About Alrightly

Erin McIntyre, Founder

I’ve lived alone for much of my life, and while I have people who care about me, there isn’t one person I’m always in contact with every day. I wanted a simple safety net, so I built Alrightly.

Here's how Alrightly works: sign up to have a check-in link sent to you every day at a time you choose. Then identify trusted contacts you would want Alrightly to notify if you needed help. When a check-in link arrives, click the link to indicate that you are safe. If you miss a check-in (past a pre-determined grace period), Alrightly notifies your trusted contacts that you may need help and asks them to check on you. That’s it! Alrightly doesn’t function as a monitoring service or an emergency response, but serves to strengthen social connections that already exist and make it known when those connections are needed most.

What began as a solution to a problem in my own life has grown into a larger vision as I’ve discovered how many other people share the same concern. I want Alrightly to provide peace of mind both to people who live alone and to the people who care about them. My goal is to use technology not to replace human connection, but to help make sure it happens when it matters most.