Lampsill

For anyone you love who lives alone

You can’t be there every day. If their phone goes quiet, it rings them first. No answer? You’re told — and one tap asks someone nearby to knock.

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  • Nothing for them to set up
  • No maps. No reports. One word.
  • $2.99 a month · first 100 start free

If her phone went quiet this morning, when would you find out?

Not when you’d next speak. When you’d actually notice.

Four days later.

That’s normal for most families. But it’s a long time to be ill with nobody knowing.

Here’s what happens with Lampsill

How it works · 20 seconds

Three phones. One quiet day.

Most days, nothing happens. Here’s what happens if her phone sits untouched for 12 hours — played out in front of you.

Who are you looking out for?

You call every Sunday. It’s the other six days you wonder about.

Press play. You’re the phone in the middle.

  1. AnnaYour mother · lives alone

    untouched

    Her phone rings first

    She taps “I’m fine” and it’s over. Nobody else is told. She has nothing to set up, and her life stays her own.

  2. YouSet it up · pay for it

    Anna

    normal

    all you see, most days

    No answer? You’re told

    Your phone makes a sound. Two buttons: call her, or text her neighbour.

  3. LeoHer neighbour · has a key

    no messages

    One tap, and Leo knocks

    The text comes from your own phone, so he knows it’s you. He’s minutes away. You’re hours away.

Three stories · pick a window

Anna, Maya, Leo,
and one Tuesday night.

Anna lives alone. Her daughter Maya lives two hours away. Leo lives three doors down and has a key. Months of nothing — then one night, it mattered.

SUNDAY · FOUR MINUTES

Maya sets it up after their Sunday call.

Anna is 71 and lives alone. She’s fine. But some nights, Maya lies awake and wonders.

Maya puts Lampsill on her own phone. She adds the people nearest to Anna: Leo, three doors down, who has a key — then Anna’s sister, Clara.

Anna gets a link and taps twice to say yes. She rolls her eyes a little. That’s all she ever has to do.

THE NEXT FOUR MONTHS

Maya sees one word, and sleeps better.

normal. No steps, no map, no wake-up time. Just: things are as usual.

Anna forgets it’s there. Every call, every weather check, every photo of the grandchildren resets the clock. Sunday calls are about the garden again.

TUESDAY · 08:40

Anna comes down with something.

She checks the weather, leaves her phone on the windowsill, and goes back to bed with a fever. Just for an hour, she thinks.

She sleeps all day. Lampsill can’t tell flu from a lie-in. It only knows her phone hasn’t been picked up.

TUESDAY · 20:50

Her phone asks first.

Twelve quiet hours, most of them in the day. So before anyone else is told, Anna’s own phone asks: Still there?

Usually, that’s the end of it. She’s in the garden, hears it, taps once. Maya never knows.

Tonight, it rings in an empty kitchen.

TUESDAY · 21:00

Maya’s phone goes off.

She’s washing up. Her phone makes a sound. She calls her mother. No answer.

Her heart is racing. She taps Text Leo. Her messages app opens with a note already written. She adds “please” twice and sends it — from her own number, so Leo knows it’s her.

TUESDAY · 21:06

Leo lets himself in.

Anna is in bed with a fever, embarrassed by the fuss. Leo brings her water, sits with her a while, then calls Maya: “She’s alright. Annoyed with you, but alright.”

Two hours away, Maya sits on the kitchen floor and cries — mostly from relief.

Nothing dramatic happened. Anna would have been fine by morning. She just didn’t have to be alone until then. And Maya didn’t have to lie awake wondering.

THE NEXT SUNDAY

Back to one word.

Anna picks up her phone and the clock resets. No report. No history. No record of that night.

Maya’s screen says normal again. The Sunday call runs a bit longer. Anna makes her promise to stop worrying. Maya says she will. She won’t, quite — but she sleeps.

SETTING IT UP
0
days · all normal
LAMPSILL · now
Anna hasn’t answered
Her phone’s been quiet since 08:40. No answer for 10 minutes.
Call AnnaText Leo

Another window, another story

What you see, day to day

One word.
Not their day.

Lampsill tells you if things are normal. Never where they went, who they saw, or when they woke up. They keep their freedom. You stop wondering.

What tracking apps often showLocation, steps, sleep, heart rate, daily reports
What Lampsill shows youJust one of four words: normal, learning, permission lost, escalating

That word comes from their phone’s usual rhythm, learned in the first week. So “normal” means normal for them — late nights and all. You never see the details. No timeline, no report, no map. Lampsill doesn’t even ask for location.

Before you subscribe

What it doesn’t do.

You’re about to pay, so here’s the honest part. If you need any of these, Lampsill isn’t for you — and we’d rather say so now.

  • Not an emergency alarm

    It can’t tell a fall from a lie-in. It only knows their phone hasn’t been picked up.

  • Not instant

    Nothing starts until 12 quiet hours have passed. It works in hours, not minutes.

  • Not a medical device

    No health tracking. No vital signs. It notices a quiet phone and tells you.

  • Not automatic after you

    If you miss the notification, nobody else is contacted. You send every message yourself — so keep notifications on.

One simple price

$29.99 a year

Instead of $35.88 paid monthly. Plus tax where it applies.

For one person you look out for, with everything included. No upgrades, no extras.

  • Set up in minutes on your phone. Two taps for them.
  • Their phone rings first. If they answer, nobody else is bothered.
  • Your phone makes a sound, and keeps going for up to 15 minutes until you open it
  • Call them, or text someone nearby, in one tap
  • Away time and sleep time, so holidays and lie-ins don’t set it off
  • No ads. Their data is never sold.
Take a free place See it work first

Cancel any time. Coming to iPhone and Android.

Early access

The first 100 get 2 months free.

Lampsill isn’t open yet. Leave your email and we’ll tell you the day it is. The first 100 people on the list start with 2 months free — the form says straight away whether you’re one of them.

Who are you looking out for? (optional)
What phone do they use? (optional)

No card needed, and nothing is charged. Places go in the order people sign up — if yours is one of the first 100, your first 2 months are free when Lampsill opens. After that it’s $2.99 a month or $29.99 a year, only if you choose to carry on.

Questions

The short answers.

Do they have to do anything?
Two taps, once, to say yes. After that, nothing. They use their phone as normal and never need to open Lampsill.
Does it work for a son or daughter away for study or work?
Yes, the same way. It’s their choice: they say yes on their own phone and can turn it off any time. If they do, your screen says permission lost, so you always know. Their nearest person is often a friend in the same building.
Can I see where they are?
No. Lampsill never asks for location, on either phone. You only see one of four words: normal, learning, permission lost, or escalating (an alert is under way). Never their messages, where they go, or when they get in.
Won’t late nights and lie-ins set it off?
It needs 12 hours of their phone sitting untouched, with at least 6 of them in their usual waking hours — so a night’s sleep doesn’t count. It learns their rhythm in the first week. You can set sleep hours, and either of you can add away time for up to 7 days.
What if they answer when it rings?
Then it’s over. You aren’t told, and nobody else is bothered. Most alerts end this way.
Who texts their nearest person?
You do, in one tap. Your notification has Call, Text and WhatsApp buttons. Tap Text and your messages app opens with the note already written. It comes from your number, so they know it’s you.
What if I miss the notification?
It keeps sounding for up to 15 minutes until you open it. If you still miss it, nobody else is contacted — every message comes from you. So keep notifications on, and let Lampsill through Do Not Disturb at night.
What if we live in different time zones?
Lampsill uses their clock, not yours — “daytime” means their daytime. So if they live abroad, it might wake you at night. Let Lampsill through Do Not Disturb: if you sleep through it, nobody else is told.
Is this an emergency service?
No. It can’t detect a fall or a medical problem, and it works in hours, not minutes. In an emergency, call your local emergency number.
How much is it?
$2.99 a month, or $29.99 a year, for one person — with everything included. Plus tax where it applies. Cancel any time. The first 100 people on the early-access list start with 2 months free.