10:40 AM
Mom usually has her coffee by 8. You've called twice. No answer. Now you're wondering whether to leave work and drive over.
OkayKin is for that moment, and for every morning it never happens.
Mom lives her normal day. Her phone, her kitchen, or one short call tells you she's up and about, from morning to night. She says yes once, and only hears from us if her day goes unusually quiet.
Which sounds like your parent?
10:40 AM
Mom usually has her coffee by 8. You've called twice. No answer. Now you're wondering whether to leave work and drive over.
OkayKin is for that moment, and for every morning it never happens.
Most ways of checking on a parent watch the parent. OkayKin only notices that she's up and about.
| Approach | What it senses | What the family sees | What she has to do |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameras | Her, on video, in her home | Video of her | Live on camera |
| Pendants and watches | Her body, while she wears it | An alert if she presses it or falls | Wear it every day and keep it charged |
| Radar and motion sensors in every room | Her movement through the house, all day | Patterns, reports and insights about her | Nothing new |
| OkayKin | Her phone being used, her kettle, or her answering one call. Whatever fits her | "Up at 7:12 AM" | Say yes once |
Before anything is plugged in, the app gives you one page to show Mom: exactly what her family will see, and everything OkayKin never collects.
Kettle at 7:12, fridge a few minutes later. No message. Open the app whenever you want to see her day.
A morning well past her usual time, or an afternoon far quieter than hers. First a gentle note to her, then a call in your voice. Only if she doesn't answer does her circle get one message.
She's at your sister's for the weekend. Mark her away and nothing is expected until she's home.
Her phone gets used. The kettle goes on. The fridge opens. She picks up and presses a key. A cat can't fake any of these.
OkayKin learns when she's usually up, late nights included. "Quiet" means quiet for her, not for a clock.
When it's quiet you get one calm message and a Call button. If nobody marks her fine in half an hour, everyone gets a reminder.
Everyone in her circle gets it at the same moment, in the app and, if they choose, by text. Most quiet mornings end with one phone call.
It's been quiet at Mom's this morning. She's usually up by 8:30 AM. Give her a call.
Up at 7:12.
A normal day so far.
Her smartphone counts in every plan. Add her kitchen, or a daily call, for the times her phone isn't enough.
Every plan
If she carries it, simply using it through the day tells us she's up and about, at home or out shopping. Nothing to install in her home.
She turns it on once, on her phone
Home
A small plug behind her kettle or coffee maker, set up and tested by us and shipped to her ready to plug in. Add a fridge sensor or a hallway motion sensor if she'd like. Nothing to wear or charge.
Works with her smartphone, or without one
Family
One short call a day, in your own recorded voice. She picks up and presses any key. That's it.
Any phone, landline included
Smartphone and kitchen plug? Both count. Out shopping all morning, her phone shows she's up and about, so a quiet kettle worries no one.
Mornings matter most, but OkayKin follows her whole day. If things go unusually quiet at a time she's normally busy, we check: a gentle note to her, then a call in your voice, and only then the family. It notices a quiet that isn't like her, usually within an hour or two. It isn't an emergency alarm and doesn't detect a fall the moment it happens.
For parents whose phone stays in a drawer, or who'd rather not carry one. The hub plug on her kettle is enough to know she's up and about. The fridge and hallway sensors are optional, and only added if she agrees. Works alongside her smartphone, or without one. No cameras, no microphones.
Goes between the wall and something she switches on herself every day: kettle, coffee maker, TV, toaster or a lamp, up to 1,500 watts. Not the fridge, a heater, or anything on a timer. It notices when she uses it and connects the other sensors to Wi-Fi.
A small stick-on sensor for the fridge door. Everyone opens the fridge. The battery lasts years.
Mounted up high, angled down. Have a cat or dog? Hallway movement still shows on her day but never counts as "she's up". Only the fridge and her appliance do.
A low battery gets a calm note with exactly what to swap. If her hub goes offline, we never treat the silence as good news: on a quiet morning you hear "we can't see her home right now, give her a call", not "all fine".
From her smartphone we learn one thing: she's been using it. From her kitchen: the kettle, and the fridge door or hallway only if she adds them. That's all OkayKin knows.
Nothing in her home watches or listens.
We never know where she is.
A one-page list of everything shared, to show her before setup. She agrees once and can pause it anytime.
If we can't see her home, we say so.
Does Mom carry a smartphone? Yes: Free or Family, and add Home for her kitchen too. No: Home, or Family with the daily call. Each plan includes everything in the one before it. No contract, cancel online anytime. Founding prices are held for people on the waitlist.
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Say yes once. After that she lives her normal day. Only if her day goes unusually quiet does she hear from us: first a gentle note on her phone, then a call in your recorded voice, where she answers and presses any key. With a landline or flip phone only, it's one short call a day.
No. Mornings matter most, but OkayKin follows her whole day. If it goes unusually quiet at a time she's normally busy, we check, usually within an hour or two.
Voicemail never counts as her answering. She picks up and presses any key. If she doesn't, we try once more, then tell her circle.
Because it's her phone. Daily recorded calls to a home line need her agreement, so on the first call she presses 1 to start them. She can stop them anytime.
Those follow her movement through the house and turn it into reports about her. OkayKin only notices everyday signs that she's up and about, like using her phone, switching on the kettle or opening the fridge, and answers one question: is she OK today? There's no dashboard of her behavior, and she can see exactly what her family sees.
No. Tell us she has pets and hallway movement still shows on her day, but it never counts as "she's up". Only things a person does count: opening the fridge, switching on her kettle or coffee maker. A pet can't make Mom look OK when she isn't.
Anything she switches on herself every day, up to 1,500 watts: kettle, coffee maker, TV, toaster or a lamp. Not the fridge, a space heater, or anything on a timer, because those turn on without her. If her coffee maker starts at exactly the same minute every day, the app spots it and asks you to pick something else. You can change the appliance later from the app.
No. Tap "Away" in the app and pick the day she's back. Nothing is expected until then.
Everyone you add to her circle, at the same moment, in the app. Anyone who turns on texts also gets a text if nobody has marked her fine half an hour later, between 8 AM and 9 PM.
No. There's no fixed wake-up time. OkayKin learns her real rhythm, including late nights. Home Plus adds a bed sensor for the most irregular sleepers.
Yes. The Home kit in her kitchen doesn't need her phone at all. Or, on a landline or flip phone, choose the short daily call. If she does carry a smartphone, it counts in every plan, alongside the kit.
Keep the text. A good-morning ritual works until the morning it doesn't come. Then nobody knows how long to wait or who should check. OkayKin covers that morning.
No cameras, no microphones, no location. You see moments like "fridge opened at 12:30 PM" and nothing more.
You get a calm note when a battery runs low, with exactly what to replace. If the hub or her Wi-Fi goes offline, we never treat that as "she's fine". On a quiet morning you're told we can't see her home, so you know to call.
Unplug it and plug it back in. Within a minute, hold its button for 10 seconds, then let go. After a few seconds the light flashes blue. The app then walks you through a short setup, and her history stays.
No. OkayKin notices when her day is unusually quiet; it doesn't detect a fall the moment it happens. For an alert within seconds of a fall, a medical alert pendant is the right tool, and OkayKin works alongside it. OkayKin is a daily wellness check-in, not an emergency service. In an emergency, call 911.
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