Akin exists because I kept forgetting to call my grandma.

Hi, I'm Isaiah.

Not because I didn't love her. I'd think of her in the morning and tell myself, today — I'll call after work. Then work ran long, dinner happened, the day did what days do. Somewhere around 10pm I'd finally remember, and now it's too late to call. So: tomorrow. You can guess how tomorrow went.

That's the part that got me. Nothing was wrong. No falling out, no reason. The person I love most was just quietly sliding to the bottom of a to-do list she never asked to be on.

I tried reminders. A notification that says "Call Grandma" feels like a chore, and she is not a chore. I tried birthday apps — once a year isn't a relationship. Nothing knew the people in my life well enough to actually help.

So I built Akin. For family, and for the friends who might as well be.

You give it your people and it quietly keeps track: what's going on in their lives, how long it's been, when it matters to reach out. And when it's time, it doesn't just ping you — it tells you why now, helps you find the words, and gets you to a text or a call in one tap.

No feed. No followers. No streaks. The reward isn't a badge — it's the relationship still being there.

These days, Akin is how I stay on top of the family in my life and the people who matter. My grandma hears from me before 10pm now. Not because something guilted me into it — because something finally had my back.

If you've got someone like that — someone you'd drop anything for, who still somehow ends up waiting on a call — Akin is for you.

Isaiah

San Mateo, California

hello@useakin.com