I'm Alive Today — Daily Check-In App
A quiet safety net for people who live alone.
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Max Braglia

I'm Alive Today — Daily Check-In App - A quiet safety net for people who live alone.

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In January, China's "Are You Dead?" app went viral — millions who live alone finally had a tool for one quiet anxiety: if something happened, who would know? I'm Alive Today is the American answer. One tap a day. Miss 48 hours, your emergency contact gets a text. Need help now? One tap sends an instant alert. No other check-in app has that. No wearable. No hardware. No rigid schedule. Built for independent adults, not seniors. The safety net is the product. The feeling is why people stay.

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Max Braglia
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Hey PH — I'm Max, the solo dev behind I'm Alive Today. The backstory: A close friend fell in her apartment last year. She was fine — bruised hip, got up, made coffee. But that evening she texted me: "I was fine. But I lay there thinking: what if I wasn't?" She's 44. Lives alone. Loves it. Doesn't want Life Alert or her mom calling every day. She just wanted to know that if something actually happened, someone would find out before days passed in silence. I couldn't find anything that fit. The biggest US check-in app is built for seniors, runs $99–170/year, and has no emergency button. Then in January, China's "Are You Dead?" app went to #1 on their App Store — same concept, but email-based and no instant alert option. So I built the version I wanted to give my friend. One tap a day. Miss 48 hours, your emergency contact gets a real SMS. Need help right now? One tap, instant text. That's the whole app. What surprised me: she told me tapping "I'm Alive Today" every morning became a ritual. Not a chore. A small daily declaration — I'm here. Today matters. 40 million Americans live alone. 1 in 3 households. I built this for them. iPhone for now. Would love your feedback — and if you know someone who lives alone, I'd be grateful if you shared it.