← Apps · iOS · iPadOS · macOS · Family check-in

Nära

Close, even from afar. Nära is made for older parents who want to stay in touch without the fuss: no menus, no settings, just big, clear buttons. Every morning Mum or Dad taps one big button – “All Well” – and the family knows everything is fine. If no tap comes, Nära lets the right people know, one step at a time.

Daily check-in · Ask for Help · photo updates from the family · medicine and appointment reminders · big call buttons · set up remotely by the family · syncs through iCloud.

How your data is handled

For iPhone, iPad and Mac. Requires iOS/iPadOS 17 or macOS 14. In Swedish, English and German.

No accounts, no ads, no tracking, no servers of our own. Everything stays in your family’s own iCloud.

What the app does

One button: All Well

Every morning the senior taps one big button. Everyone in the family sees on their own phone, iPad or Mac that it was tapped, and when. No menus to learn, nothing to set up on the senior’s side.

The senior's screen with the big All Well button

If no tap comes

You choose a time. If no All Well has come by then, Nära first reminds the senior, then alerts the main contact, and finally the whole family. Weekends can have later times, and alerts pause while the senior is travelling. Movement from the senior’s iPhone or from Philips Hue sensors at home can show when they last moved, and can even count as All Well on busy mornings.

Family settings for the reminder, alerting the main contact and everyone, weekend times and away, plus movement from the phone and Philips Hue sensors in the kitchen and hallway

Ask for Help

A lift to the doctor, a hand with the TV: the senior taps Ask for Help and the family is notified. One person takes it and taps Done when it is sorted, or Let go so someone else can step in. The senior sees who is helping.

Reminders that get a “Done”

Add medicine and appointments from your own phone. The senior gets a clear reminder at the right time and taps Done, and you see it has been taken care of. Took the pill but forgot to tap? Anyone in the family can mark it as done.

The senior's reminders with Done, I've Seen It and I've Taken It

Photos and news from the family

Post a photo and a few lines from everyday life. It appears in large type on the senior’s screen and can be read aloud. A heart or a call back is one tap away. Pick a favourite as the Photo of the Week.

A family post with Read Aloud, Send a heart and Call

Several seniors, one family

One family circle can look after both parents, even if they live apart. Each has their own iPhone or iPad, their own check-ins and their own reminders. The family also gets an I’m home button, so the kids can let everyone know they are back from school.

Add senior in Settings and the I'm home button

Set up by the family, from afar

Pair the senior’s device once with a QR code. After that, everything is set from the family’s devices: who gets big Call and Video buttons, check-in times, minimum text size and colours. Kiosk mode turns an iPad into a dedicated Nära screen.

Settings for the senior's screen: minimum text size, colours and kiosk mode

Made to be read

Large type, high contrast and full VoiceOver and Dynamic Type support. Choose a colour theme for the senior’s screen: sage green or purple and pink. Works on iPhone and iPad for the senior, and on iPhone, iPad and Mac for the family.

Large Call and Video buttons on the senior's screen

Always free: All Well, alerts, calls and Ask for Help for one senior, plus one photo a week as the Photo of the Week. Nära Plus adds more seniors, news, all photos, reminders and movement, for the whole family: one person pays and everyone gets it. One purchase, yours forever.