If you go quiet, the people you love get your words.
If You Read This is a daily safety check-in app with a personal message attached. Open the app once a day and you're checked in. If you ever miss your check-in, your contacts get a text with the message you wrote for them. They don't need the app.
Think of it as a gentle dead man's switch: an automatic wellness check that runs on its own, so someone always knows if you stop checking in.
HOW IT WORKS
1. Write your message. "Call me first." "Mrs. Lee in 2B has my spare key." Or just "I love you."
2. Add the people who should get it: family, a friend, a neighbor.
3. Open the app each day. That's your check-in, your daily "I'm OK." There's no button to press.
4. Reminders come before your deadline, never after. If the deadline passes anyway, your message goes out by text automatically.
WHO IT'S FOR
• People living alone
• Seniors and elderly parents who want to stay independent, and the family who worries about them
• Solo hikers, runners, cyclists and paddlers
• Solo travelers and lone workers
• Anyone with a health condition who wants a safety net
FREE
• Daily check-in, every 24 hours
• One emergency contact and one personal message, with no length limit
• A reminder at the time you choose, plus a final reminder 30 minutes before your deadline
• Reminders by push notification and text
• Your message sent by text if you miss your check-in
PRO (7-day free trial)
• Unlimited contacts
• A different, personal message for each contact
• Any check-in window, from 1 hour to 1 month
• Up to three reminders before your deadline
• Quiet hours, so a short check-in window never runs out while you sleep
• Your last known location in the alert
MAX (7-day free trial)
• Everything in Pro
• Attach photos, videos and files, including audio, to your message
• 10 GB of secure storage
• Recipients open attachments through a private link, verified with their phone number
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
• Messages are encrypted at rest with AES-256
• Sign in with your phone number, no password to remember
• Your location is shared with your contacts only in an alert, on Pro or Max
If You Read This is a personal safety app, not an emergency service, and it never calls 911. It makes sure the people you chose hear from you. It works with US and Canadian phone numbers.
Pro and Max are auto-renewing subscriptions, billed monthly or yearly. Cancel anytime in your account settings.
Terms of Use: https://ifyoureadthis.app/terms
Privacy Policy: https://ifyoureadthis.app/privacy
Daily safety check-in. If you go quiet, the people you love get your message.