What is CareHaven?
CareHaven is a private iPhone app for families caring for someone with complex needs — autism, epilepsy, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, dementia, and more. Caring for someone is a second job nobody sees. Every dose, every appointment, every detail lives in your head. CareHaven helps carry that load. Jot things down as they happen. Then send a summary to a sitter, a doctor, or a co-caregiver. There's no account to make, and we never sell your family's care information. It's in a free beta on iPhone right now.
Is CareHaven just a fancy calendar?
No. A calendar holds the plan. CareHaven also logs what happened: meals, meltdowns, seizures, rough nights. You can set dose reminders. When the sitter comes, it builds a handoff from your records, with appointments, medications, and emergency contacts. Before a doctor visit, it makes a Care Report PDF you can share. A calendar tells you when. CareHaven helps you carry the rest.
When can I use it?
Right now. CareHaven is in beta on iPhone.
Tap Join the beta, enter your email so we can keep you posted on the App Store launch, and you'll be sent to
TestFlight —
Apple's official app for beta-testing iOS apps. It's free, made by Apple, and the same system the biggest apps in the App Store use to run their public betas. TestFlight installs CareHaven onto your iPhone in about 60 seconds. The App Store launch comes next.
What's TestFlight? Is that the app I'm testing?
No —
TestFlight is Apple's official app for beta-testing other apps. Free, made by Apple, available in the App Store. It's the same system every iOS app — Instagram, Notion, Spotify, the iOS beta itself — uses to deliver pre-release builds to testers. You install TestFlight once, then beta versions of any app you've joined (like CareHaven) get delivered through it. CareHaven is the app you're actually testing. When CareHaven reaches the App Store, you'll uninstall TestFlight if you don't want it anymore and install CareHaven normally.
What stage is the app at?
Live in beta with the full feature set built, tested, and running daily on the developer's own iPhone with real care data. The roadmap from here: real-caregiver beta feedback → polish round → App Store submission. The architecture, the privacy posture, and the feature set are stable — we're refining the experience based on what real households need.
What platforms will it run on?
iPhone with a parallel iPad layout, an Apple Watch companion for one-tap logging from the wrist, a StandBy widget for the bedside dock, an App Clip path so a sitter can be briefed without installing anything, native Siri / Shortcuts via App Intents, Live Activities for care sessions in progress, and Personal Voice support for the AAC phrase library.
Can I explore the app without my own care data?
Yes. Once you're on a build, Settings → Demo loads any of eighteen fictional caregiver profiles alongside your own — a newborn, a four-year-old with Down syndrome, a teen with Type 1 diabetes and ASD, an AAC user with cerebral palsy, an ASL-primary deaf-plus child, a PKU metabolic-clinic profile, a young adult transitioning out of pediatric services, an elder with Alzheimer's on comfort care, and ten others. Each is fully populated with about two weeks of feedings, sleep, behaviors, regulation check-ins, goals, milestones, cues, appointments, and a doctor visit — so every surface has real shape to show. Bulk-remove them whenever you're ready to be in just your own data.
Is my data really private?
Yes. Your care records are yours. You choose which records to share and which caregivers to invite. We never sell your family's care information. There's no CareHaven account to create. Apple may receive crash and performance diagnostics according to your diagnostic-sharing settings. Sync is optional and off by default. Plus adds sync across your devices. Family adds sharing with caregivers you invite. Today, sync uses iCloud: Apple encrypts synced records while they travel and while they are stored in iCloud. The app tries to remove identifying details before Online help requests, but it can miss some.
What happens if I lose my phone?
The data goes with it unless you have a backup. The app's auto-backup feature exports an AES-256-GCM encrypted .chbak file to your Files app on a schedule you set. Restore on a new device with the password you chose. Sync, if enabled, also keeps a copy on your other devices.
How many people can I track?
Two on Free, five on Plus, unlimited on Family — each with a fully separate profile (own timeline, medications, behaviors, routines, goals, contacts). Switch profiles via the person pill at the top of every screen.
Is this a medical device?
No. CareHaven is a caregiver-facing tracking and coordination tool. It is not FDA-approved and shouldn't be used to diagnose, treat, or make medical decisions. The pattern-detection layer is for caregiver awareness only — the deterministic chart is always the source of truth, and AI commentary, when present, is enrichment not advice. Always consult your child's clinician.
What will it cost?
Three tiers.
Free forever for solo daily logging, receiving handoffs, and the offline knowledge base.
Plus ($7.99/mo or $79.99/year) adds Wall Display, AI insights, sync, auto-backup, Apple Watch + StandBy + Live Activities, doctor-visit recording, and the advanced clinical assessments.
Family ($15.99/mo or $139.99/year — save $52) adds real-time co-caregiver sync, family coordination, pumping tracker, and unlimited profiles via Apple Family Sharing. 14-day free trial on every paid tier.
See the full comparison →
I'm not caring for a child — does this work for adult care?
Yes. The complex-care workflow is the same shape regardless of the care recipient's age. Multi-generational caregivers track an aging parent and a child in the same app. Behavior log, cue guide, regulation check-in, wellbeing — all apply across ages.
How can I help?
Join the iPhone beta and use CareHaven on your own care load — bug reports and feedback through TestFlight's built-in channel go straight to the developer. If you'd rather wait for the App Store launch,
get on the launch list so we can email you when v1.0 ships. If you're a clinician (SLP, OT, BCBA, neurologist, pediatrician) interested in the handoff and chart-summary surfaces, we want to talk to you.