The relationship OS for family & friends

You care.
Time just has
other plans.

Every day has a hundred demands and one quiet regret — the person you meant to check in on but didn't. Akin quietly makes sure no one slips away.

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No feed · No streaks · No shame

Moment "Dad mentioned he's going to Pebble Beach to golf next weekend."
Due today Grandma — it's been 12 days. She'd love to hear your voice.
Moment "Connor got the promotion. First person he texted was me."

Time to reach out

A Andrew

What Akin remembers

  • Last connected 21h ago
  • Cadence: Monthly

● Why now

Andrew just started a new job, and those first weeks tend to carry a lot of newness all at once. A quick message now can mean more than it might seem.

Say something like…

Starting a new job hits different when someone checks in — hope the first stretch has been more exciting than overwhelming. Rooting for you over there.

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Built for the people you can't lose

your grandma your dad your college roommate your sister the friend who moved to Denver your mom your oldest friend the friend you keep meaning to text the cousin you grew up with your best man

No feed, no streaks, no shame. The reward isn't a badge — it's the friendship still being there.

Quiet by design. Akin works in the background and only speaks up when it matters.

Private by default. No ads, no tracking, no selling your data. Your people are not a product.

How Akin works

Three small steps, and the people you love stop slipping through the cracks.

01

Add the people who matter

Pick the handful of people you never want to drift from — family, the friends who might as well be. Tell Akin a little about them.

02

Set a cadence that feels right

Weekly, monthly, whatever fits the relationship. No guilt-trip streaks — just a gentle sense of when it's been too long.

03

Akin notices, and nudges

When it's time, Akin tells you why now matters and helps you find the words. One tap to text, call, or FaceTime.

See it in your hands.

Akin home screen — your circle, with who's due to reach out today
Akin reach-out screen — why now matters and a message drafted in your voice
Akin Moments — a quiet record of the friendships you've kept up
An Akin contact profile — notes, life events, and journal for someone you don't want to lose touch with

It remembers the things you'd want to remember.

Akin keeps track of what's happening in people's lives — a new job, a move, a hard season — and brings it back to you at the moment it matters. So when you reach out, you're not starting from "hey, long time." You're picking up where it counts.

No one should slip away just because life got loud.

The idea Akin is built on

● Why now

You just connected with Aflo today — the door's wide open. A quick follow-up keeps the energy going.

Ask them this

What's something you've been quietly working through lately that you haven't told many people?

A

Aflo

Today

Aflo thought of you today. Worth holding onto.

What did they reach out about?

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The moments worth keeping, kept.

When you reconnect, Akin gently asks what's worth remembering — in a sentence or a quick voice note. Over time it becomes a quiet record of the people you love and the moments you shared, not a feed you perform for.

A journal that writes itself, one check-in at a time.

Moments, in Akin

When the words won't come

Knowing you should reach out is easy. Knowing what to say is the hard part — so Akin helps with that too.

01 An Akin contact profile with the Help me find the words button

Tap "Help me find the words."

02 Akin asks what's going on with this person

Tell Akin what's going on.

03 A single sentence of context typed into Akin

A sentence is enough.

04 Akin drafts a message that sounds like you, ready to send in iMessage

A message that sounds like you.

For the first time, I actually feel like a good friend.

— Beta user, 30 days in

Simple pricing

Free

$0

Stay close to your innermost circle. Up to 5 people, gentle reminders, and the essentials.

Akin Pro is an auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID and renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings. See our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

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