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Prayojana

An elderly care app that families actually open daily.

YEAR
2024
ROLE
Build partner
SCOPE
iOS + Android + ops portal
TEAM
4 people · 14 weeks
STACK
React Native · Node · Postgres · WhatsApp Business API
01  /  THE BRIEF
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Adult children in India needed a way to know their parents were OK without calling four times a day. The market had care-management apps for the caregiver, not the parent. We built the one for the parent.

02  /  THE APPROACH

Three decisions that shaped the build.

01

Designed for the parent first.

Type-large, contrast-high, voice-first interactions. The home screen is two buttons. Settings live behind a long press.

02

Offline-first, WhatsApp-out.

Check-ins work offline and sync when reception returns. Notifications fan out over WhatsApp because that's what families already open.

03

An ops view for the anxious child.

Not a B2B dashboard. A read-mostly mobile view designed for someone checking the app at 11pm from a different country.

03  /  THE OUTCOME

What went live, and what it did.

94%
Day-30 retention
Active families, not installs.
1.8
Check-ins per family per week
It's actually used.
14 wk
Brief to App Store
On the date in the contract.

Our parents use it without calling us for help — which, with my father, I did not think was possible. It launched the week they promised.

FOUNDER, PRAYOJANA
TRY IT  /  ILLUSTRATIVE

The home screen is two buttons.

8:02 AM · TUESDAY
Good morning,
Amma.
How are you feeling today?
ILLUSTRATIVE · NOT THE SHIPPING UI

Tap through it. One action, two taps, zero menus — the entire daily interaction a parent ever needs. Everything else lives behind a long press, where it can't be tapped by accident.

Behind the two buttons: an offline-first check-in that syncs when reception returns, and a WhatsApp message that fans out to the family the moment it lands. The anxious child gets a notification; the parent just tapped one button.

— A working sketch of the design decision in “01 · Designed for the parent first.” The real app ships with voice prompts and large-type accessibility baked in.
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