Every message home. One beautiful board.
WhatsApp from your daughter. Texts from the grandkids. Emails from old friends. All arriving on a split-flap board that lives on the shelf. No phone, no apps, no passwords, no fuss.
Set up by your family in an afternoon. Loved at first clack.
She doesn’t need another app.
The family group chat is wonderful. Unless, that is, you’re the one person who was never going to get on with a smartphone. The photos, the plans, the “thinking of you” messages: they all happen somewhere she isn’t.
“We message all day. Mum gets the highlights on Sunday, by phone. It never felt right.”
— every family we spoke to, more or less
How it works
You message as you always do
Everyone keeps their own app (WhatsApp, text, Telegram or plain email). Nobody downloads anything new. You just save one new contact: her board.
It arrives with a lovely clack
The board flips each letter into place, just like the old station departures boards, and chimes gently. Big amber letters, readable across the room.
She taps once to reply
One large button sends a thumbs-up straight back to whoever wrote. You know she’s seen it. She never typed a thing.
More than messages
The board quietly runs the day, and lets you know if something needs you.
Gentle reminders that check in
“Tablets at 3pm” flips up in calm blue with one big Mark done button. If it isn’t pressed in time, the board quietly messages whoever you choose, so a missed dose never goes unnoticed and a taken one never gets a nagging phone call.
You choose who gets the nudge, and how long to wait.
One tap says “seen it, love”
Every WhatsApp and Telegram message arrives with a thumbs-up button. One tap sends the reply back to the sender’s own phone. It’s a small thing, and it changes everything about messaging someone who can’t message back.
A lovely thing to glance at, all day
Between messages the board keeps good company: a big clear clock, today’s weather with a practical tip (“take a brolly”), her diary from the family’s shared calendar, and the day’s headlines. It earns its spot on the shelf even on quiet days.
Lovely day out there — a nice one for a walk if you fancy it.
Alerts that stand out, from people or sensors
Start any message with # and it lands in red with an urgent pulse. Add simple home sensors later (a front-door sensor, a smoke alarm) and their alerts arrive on the board the same way, with the family notified too.
Red is reserved for things that matter. Everything else stays calm amber.
Built for the person who hates technology
- Nothing to learnNo apps, no accounts, no passwords for her. The board switches on and simply works. The most she’ll ever do is press one big button.
- Any screenRuns on a spare tablet, an old laptop, or a telly with a stick: whatever’s already in the house. Or ask us about a ready-to-go board in a box.
- Family runs itYou get a simple family dashboard: add senders, set reminders, connect the calendar, all from your own phone, wherever you live.
- Private by designOnly people you’ve approved can reach the board. Messages stay yours: no ads, no selling data, no “smart” listening.
One plan. Every channel. The whole family.
Try it free for a month. If it doesn’t earn its place on the shelf, walk away. No contract, cancel anytime.
£7/month
- WhatsApp, SMS, Telegram & email
- Unlimited family senders
- Reminders with family alerts
- Calendar, weather & news
- First 30 days free
Also running care teams and sheltered housing schemes.
The same board, with one shared view for a coordinator or warden across dozens of residents: visit confirmations, medication reminders that escalate if missed, and scheme-wide notices sent to every board at once.
Sensible questions
Does Mum need Wi-Fi?
Yes: the board needs an internet connection. If there’s no broadband in the house, a simple 4G stick works fine; we’ll point you at one during setup.
What do the rest of us need to change?
Almost nothing. You save the board as a contact and message it the way you message anyone. WhatsApp needs a one-time “join” message from each sender’s phone; the dashboard walks you through it in about a minute.
Is this a personal alarm?
No, and we’re careful about that. Reminders and alerts are a friendly safety net, not an emergency service. If you need a monitored pendant alarm, get one of those too; the board gets along fine with it.
Can she reply properly, not just 👍?
Today it’s one-tap acknowledgements. That’s deliberate: it’s the part that needs zero learning. Fuller replies from the board are on the roadmap.
What happens to her messages?
They go to her board and nowhere else. We keep the most recent messages so the board can show them, we don’t read or analyse them, and there are no advertisers involved. You’re the customer, not the product.