RecallCue

Updated this review to 5 stars - the developer was super responsive and fixed the problem. This is such a helpful app - makes it so I don’t have too call my parents multiple times a day with reminders. Previous review: This worked well for me a year ago, except my parents kept turning it off. I re-downloaded it recently and trained them to not turn it off, but now the alarms are not working - they seem to work for a day and then quit, even tho I’ve got them set to go off every day…

This was super helpful to remind my father, who has dementia, what time we’d be coming to visit. His aide loved it too. We’d send messages and photos throughout the day that he loved to get. Highly recommend this.

I have the app loaded on a Samsung Galaxy tablet. It’s awesome to be able to remotely display reminders and greetings for my elderly mother who lives alone. The display is very easily read, even from across the room. It always shows the day, date, and time, and any message or photos you might want to display. I use the “check in” feature daily. This gives me the ability to do a video call with her. I especially like the auto-answer feature which means mom does not have to tap anything to answer my video call. I also use this “check-in” feature to peek in on her, to make sure she is taking her pills on time. Or if she doesn’t answer my call on her regular phone, I can use the “check-in” feature to see into her apartment and make sure she hasn’t fallen or is incapacitated in some way. Those are the features I use the most, the “check-in” and the display of reminders and greetings. Of course you can also remotely display photos and even set up albums to run like a slideshow. And other cool features as well. Just to insure that mom does not accidentally mess-up or close the app, I’ve set up several things. First of all the app has a toggle to prevent accidental sign-out. That’s good. I also set up the Samsung tablet to prevent all notifications and automatic app updates from the Google play store. Even the security updates, which I can do manually when I visit. Then I used the tablet’s ability to “pin” the app so it will always display, even if someone touches the screen. It’s just all all-round stellar app—such a great help to me! Thank you to the developers! (By the way, if anyone needs help ensuring that their elderly loved one takes the correct pills at the correct time, I use the Adamson Timely Med Smart Pill dispenser, which comes with an app that enables you to monitor the dispenser. It’s awesome and foolproof.)

I received an invite, installed the software, but could not make any connection with anyone.

Clearly written by someone who wanted a better app than was available and made it. It still has room for added features but the developer is very responsive to suggestions.

I cannot say enough about how beneficial this has been for us. The app has many features and is customizable to each family’s preferences. My father loves seeing the day, date and time in big print, plus the weather and clarification of morning or evening. We love the video call feature that allows us to check on my father at anytime. I know of no other app or gadget available that can provide what RecallCue does. We are thrilled to have discovered it and hope many others do, too.

The app closes randomly and then only plays one song at a time, have to constantly re open app, and if wanting music for your loved one you’ll need to search media to replay, repeatedly.

Before RecallCue, I often fielded multiple calls a day from my dad regarding when events were to happen and where he was supposed to be at any given time. With RecallCue, we are able to post repeating reminders for him to see on his iPad as well as information about special events or activities so he is able to maintain a more independent lifestyle than he might otherwise. He loves it because he says it makes him feel like we’re watching over him. 💙We could not do this phase of life without RecallCue!

As an app developer, I am SO impressed with this app. The feature set is AWESOME, and everything is intuitive - I read NONE of the documentation, yet I was able to do everthing I wanted with a few minutes. Virtually NO learning curve!

My dad really responds to our messages and reminders. He also likes that it shows the day of the week. It is very easy for us siblings to send messages and reminders. What a great app!!