The free daily check-in app for people who live alone
A daily wellness check for seniors — and for anyone living alone. Tap once a day to say you are okay. If you miss it, Snuggy tells the person you chose and asks them to look in on you. The check-in is free, with no time limit and no card.
- No pendant, nothing to wear, nothing to charge
- The check-in and the alert to your contact are free
- Works on the phone you already own
“A friend of mine lost his brother, who lived alone. It took more than a week for anyone to notice. That made me look for something like this.”
A Snuggy subscriber, in his own wordsOne tap a day. That is the whole thing.
You check in
One green button, once a day, at a time you pick. Snuggy reminds you before it is due, and again if you forget.
Snuggy calls you first
Miss it and your own phone rings before anybody else is troubled. Most missed check-ins are a forgotten tap, not an emergency.
Then your contact is told
If you still have not checked in, the person you chose hears about it and is asked to look in on you.
A daily wellness check, without a device
A wellness check usually means somebody phoning round to see whether an older person is alright — a relative, a neighbour, sometimes a council service. Snuggy does the same job from the phone you already own: it asks once a day, and if the answer does not come, it tells a real person to go and look. No pendant, no bracelet, no monthly monitoring contract.
It works the same whether you are checking on yourself or on an elderly parent who lives on their own.
Why people go looking for this
A friend of mine lost his brother, who lived alone, three hours away. He died in his sleep, and a neighbor became suspicious. It took more than a week for him to alert the authorities. This made me think that it could happen to me someday. Hence my search for a gadget or app I could use to let a family member know I haven't responded to daily that I'm still alive.
A Snuggy subscriber, asked why he went looking
That is the whole reason this exists. Not a fear of getting old — the plain fact that somebody can be gone for a week before anyone notices.
What is free, and what is not
Free, with no time limit
- The daily check-in itself
- Reminders before your time
- An email to your contact if you miss one
- A text message to your contact as well
- Notes for whoever comes to help
- Test alerts, so you can prove it works
The paid part
- A text and then a phone call to you first, before anybody else is troubled
- A phone call to your contact
- Two extra check-ins a day — three instead of one
- SOS button alerts to your contact
A message can be slept through. A ringing phone is harder to sleep through. That is the honest difference.
It does a little more than check in
In their own words
“My kids mean well but apparently turning 70 means they think I need to report in every five minutes 😂 Now I let Snuggy know I'm fine in the morning and everybody can relax.”
GrampsMike07 · App Store
“I've been living alone since my husband passed and my sister kept asking me to find something like this. It only takes a few seconds in the morning and honestly I forget about it the rest of the day. That's exactly how I want an app like this to work.”
lindar628 · App Store
“My daughter lives in Texas and I'm in Michigan. She can't exactly stop by to see if Dad is doing alright. She likes knowing there is a backup if she hasn't heard from me.”
Robert M08 · App Store
Setting it up for your mother or father?
Snuggy works that way too. Pair the two phones and you can add their reminders, see whether they have checked in today, and be told if they have not. They keep one green button; you get the quiet reassurance.
Questions people ask
- Is Snuggy free?
- Yes. The daily check-in, the reminders, and both an email and a text message to your contact if you miss one are free, with no time limit and no card. The phone calls are the paid part.
- What happens if I do not check in?
- Snuggy reminds you before your chosen time and again if you forget. If you still have not checked in, the person you chose is told and asked to look in on you.
- Who gets told?
- Only the person you choose. Nobody else, ever. It does not have to be family — a neighbour or a carer works just as well.
- Do I have to wear anything?
- No. There is no pendant, no bracelet and nothing to charge. Snuggy is an app on the phone you already have.
- Does Snuggy call an ambulance?
- No. Snuggy tells a person you trust. There is also a red SOS button that opens 911 on your phone and alerts your contact at the same time.
- Is this a wellness check service?
- In effect, yes — it is a daily wellness check that runs on a phone instead of a call centre. The difference is who answers: Snuggy tells a person you chose rather than a stranger on a monitoring desk.
- What if I have nobody to add?
- Snuggy will still remind you every day, but there would be nobody to tell. It works best with at least one contact, and that can be a neighbour.
Start checking in today
It takes about two minutes to set up, and it is free to keep.