smoother, more reliable Hertis.

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