A dead man's switch for your household

You pick an interval and check in. If you go silent past it, the hub sends the people you designated an alert with the message you wrote in advance. That is the whole idea, and nothing else in the family-app category does it.

It pairs naturally with the In Case of Emergency binder: the switch is how someone learns they need the binder.

• Check in on the schedule you choose.
• Designate who is alerted and write the message they receive.
• The alert fires only after the interval you set passes with no check-in.
• Contacts can come from the household Contacts app.

People who live alone, travel alone, or are the single point of failure for someone else.

Who can use it

Adults and kids

Where it works

Your household hub and shared Spaces

Price

Included with every household plan, with no per-app charge

• In Case of Emergency
• Wellness Check-In
• Keep in Touch

• Making your household survivable if something happens to you — The practical handover: what another adult would need to run your house, where to keep it, and how someone would find out they need it in the first place.

Check-In Switch is one of the apps in the Chickadee Bandit library. Every household starts nearly empty and installs only what it uses; there is no per-app charge. Your data lives in your household's own private, encrypted database, with no ads and no data selling. Browse the Everyday apps or read the source on GitHub.