Who it's for

An ageing parent or grandparent

Still at home, still largely independent, but the tablets, the appointments and the shopping have quietly become a rota. Usually run by whichever adult child lives nearest — and this is how the rest of the family finally sees what that takes.

Families caring at a distance

One of you does the visits, one manages the money, one is three hours away and worried. Everybody sees the same day, so nobody has to be phoned for an update and nobody is left out of one.

Coming home from hospital

A hip, a stroke, a fall, an operation. Six weeks of medication at new times, physio, district nurses and follow-ups, arriving all at once. Set it up on the ward and hand it to whoever is on tomorrow.

Living with a long-term condition

Dementia, Parkinson's, MS, cancer, frailty. Small changes matter and are easy to lose track of; a journal kept by everyone who was actually in the room is the record that shows a GP what has really been happening.

A disabled adult or child

Care split between parents, personal assistants, respite and school or day services. Everyone works from the same medication list and the same handover, whoever is on.

Covering for someone else

A sibling on holiday, a carer off sick, a fortnight of respite. Open the app and you can see what normally happens, rather than piecing it together from a note on the fridge.

Professional carers working alongside a family

Agency and council carers can be invited into the circle to log visits and see what the family has already done — without a separate system or a paper book nobody reads.