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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 · photo updates from the family · medicine and appointment reminders · big call buttons · set up remotely by the family · syncs through iCloud.

Coming soon to the App Store 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

A single, large button that says “all is well”. One tap in the morning and everyone in the family sees when it was tapped, on their own phone or Mac. No menus to learn, nothing to set up on the senior’s side.

Gentle steps if it goes quiet

If no check-in has come by the time you set, 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. Motion data from the senior’s iPhone or from Philips Hue sensors at home shows when they last moved.

News from the family

Share a photo and a few lines from everyday life. The post appears in large type on the senior’s screen and can be read aloud. A heart or a call is just one tap away. Pick a favourite as the photo of the week.

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 can see it’s been taken care of.

Set up remotely by the family

Pair the devices once using a QR code. After that, everything is configured from the family’s devices: which contacts get big “Call” and “Video” buttons, check-in times, minimum text size and colours. Kiosk mode turns an iPad into a dedicated Nära screen.

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.