Question for anyone who has lost someone or is currently a caregiver.
I'm building The NextOfKin App because I watched people I care about spend years searching for logins after a loss and I hope to make sure that doesn't happen to the people you love.
Hi I'm Lauren — solo founder of The NextOfKin App.
I built this after watching people I care about spend far too long reconstructing a life that was never written down: accounts nobody knew existed, a phone no one could unlock, subscriptions still charging. None of it was hidden. It just lived in one person's head.
That turned out to be the whole problem — and a smaller one than it feels. You already know where everything is. It's just never been in one place anyone could point to.
The NextOfKin app doesn't ask you to sit down and "do your estate planning." It asks one small thing at a time — where's your phone code written down? which account pays the mortgage? — and a plan takes shape around your answers, in your own words, at your pace. We don't hand your plan to anyone — we ask someone to check on you.
I'd genuinely love your feedback, especially on whether "one small thing at a time" makes this feel doable instead of daunting. Ask me anything.