ViYomi
by APP4EVERYONE · arielosh8@gmail.com
A parent who lives alone presses one button each morning: "I'm OK". If the press does not arrive, the family finds out — without cameras, without tracking, and without the parent having to learn anything new.
How it works
- One button. The parent opens the app and presses "I'm OK". That is the whole daily use.
- A reminder on the phone. If no press is recorded by the time the family chose, usually around 10:00, the parent gets a notification with the same button on it.
- One message to the family. If there is still no press after a grace period, the family members who were registered receive a single message asking someone to call. It comes by SMS; on the paid version each of them chooses SMS, a voice call or WhatsApp. When the parent does press afterwards, they get a short "all clear".
The app runs on Android and speaks Hebrew, Russian and Arabic. It does not replace an emergency button or emergency services.
Price
ViYomi has two versions.
- Free: one contact gets alerts, by SMS, up to two a month.
- Paid, ₪19 a month per family: up to five contacts, alerts by voice call or WhatsApp too, and no limit on the number of alerts. The subscription renews every month and can be canceled at any time.
You pay in the app, through Google Play, or on the payment page, where any of the contacts can pay for the parent.
The parent's reminders are never limited, in either version.
Who it is for
- An elderly parent who lives alone, often with an older or simpler phone.
- Their children and close relatives, between one and five people, who get the messages by SMS, a voice call or WhatsApp, and install nothing.
The messages we send
Every message is a service message about one specific parent. There is no marketing, no promotions and nothing that is sent on a schedule for its own sake. A family sees at most one alert per day, and on most days no message at all.
How a phone number gets on the list
Recipients do not sign up themselves. While setting the app up on the parent's phone, a family member asks each relative for permission and enters a name and number only after they agree. The app reminds them to ask and offers the words to use (the consent script).
Each number then receives one message saying which parent it is about and what they will receive, with a link to stop. The link keeps working for as long as the number is on the list.
How to stop receiving messages
Open the link in the first message. It shows a confirmation page, and the number is removed as soon as the recipient confirms there. Removal is immediate and needs no phone call and no account. The confirmation step exists so that automatic link scanners cannot remove someone by accident.
If that first message is gone, email arielosh8@gmail.com. A number in the US or Canada can also reply STOP to any message.
What the messages look like
Messages are sent in Hebrew. English translations are shown here for readers who do not read Hebrew.
Privacy in one paragraph
ViYomi stores the family's settings, the daily press and a log of the messages it sent. It has no location tracking, no microphone, no camera and no access to the phone's contact list, and it does not sell data to anyone. Day records and the message log are deleted after 90 days, and the app's settings include deleting everything. The full text is in the privacy policy.
Contact
APP4EVERYONE · arielosh8@gmail.com. Questions about a message you received, or a request to be removed, are answered at the same address.