Finally, a Simple Check-In App for People Who Live Alone

16 Sept

Living alone can be one of life's great freedoms.
You choose your own routine. You come and go as you please. You don't have to explain where you're going or when you'll be home. Your home is your space, and your life is yours to live.
But there is one practical question that can be harder when you live alone:
**If something happened to you, how would anyone know?**
For millions of Australians who live alone, there may be no one at home to notice that something is wrong.
That doesn't mean you need someone checking up on you every day.
It simply means having a quiet safety net can make sense.

The challenge of living alone

An accident, illness or unexpected emergency can happen to anyone, at any age.

When you live with someone else, they may notice if you don't get up in the morning, don't come home when expected or suddenly need help. When you live alone, there can be a delay before anyone realises something is wrong. That's where regular check-ins can make a difference.

But traditional safety solutions aren't necessarily right for everyone. Some people don't want to wear a medical alert device. Others don't want GPS tracking, a monitoring service or another gadget to remember to charge. And plenty of people simply don't think of themselves as someone who needs a "personal alarm". They just want to live their life.

What if staying safe could be much simpler?

That's the idea behind Solo Alert. Solo Alert is an automated, customisable check-in app for people who live alone.

Instead of wearing a device or being monitored throughout the day, you set up check-ins around your normal routine. You might choose a morning check-in when you wake up, another around lunchtime, one when you get home, or one before bed. When your reminder arrives, you simply tap to check in. And that's it.

Your Safety Circle isn't being notified every time you check in. In fact, it's ONLY if you don't check in that your Safety Circle is alerted.

No monitoring. No tracking. No wearable.

Solo Alert is designed to support independence, not take it away. There's no monitoring centre watching where you are. There's no GPS tracking of your movements. There's no wearable you have to remember to put on. There's no need to change the way you live your life.

Solo Alert simply works quietly in the background of your everyday routine. You can go to work, walk the dog, meet friends, go shopping, spend the afternoon gardening or stay home in your pyjamas all day.

Nobody needs to know where you are. They only need to know if something might be wrong.

A safety net that fits around your routine

One of the important things about Solo Alert is that your check-ins are customisable. Because everyone's day is different. Maybe you're an early riser. Maybe you work shifts. Maybe you take medication at a particular time. Maybe you always walk the dog first thing in the morning. Maybe your most important check-in is simply when you get home at the end of the day.

Solo Alert lets you create check-ins that make sense for your life. And because routines change, your check-ins can change too. The aim isn't to give you another set of rules to follow.

It's to give you a simple safety net that fits into the life you're already living.

Independence and reassurance can exist together

There's sometimes a false choice between being completely independent and having someone looking out for you. It doesn't have to be that way.

You can be fiercely independent and still want to know that someone will notice if you don't check in. You can live alone without being alone in an emergency. And you can have people who care about you without having them constantly checking where you are.

That's the difference Solo Alert is designed to make.

You live your life your way. Solo Alert simply gives your Safety Circle a reason to act if you don't check in.