Tonight at 9
Papa's phone rings until he taps Taken. If he does not, a WhatsApp, then a call. You see it from your city.
Tonight · 9:00 pm
Each step runs only if the one before it got no answer. Every step is written down. You can switch any of them off.
So your phone stayed quiet. It is written in the book with the time and how he answered. In September the doctor sees it on one page, next to the readings.
If he hates alarms, the 9:00 ring becomes a question instead: "Did you take them?" Yes or Not yet.
Three facts his phone sends you each day. Nothing else leaves his phone.
Every morning · your phone
Reminders on cheap Android phones die quietly: a battery setting, a permission, a restart. Halebook checks all three on his phone every day and tells you, with the exact settings path for his phone brand when one is off.
No other reminder app shows the family this. It is the difference between hoping and knowing.
Any evening · Papa's side
Pick the channel for each parent. The reminder meets him where he already is.
A full-screen ring, over the lock screen, until he taps Taken. Big words, one ring for the whole morning group of tablets instead of four alarms. Free, no ads, no account.
Papa, night medicines? Reply: Taken
Taken
9:04 pm · written in the bookNo app on his phone. At the time you set, a WhatsApp message in plain words. He replies "Taken" and it is written in the book. If he does not reply, a second message, then a call.
"Time for the night medicines. Press 1 if you have taken them."
The old phone that only makes calls is enough. At the time you set, it rings, a voice asks, and he presses 1. That is the whole thing. If he does not answer, you hear about it.
Money
Reminders that ring until answered. The book: blood pressure, sugar, weight, medicines. A 30 day report for the doctor. One family member sees the day. No ads, no account.
The 90 day report and the doctor's page with questions and the next visit. Cloud backup and restore on a new phone. Two parents on one phone. Family pack ₹499 once, for more family members.
Never says a reading is high or low. It records what you enter and reminds what you scheduled. Interpreting is the doctor's work.
Never shows an ad. Not before a reminder, not after, not in a message.
Never sells or shares your data. Readings stay on Papa's phone unless he links a family member. Unlink, and the copy is deleted.
Never charges a subscription. One payment, no renewal. Never asks Papa for an account.
Questions
No. Pick the channel he already answers. If he reads WhatsApp, the reminder is a message. If he only takes calls, it is a call. The app is for the parent who is comfortable with one, and it is free.
You see the day he chose to share: doses taken or missed, readings, and the three facts about whether his phone can ring. He links you with a six-letter code and can unlink you at any time. When he does, your copy is deleted.
No. Halebook records what you enter and reminds what you scheduled. It does not diagnose, interpret readings, or advise on treatment. It makes the doctor's visit better. It does not replace it.
Android first, India first. We are testing with a small group now and will email the list when it opens, then the United States and the United Kingdom. iPhone comes after.
Tonight, and every night after
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