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📱 Daily Check-In Apps
Examples: Demumu, some family safety apps
- How it works: User must open the app and tap a button every day
- Requires: The monitored person to remember and cooperate
- Alert trigger: Missed check-in after a set time (usually 24h)
- Best for: People who are tech-savvy and willing to participate
- Limitation: If they forget to check in, you get a false alarm
🎯 Guard2 (Automatic)
No daily action required from the monitored person
- How it works: Monitors device heartbeats and screen unlocks automatically
- Requires: Only initial setup on the Android device
- Alert trigger: 2h no heartbeat OR 6h no unlock (daytime hours only)
- Best for: Elderly parents, people who won't remember to check in, passive monitoring
- Advantage: No burden on the monitored person
⚠️ Important: Neither approach can confirm a person's physical safety. Both are signals for peace of mind. Guard2 tells you a device is active; it cannot tell you the owner is able to respond.
Which Should You Choose?
Choose a daily check-in app if:
- The person is comfortable using smartphone apps daily
- You want confirmation they actively opened the app
- They agree to participate in the check-in routine
Choose Guard2 if:
- The person won't remember or doesn't want to check in daily
- You want passive, automatic monitoring without burdening them
- A simple "the device is being used" signal is enough for peace of mind
- You need to monitor multiple devices
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