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Good for Today is a simple daily safety check-in for anyone who wants peace of mind. Once a day, you flip a switch to say “I’m good for today.” If you don’t, the people you trust hear about it. That’s really the whole thing.

A short visual guide

How to use this app

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Flip the switch every day

The big switch in the middle of your Dashboard is the heart of the app. Tap it once a day to check in. That’s it. No essay, no questions.

Checked in, you’re good for today

New here? This is the one thing most people miss. Open the app and flip the switch. That’s your check-in.

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What happens if you miss

The app waits a little, then waits some more. If you still haven’t checked in, it quietly reaches out to your emergency contacts so someone can make sure you’re okay.

Reminder

Your check-in time

A gentle notification asking how you're doing.

Overdue

A few hours later

Your in-app friends can see you've missed and may nudge you.

Emergency contacts notified

After your grace period

An email goes out to the people you've designated as your real-world safety net.

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Two kinds of people

Good for Today separates the people who cheer you on from the people who come find you.

Friends (in-app)

People who use the app too. They see your daily status, can send a nudge if you’re late, and give you the warm fuzzy feeling of being seen. They don’t get emergency alerts.

Emergency contacts

The people who come check on you in real life. Family, a neighbor, a close friend. They don’t need the app, just a name and email. They only hear from us if something might be wrong.

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Nudging your people

If a friend hasn’t checked in and you’re wondering about them, tap their card on the Dashboard and send a nudge. It’s a quiet little tap on the shoulder, “hey, thinking of you.” You can nudge each friend once every 24 hours.

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Hasn’t checked in yet

Nudge
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Install it on your phone

Good for Today runs in your browser, but it works much better as an app on your Home Screen. You get a real icon, it opens full‑screen, and on iPhone it’s actually required for push notifications to work. Takes about 15 seconds.

iPhone & iPad (Safari)

Open this site in Safari, not Chrome or another browser.

  1. 1
    Tap the Share button.
  2. 2
    Scroll down in the share sheet and tap Add to Home Screen.
  3. 3
    Tap Add in the top‑right corner. The app icon lands on your Home Screen.

iOS 15 and later

Share is in the bottom bar

iOS 12–14

Share is in the toolbar

Heads up: push notifications on iPhone only work after you add to Home Screen, and they require iOS 16.4 or later. On older iOS you can still install and use the app, you just won’t get push pings, so set an anchor time and check it as a daily habit.

Android (Chrome)

Works in Chrome, Edge, and most modern Android browsers.

  1. 1
    Tap the ⋮ menu in the top‑right of Chrome.
  2. 2
    Tap Install app (or Add to Home screen on older Chrome).
  3. 3
    Confirm. The icon lands on your home screen and notifications start working right away, no extra step.

Chrome sometimes shows a little “Install” banner at the bottom of the screen when you visit. Tapping that gets you there in one step.

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A tour of Settings

Most people set these once and forget about them. Here’s what each one does and why you might care.

Check-in frequency

How often you need to check in. Daily is the default, but you can stretch it to every 2 days or weekly. Pick the rhythm that fits your life: too tight and you'll forget; too loose and the safety net loosens with it.

Anchor time

An optional fixed time each day when your check-in window opens (say, 9am). Without one, you've got the whole day. With one, your reminder lands at the same time every day, easier to build into a habit.

Reminder lead time

How early you want a nudge before your window. "At check-in time" pings you the moment the window opens. Earlier leads (15min, 1hr) give you a heads-up if you tend to get busy.

Emergency grace period

How long after a missed check-in before your emergency contacts get the email. 2 hours feels urgent; 24 hours gives plenty of room to just be having a slow morning. Default is a comfortable middle.

Notify friends when overdue

When on, your in-app friends see your status flip to overdue, so they can send a nudge. Off if you'd rather only your emergency contacts ever know.

Pause monitoring

Going on vacation, in the hospital, or just need a break? Pause stops all reminders and emergency emails until you turn it back on. Nobody gets falsely alarmed.

Mood slider

An optional one-tap mood number alongside your check-in. Off by default. Turn it on if you want a tiny daily mood log over time.

Discoverable

Lets other users find you when adding friends. Turn off if you only want to add friends by direct link or username.

Notifications on this device

Push notifications are per-device. If reminders aren't arriving on your phone, open Settings on that device and enable them here. On iPhone you'll need to add the app to your Home Screen first.

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Your first five minutes

  1. 1

    Install to your Home Screen

    See Step 5 above, especially important on iPhone, where it's required for notifications.

  2. 2

    Flip the switch

    Do your first check-in on the Dashboard.

  3. 3

    Add one emergency contact

    In Settings, add at least one trusted person with their email. This is the real safety net.

  4. 4

    Pick a frequency and reminder

    Daily check-ins with a reminder at check-in time is a great starting place.

  5. 5

    Turn on notifications on this device

    So you actually get reminded. Open Settings on the device and enable push.

  6. 6

    Add a friend or two

    Friends make the daily ritual feel less like homework.

That’s really it. Good for Today is a small app on purpose, a daily moment of “I’m here” that quietly takes care of the rest if you’re not.

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