YouDead?

The two-word check-in for people who don’t text back.

Download on the App Store

iPhone. One person is free. Answering is always free.

No map. No feed. One button.

How it goes

  1. You ask.One tap. They get a notification with its own sound.

  2. They tap, send a selfie, or flip you off.Three ways to answer. All of them count. None of them require typing.

  3. Or you find out.The deadline passes, nothing came back, and the app tells you plainly.

How the ladder works

  1. You ask“You dead?” lands on their phone.
  2. It nudgesTwice, on its own, while the clock runs.
  3. 15 minutesTheir deadline. They pick 15 minutes, 1 hour, or 4.
  4. You’re toldNo proof, so the card goes red and says so.
  5. You call themWhich is the part an app was never going to do.

A late answer still counts for 24 hours. It just breaks the streak.

Life360 tells you where they are.We tell you if they’re dead.

No location

The app never asks for it. There is no map, no history, no “arrived at”. Adults won’t install surveillance on each other, and we’re not asking them to.

No typing

A tap, a selfie, or the finger. That’s the whole keyboard. Answering takes less effort than ignoring it.

No account

No email, no password, no sign-in. You get a name and a code. That’s it.

Free for one person

Free

$0

  • One person you add
  • Unlimited asks
  • Tap, selfie, or the finger
  • Widgets and the shared archive

Answering is always free, for everyone, forever.

Plus

$2.99/mo · $19.99/yr · $39.99 once

  • Unlimited people
  • Auto-ask schedules — “ask Dad every day at 9:00”
  • Loud asks that ignore their quiet hours
  • Proofs kept forever

One-time purchase available. No subscription required.

Questions

Can it lock his phone?

No. Nothing can. It can make silence very loud.

An ask arrives with its own sound, nudges twice on its own, and if the deadline passes it tells you so.

Is this for old people?

It’s for anyone with a brother.

Adult kids use it on their parents. Parents use it right back. So do roommates, and people who live alone and would rather not be a surprise.

What if they’re actually in trouble?

Call them. Then call the people around them. If they set a backup contact, the app shows you who that is.

If you believe they are in danger, call your local emergency number and ask for a welfare check at their address. You Dead? is not an emergency service. It never calls anyone for you.

Do you track location?

Never. The app does not ask for location, and there is no location in it to ask for.

That is the whole point. Where they are is their business. Whether they’re alive is yours.

What does the other person see?

An ask, and three ways to answer it: a tap, a selfie, or the finger.

Nobody can be asked without accepting first. When they accept they set their own deadline and their own quiet hours, and they can mute you or leave at any time. Both of you see the same archive of proofs.

What if I don’t want to be asked at 3 a.m.?

Set quiet hours. Asks that land inside them wait until the quiet hours end, and your clock starts then.

A loud ask goes through anyway, where Apple allows it. That’s what loud asks are for, and there’s a hard limit on them.

Is answering free?

Always. Answering costs nothing and always will, on both sides.

One person is free to add. Plus is for people who want more than one.

Android?

Coming. The API is ready; the app isn’t.