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FiveClose
A private circle that notices when a friend goes quiet
2 followers
A private circle that notices when a friend goes quiet
2 followers
A free app for your closest people. It notices when someone goes quiet, plans your week around who needs you, and asks your circle to check on you if you go silent for a week. No feed, no likes. Simple version for seniors; 8 languages.
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Hi! I built FiveClose after realising how easily the people who matter drift out of touch, and how long it can take for anyone to notice when someone living alone goes quiet.
Your circle is your five (or more) closest people. Open the app and you count as OK. If you go quiet for 7 days, you're emailed first; if you still don't check in, your circle is asked to check on you.
Most of it runs by itself. Each Monday it plans your week: who's due, what you usually do with them, what it costs in minutes, fitted to the time you have. The note comes at the hour you usually open the app, the message is drafted, and anyone you keep skipping is quietly rested. There's also a five-year forecast of your circle at the pace you keep now.
It also has brain games for older adults (a "gym for your mind", each game modelled on published research), focus groups (phones face-down together) and a trips mode for school trips. It's free, works in any browser, and is on Google Play for Android. I'd love your feedback.