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AlivePing Check-in

Launching today

Never worry alone: Safety alerts for missed check-ins

AlivePing Check-in: A Vancouver-built safety check-in app. Schedule daily check-ins—miss one, and it alerts your trusted contacts, no location tracking needed. Built for solo living, seniors, and families. Free on iOS, Android coming soon. Key features: • Flexible check-ins • Automated alerts • Privacy-first design • 100% Canadian-made Feedback welcome!

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Hi everyone! 👋 I’m Kantar, a Vancouver local and SFU Computing Science grad. I built AlivePing Check-in because I saw a real need in our community—friends living alone, family members with seniors, all worrying about “what if I can’t check in?” I wanted a simple, privacy-first solution: no unnecessary location tracking, just reliable check-ins and automated alerts if you miss one. It’s 100% built, tested, and launched right here in Vancouver, BC, and is currently available only on the US & Canadian App Stores (iOS only for now, with Android coming based on your feedback). I’d love to hear your thoughts—whether it’s how it fits into your life, bugs, or ideas for improvements! Proud to support Canadian-made tech.

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AlivePing Check-in: Safety alerts for missed check-ins (US/CA only)

Hi everyone! I'm Kantar, a Vancouver-based indie dev. I built AlivePing Check-in to help people stay connected with loved ones simple check-ins, automated SMS/call alerts, no unnecessary location tracking. Key features: - Flexible daily/weekly check-in schedules - Automated SMS & voice call alerts for missed check-ins - Privacy-first (no default location tracking) - 100% Canadian-made Important: This app is currently available ONLY on the US & Canada App Stores. SMS/call alerts work only in US/CA. We re working to expand globally soon! Launching on Product Hunt this Monday (Mar 9). Would love your feedback!

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Currently using a macbook Pro late 2015 model, 8GB of RAM. My experience has been mixed. The OS and bundled software is mostly of good quality, the hardware is now seven years old and still going strong apart from the original battery which needs replacing... that brings me on to the less attractive parts of Apple's products. Removing the battery, which was a piece of cake in earlier models (circa 2007), is a major repair job. They've gone backwards here. Batteries are probably the first thing that will need replacing given they wear out the fastest. That said I've had to replace the power adapter once as the original failed after about a year. Their materials are not always durable. Take cables and grommets made in their white rubber material. Over time this rots and disintegrates. I have older equipment that doesn't suffer this issue. They also charge more than other vendors for things like RAM and storage. Its also laughable that they still have product SKUs in their store that come with 8GB of RAM. This may have been sufficient in 2015, but we're 8 years on now, and RAM hungry apps make for a disappointing experience on my machine. I'd buy another macbook, but only because we require it to support our plugin software that we make.

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