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A daily check-in app that works like a dead man's switch
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You check in by opening the app. If you miss your check-in and its reminders, your pre-written message is texted to the contacts you chose. For US and Canadian phone numbers.
PH · launched Nov 9, 2026 · 84 upvotes (top 1%) · 0 views
Niche: personal and family safety apps · 122 launches, 13 in the last 7 days ▲ +30% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Workflow automation
- B2C
- Not AI
- Commercial product
- Android
- Health & Fitness
- Messaging
- Tech
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Could you build this?
Yes A dead man's switch is a simple check-in timer with reminders and scheduled SMS through an existing provider like Twilio, which is a common vibe-coding target.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 563 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #4 of 564 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 224 days after the earliest competitor.
- Reset · ph · 2026-10-21 · 9 upvotes · similarity 0.59
- KinStatus · ph · 2026-09-22 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.52
- KinetMorning · ph · 2026-10-15 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.52
- Lunio · ph · 2026-10-27 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- U OK? · ph · 2026-10-07 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- CentsCheck · ph · 2026-11-05 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- Stay Awake · ph · 2026-11-08 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- wondays · ph · 2026-09-26 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.46
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