Living Alone in Perth? A Daily Check-in Is Your Safety Net

Perth is the most isolated major city in the world. When family is far away, a free daily check-in bridges the distance.

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I'm Alive app showing the I'm Okay check-in button

The Problem

Sound familiar? You're not alone.

Worrying about an aging parent living alone in Perth

Daily phone calls are hard to schedule across busy lives

No reliable way to know something's wrong without constant checking

How I'm Alive Solves This

A simple solution that actually works.

One-tap daily check-in takes seconds from their routine

You're notified the moment they miss a check-in — not before

No pendant, no hardware, no GPS tracking — location only in a real emergency, auto-deleted in 72 hours

Why This Works for You

Perth is the most isolated major city in the world, roughly 4,000 km from the nearest, so family is often on the other side of the country and a long flight away.
Western Australia has a large FIFO (fly-in fly-out) workforce, which means many partners are home alone for weeks at a time across the northern and eastern suburbs and coastal towns.
Extreme summer heat and serious bushfire risk in the hills and outer suburbs regularly isolate people who live alone, making a daily check-in a genuinely practical safety habit.
A monitored personal alarm in Australia typically costs about $25-$60 a month plus a device fee and only helps if worn and pressed. I'm Alive is free on iPhone and Android, needs no hardware, and raises the alarm from a missed daily check-in instead.
Privacy-first: the free daily check-in collects no location at all. Only during an active missed-check-in escalation is an approximate location shared with your contact, and it is auto-deleted after 72 hours — no continuous tracking.
Australia's emergency number is 000 (Triple Zero); I'm Alive is the early warning that tells your family when to call it. See /location/australia for the country-wide picture and /living-alone for solo-living safety guidance.

How It Works

Three simple steps.

Set Your Time

Choose when to check in each day

Tap I'm Okay

One tap confirms you're safe

Auto-Alert

Miss a check-in? Contact is notified

Features

One-Tap Check-In

Large, easy button - done in seconds

Customizable Schedule

Set your perfect check-in time

Smart Alerts (Protect Me)

Escalating notifications to your contacts if you miss a check-in

Check-In Notes

Add context like 'Going hiking today'

History Tracking

See all your past check-ins

Free to Start

Daily self check-in and reminders are always free; add Protect Me for contact alerting

Frequently Asked Questions

My partner is home alone while I'm on FIFO rotation.

They tap once a day to confirm they are okay, with free reminders if they are running late, and on Protect Me you are notified if they miss it. It is well suited to FIFO families where one partner is away on site for weeks — you get daily reassurance from the mine or rig, and they keep a safety net at home without wearing anything.

I'm a senior living alone in Perth.

One tap a day confirms you are okay, with free reminders if you are late, and on Protect Me the family member you chose gets escalating alerts if you miss it. It is simple and reliable — one large button, nothing to wear and nothing to learn — which matters most when your family is over east and cannot pop round to check on you.

Perth heatwaves are extreme.

On Protect Me, if extreme heat causes a medical emergency or a collapse and prevents your check-in, your contact is alerted automatically. Because the alert is triggered by silence rather than a button you might not be able to reach, it still gets someone to you during a dangerous heat event, when acting quickly genuinely matters.

My family is all on the east coast.

Perth to Sydney is around a five-hour flight, so daily visits are impossible and even phone calls fall across a two- or three-hour time gap. A daily check-in means your family knows you are okay every single day despite the distance, and they are only alerted if you actually miss it — quiet reassurance that crosses the continent.

Is this free?

Yes — the daily check-in and the reminders to you are free forever, with no hardware and no subscription. Automatic alerting of your family when you miss a check-in is part of Protect Me ($29.99/year), which also adds up to ten contacts, a caregiver dashboard and SMS alerts alongside push and email.