For anyone who needs the day answered without asking: what is happening now, what is next, and what is for tea. Nothing to tap, no adverts, no streaks.
Daysome shows one person, on one iPad, what day it is, what is happening now, what is coming next, and what is for tea.
That is the whole thing. There is nothing to tap.
The display is for a family member in the early stages of dementia: happy, settled, living at home, and starting to lose track of when to eat, when to drink, and when her favourite programme is on. She reaches for her iPad all day long, so that is where the answer lives.
WHAT IS ON THE SCREEN FOR THE FAMILY MEMBER
The day and the part of the day in large, plain words. The time, nearly as large. What is happening now, and what is coming next, in two slots that never move. The menu for each meal. Weekly visitors — the cleaner, the shopping delivery — on the days they actually come. And an optional note from the family, which takes itself down when it stops being true.
Optionally, Daysome makes a soft chime when something starts and it says how much time there is. “Half an hour until tea” — in quarters and halves, the way a person says it, never “34 minutes”.
WHAT IT NEVER DOES
It never says anything has been missed. No red, no “overdue”, nothing struck through. Something whose time has passed simply drops off the display. A screen that tells someone they have failed creates anxiety in a person who was otherwise settled, and buys back nothing.
It has no adverts, no streaks and no scores.
FOR THE FAMILY
A private code that you set opens the whole day for editing: times, wording, how often something happens, the note of the day, and the household’s own list of meals. Meals are chosen from that list, so the display can only ever show something the family has already agreed. The carer’s screen looks nothing like the display and puts itself away after a while untouched, so an iPad left mid-change goes back to showing the day.
A HOUSEHOLD PLAN, IF YOU WANT ONE
Connect the device to a household on daysome.org and the day can be changed from a phone or a computer, by everyone looking after them, each with their own sign-in, and shown on up to three devices. It starts with a free trial; after that it is a yearly subscription or a one-time purchase. Without it, Daysome is complete on its own and stays free.
BUILT FOR THE ROOM IT SITS IN
Warm tones rather than stark white, because the ageing lens scatters light and white glares. Nothing meaningful in blue, because blue perception fades with age. Large type that also honours the text size set in iPad Settings. Words instead of symbols throughout — an icon somebody cannot interpret is worse than nothing on the screen.
On its own it works with no internet connection and needs no subscription.
Daysome is an app centred on a display that shows the day. It is not a medical device, not a monitoring system, and not a substitute for anybody. It does not track whether medication has been taken, and it never will.
Terms of use: https://www.daysome.org/terms.html
Privacy policy: https://www.daysome.org/privacy-policy.html
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Daysome now welcomes you when it’s first opened, and can be connected to a household.
A WELCOME PAGE
A new install opens on a Welcome page rather than the day. From there you can see an example day as it shows on the stand, set the iPad up on its own with a four-digit PIN, create an account, or add the iPad to a household you already have. It stays until a PIN is chosen, and shows the five taps that bring back the settings.
A HOUSEHOLD ACCOUNT, IF YOU WANT ONE
Create an account from the iPad with just your email address, or add the iPad to a household on daysome.org with a code. Family and carers can then change the day from their own phone or computer, each with their own sign-in, and changes reach the iPad in about twenty seconds. The household plan covers up to three devices showing the day. It starts with a free trial, then is a yearly subscription or a one-time purchase. Find it in the settings, under Household. A device can be removed from its household and reconnected later, and you can delete your account at any time.
Without an account, Daysome is complete on its own and stays free.
THE SETTINGS, REGROUPED
The settings now come in four groups: The day, The display, This device and Reset. A short routine or meal list suggests examples to start from, each added in a tap. The settings also open with a reminder of how to get back to them.
THE CHIME, EVEN IN ANOTHER APP
If the iPad is in another app when something starts, Daysome can now play its chime and say what is starting. Tap it and the day comes back. It’s off until you turn on Even in another app, under Make a sound, and it can come through a Focus.
ALSO
When you edit something, Save is in the bar at the top as well as at the bottom, and the way out is called Exit supervisor, so a change is harder to lose. A day with nothing in it says “Nothing planned today”. The display keeps its shape on more screen sizes.
To reach the settings, tap five times in the top-right corner within five seconds, then enter your PIN.
Version 0.6.3
The developer, Multizone Limited, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
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Information
Seller
Multizone Limited
Size
39 MB
Category
Lifestyle
Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.