Nights alone
Nights alone with epilepsy or diabetes
If you live alone with epilepsy or diabetes, nights can be the part that worries you, or your family, most. Quietbeat can make sure that if you're not up and about in the morning, someone finds out that morning, not days later.
How the morning check works
- Choose a time. Turn on the morning check (Plus) and pick the time by which you're normally up, for example 8:30 AM.
- Quietbeat looks for a sign of your morning. Steps, moving about, opening your phone or tapping I'm OK in the hours before that time all count.
- If there's none, it asks you first. You get “Are you okay?” and time to answer. One tap on I'm OK and nothing else happens.
- If you don't answer, your contacts are told. Your first contact hears first, then the others. They see when you were last active and your battery level, and, if you add it, your medical card.
Why wearing a watch doesn't count
An Apple Watch on your wrist shows that it's being worn, not that you're okay. So simply wearing it never answers the morning check and never holds back an alert. Steps from the watch, or tapping I'm OK on it, do count.
Set it up for your nights
Quiet hours
Set them for when you sleep. Your regular check never starts during them; set the morning check for a time after they end.
A realistic morning time
Pick a time with some margin. If you often sleep later on weekends, choose a later time, or answer I'm OK when asked.
Someone nearby with a key
Put a neighbor or relative close by first, and add access notes so they can get in.
Medical card
Optional notes for the people who come by, like your condition and medicines. Shown only inside an alert. (Plus)
One layer among several
Talk about your plan with your doctor or nurse and with the people you add as contacts: what they should do if they get an alert, and who has a key. Quietbeat adds one thing to that plan: a morning that goes unnoticed gets noticed.
Questions
Can Quietbeat detect a seizure?
No. Quietbeat doesn't detect seizures or any medical event. It notices when the usual signs of your morning are missing and then asks you.
Does Quietbeat read my glucose or heart rate?
No. Health values never leave your phone. Quietbeat only uses the times of activity, such as when you last took steps.
What if I'm up but haven't touched my phone?
Steps count if your phone or watch is with you. If Quietbeat sees nothing, it asks you first, and one tap on I'm OK is enough.
Do I need Plus for the morning check?
Yes. The morning check, the medical card and adding contacts come with Plus ($2.99 a month or $19.99 a year) or Family.
Join the beta
Quietbeat is in beta on iPhone and Android. We're starting with a small group of testers, so we can measure and reduce false alarms before Quietbeat opens to everyone.
For iPhone with iOS 17 or later (Apple Watch optional) and Android 8.0 or later.
Questions about the beta? Email info@myquietbeat.com.