The small things that make Lampsill work in real life
Beyond 'Still there?': I'm on it, a note for your people, Away, sleeping hours, honest status and the other small features that make Lampsill fit around real life.
Subhankar Denria
CTO & product engineer
The idea behind Lampsill fits in one sentence: if your phone goes quiet for too long, it asks you first, then tells someone you trust. (New here? Start with If your phone went quiet for two days, who would know?)
But an idea only works if it fits around real life: holidays, night shifts, a flat battery, a busy family. These are the small things built for exactly that.
Twelve small things
Built for real life, not a demo
When it matters
Day to day
When it matters
Most days, nothing happens. These are for the rare day something does.
I’m on it · Using it again
Three people told. One goes. Everyone knows.
Asha · On
Ade
Nothing to do
Ravi
Nothing to do
Priya
Nothing to do
Nobody wonders whether anyone has called. Five people don’t all ring at once.
When several people look out for one person, they're all told at once. The first to start checking taps I'm on it, and everyone else sees it. And if the phone is picked up again, they're all told that too, so a worry that has passed doesn't wait for a phone call to end.
The alert also carries two things that help someone stay calm: your note ("Spare key is with Ruth at no. 12"), shown only while your phone is quiet, and whether your battery was nearly flat, the most common reason a phone goes quiet at all.
Their alert, their way
The person being told picks how loud
Keep sounding
Up to 15 minutes, until they open it. Not if their phone is on silent.
And “Still there?” on your own phone can ring through Do Not Disturb. On iPhone, Lampsill shows you the one setting to allow when you set it up.
Day to day
Away
Away for how many days?
Your phone
Paused for 3 days. It restarts by itself, so you can’t forget.
Their phones
Your window goes dark, and they’re told. They know it’s on purpose.
Sleeping hours
The clock waits while you sleep
48 hours run out at
2:00 am
“Still there?” is asked at
8:00 am
It waits while you sleep, and for an hour after you wake.
Reminders count, too. Lampsill has simple reminders for the bins, the plants or a weekly call. Tapping one tells Lampsill you're up and about.
A daily hello · iPhone
One quiet hello a day, at a time you choose
Lampsill
9:00 am
Your daily hello.
Suggest, not decide
Your people can suggest. Only you decide.
Ade suggests
24 hours
Instead of 48 hours. You choose.
Honest status
A safety net should never fail quietly
Needs fix
Their phone can’t show Lampsill’s notifications. The only one that needs fixing.
See them in the app
In the real app
Seven of the small things
What stays the same
Every one of these keeps to the same rules as the rest of Lampsill:
- Your people see whether your light is on, and nothing about where you are or what you do.
- Your notes, reminders and steps stay on your phone.
- Lampsill is not an emergency service. If someone needs help now, call your local emergency number.
All of it is free during early access, with no card needed. Lampsill is in beta on iPhone and in testing on Android.
Leave a light on for someone
Early access is open, and free: beta on iPhone, testing on Android. About five minutes to set up, once.
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