The phone rang and they could not answer it
Somewhere between the lock screen, the notification shade and an app that moved itself overnight, the call is gone. They stop trusting the phone — and you stop being able to reach them.
Android app · Now on Google Play
Their phone, finally simple.
Your help, one tap away.
Rafiqa turns your parent’s Android phone into a handful of large, clear buttons — and gives you a panel to set it all up, see how their day is going and step in from wherever you are. Without taking the phone out of their hands.
First 7 days, no card needed
Cancel before it ends — no charge
Cancel any time from Google Play
Location Sharing
Last known location and safe-zone alerts
Fall Detection
Alerts the family on a fall or a hard impact
Simple to Use
Big buttons, large type, nothing to get lost in
Magnifier
Turns the phone into a magnifying glass
Income & Expenses
What comes in and what goes out, in one place
What We Need
The family’s shared shopping list
See Rafiqa in under a minute
How Rafiqa turns your parent's phone into a simple home screen with big buttons — and what you can do from your own phone.
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Caring from a distance is a job nobody trained you for
It is rarely one big emergency. It is a hundred small unknowns, every single week.
“Are they alright today?”
You do not want to call four times a day, and they do not want to be checked on. So you guess. The guessing is the part that wears you down.
Every setting ends up being yours
The alarm that was never set, the contact that got deleted, the app that moved. It either waits for your next visit or turns into a twenty-minute call where you describe a screen you cannot see.
Rafiqa does not fix ageing or distance. It removes the part that was never necessary: the friction.
Voices from the family
Rafiqa works for both sides: the parent using the phone and the child looking after them from afar.
“I use it on my own now, without any trouble.”
Father
“I can read even the smallest print comfortably.”
Mother
“I set it up once and the rest took care of itself.”
Daughter
“Even home alone, my mind is at ease.”
SonWhat users say on Google Play
Reviews from the store, as written.
“A useful app with very thoughtfully designed features. Well done.”
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Said D. · October 26, 2026
“I think it turned out to be a useful app. Location tracking and the big buttons in particular make things much easier for our parents.”
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Ercüment S. · October 21, 2026
“As someone living abroad, it is wonderful to always know how my mother and father are, to know where they are, and to know I will be notified right away if they ever fall. Their eyes can no longer read small text, so this app has also made using the phone easier for them. An app that makes all our lives easier, thank you.”
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Google Play user · October 20, 2026
“An app that will make our lives easier. An example of technology being used for good!”
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Selim G. · October 7, 2026
“Very easy for elderly people to use, and truly very useful for keeping track. Thanks to those who made it.”
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Talip P. · October 6, 2026
“My first impression is positive; I will expand my review as I use it.”
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Ahmet S. · October 6, 2026
The same app. Two completely different screens.
You and your parent install the same app. It opens on the big-button screen; you tap “Setting up for my family” and pick the admin panel. From that moment you are looking at two different products: theirs is stripped down, yours is a control panel.
On your parent’s phone
Everything they need, nothing they don’t
The home screen becomes a grid of large, high-contrast buttons with plain labels. No feed, no ads, no settings maze, and nothing that can be tapped by accident into somewhere confusing.
- Big buttons and large type — text can be scaled up to 150%.
- Only the modules you switch on. The rest does not exist for them.
- Their frequent contacts, callable in one tap from the home screen.
- Shortcuts to the apps they already use — WhatsApp, YouTube — sitting in the same grid.
On your phone
The panel you run it all from
You see how their day is going, and you change their phone without touching it. Every change lands on their device by itself, so there is nothing to explain over a call.
- A daily overview: last activity, location card, routine and measurement summaries.
- Reorder or hide the buttons on their home screen from wherever you are.
- Alerts for a suspected fall, an SOS, leaving a safe zone, or an unusually long stretch with no phone activity.
- Tune the details: fall sensitivity, inactivity threshold, quiet hours, notification preferences.
Built module by module
The home screen is a grid of large buttons, and you decide which ones are on it and in what order. Three of them carry most of the weight.
Phone
Make calls easily with large buttons and a simple layout. Reach favourites in a single tap.
Reminders
Create daily, weekly or monthly reminder schedules. If a reminder isn’t marked, the family gets a notification.
Measurement Journal
Record pulse, weight and measurements you name yourself, like a notebook, and see the history together. With Health Connect, steps and sleep join the daily summary. Values are not interpreted — the app does not diagnose and does not give advice.
Weather
Automatic 7-day forecast based on your location, with small reminders to match the weather — like not forgetting your umbrella.
Alarms
Customisable daily alarms. Loud sound and vibration make sure nothing is missed.
Radio
Over a thousand stations from around 80 countries — local, news and music channels — one tap away. Keeps playing in the background.
App Shortcuts
Quick access from the home screen to frequently used apps like WhatsApp and YouTube. Simplicity for your parent.
Quick Messages
Send a message in one tap with ready-made templates like “I’m fine” or “I’m calling you”. The message is sent through the phone’s own SMS app — Rafiqa does not read incoming messages.
Night Lamp
A warm, gentle light for the bedside — a crackling fireplace or a candle flame, with adjustable brightness and an optional sleep timer. Its own module on the home screen.
Flashlight
Instant flashlight using the phone’s camera flash. Turn it on and off easily in the dark.
Magnifier
Use the phone camera as a magnifier. Read small print and labels with ease.
Fall Detection
While the phone is being carried, sensors detect falls in the foreground and background; if there is no confirmation, an immediate notification goes to the child.
Location & Map
Location sharing with the time of the last update, plus safe zones. You get a notification when your parent leaves one.
Income & Expenses
A simple ledger for money coming in and going out, with a monthly total. Entries can be added from the phone or from your panel.
What We Need
The family shopping list, shared: anyone adds an item, everyone sees when it is bought. Included in Rafiqa Family Multi.
Rafiqa is not a medical device. Reminders and records exist only to make daily life easier. The app does not diagnose, does not recommend treatment, does not give medical advice and does not interpret the values you enter. In an emergency, call your local emergency number (112 in Türkiye).
Inside the app
Real screens — not polished mock-ups, the app itself.
The daily routine, ticked off with one tap
Measurements saved with their dates
Fall detection runs in the background
Safe zones drawn on the map
Where they moved during the day
Night lamp — soft light and a sleep timer
How It Works
Three steps — and you do almost all of them. Your parent only has to tap one link.
Install
Install Rafiqa from Google Play on your own phone. It opens straight on the big-button screen; at the bottom tap “Setting up for my family”, choose “Admin panel” and sign in with Google — a single step. Two minutes.
Connect
From your panel, send your parent the invitation link (WhatsApp, SMS…). They tap it, install Rafiqa if needed and press “Connect”. No code to type, no account to create. Under two minutes.
Set it up for them
From your panel, pick which buttons appear on their home screen, add their contacts, build the daily routine, and switch on location and fall detection. Half an hour, once — they only ever see the finished result.
It is your family’s data. We treat it that way.
Rafiqa handles the location and daily life of an older person who may not follow every setting themselves. That deserves plain language, not a long policy nobody reads.
What we collect
- Account basics: name and email (only if you sign in), role, and the family connection made through an invitation link or family code.
- Location: the last known position and the time it was taken, the location history of the last 7 days, and the safe zones you define. History older than 7 days is deleted automatically.
- What you enter yourself: routine schedules, alarms and measurement entries.
- Subscription state and a Google Play purchase reference. Plus anonymous crash logs, kept for 90 days.
What we never collect
- Your contacts. They are read and cached on the phone only, and never reach our servers.
- Incoming SMS or call recordings. The app was never given permission to read them — it could not, even if it wanted to.
- Camera images. The magnifier and torch use the camera live; nothing is recorded and nothing is sent.
- Card details. Payment runs end to end through Google Play Billing and never reaches us.
No ads. Anywhere in the app.
No banners, no pop-ups, no “sponsored” cards. Your parent’s screen holds only what they actually need — so they can’t tap an advert by mistake and end up somewhere they don’t understand.
Location sharing runs with your parent’s knowledge
Before sharing ever starts, a screen on your parent’s phone explains what will be shared and with whom, and asks for their permission. While it is on, it stays visible inside the app — and your parent can turn it off themselves at any time, without asking anyone.
Who can see it
Only the accounts connected to your family (by invitation link or family code). What enforces that is not a promise on a marketing page but Firestore security rules. Data is stored encrypted (AES-256) on Google Firebase and travels over TLS.
What we don’t do
No ad networks inside the app. Your data is not sold or rented. It is not shared with anyone beyond the infrastructure needed to run the service: Google Firebase, Google Play and Expo’s push notification service.
One subscription, the whole family
Seven days free to try everything. One subscription covers your parent and every child linked to them.
LAUNCH OFFER40% off the first year on annual plans this month. The exact amount is shown on Google Play.
Rafiqa Family
Monthly
An ideal start for short-term use.
/mo
One parent account
- Location sharing and safe zones
- Fall detection and SOS
- Daily routine reminders
- Measurement journal
- Income and expense tracking
- Up to 2 managers — every alert reaches all of them
- All 15 modules (Radio, App shortcuts, Magnifier, Night lamp…)
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Rafiqa Family Multi
Monthly
For following your mother and your father from one account.
/mo
Two parent accounts
- All 15 modules in Rafiqa Family
- What We Need — the 18th module, the family's shared list
- Shared-list notifications and joint tracking
- Separate location, measurement and routine tracking for each parent
- Up to 4 managers, across both parents
Rafiqa Easy
Monthly
For a parent who uses the phone alone.
/mo
Your own phone, no family panel
- The whole big-button screen and all tiles
- Alarms, reminders and daily routine
- Phone and emergency calls always work
- No location, fall alerts or family panel — those come with Rafiqa Family
3 Months Free
Rafiqa Family
Yearly
12 months of use, 9 months of payment.
/yr
One parent account
- Location sharing and safe zones
- Fall detection and SOS
- Daily routine reminders
- Measurement journal
- Income and expense tracking
- Up to 2 managers — every alert reaches all of them
- All 15 modules (Radio, App shortcuts, Magnifier, Night lamp…)
Most Popular
3 Months Free
Rafiqa Family Multi
Yearly
Both parents, with the yearly discount.
/yr
Two parent accounts
- All 15 modules in Rafiqa Family
- What We Need — the 18th module, the family's shared list
- Shared-list notifications and joint tracking
- Separate location, measurement and routine tracking for each parent
- Up to 4 managers, across both parents
Rafiqa Easy
Yearly
For a parent who uses the phone alone, paid once a year.
/yr
Your own phone, no family panel
- The whole big-button screen and all tiles
- Alarms, reminders and daily routine
- Phone and emergency calls always work
- No location, fall alerts or family panel — those come with Rafiqa Family
What happens after the 7 days
The trial includes every feature. To start it, your Google Play account needs a payment method — Google requires this for any subscription trial. Cancel before day 7 and nothing is charged. If you do not cancel, the plan you picked begins and renews automatically until you stop it. If a parent uses Rafiqa alone, with no link to a family, only the Phone and the emergency call stay open after the 7 days; when the family subscribes, everything opens again.
Cancel any time from Google Play › Subscriptions. Access continues to the end of the period you have already paid for.
How the 7+7 days work — see FAQWhich plan do you need?
These are the plan names exactly as they appear in Google Play. The difference is how many parent accounts the subscription covers. Rafiqa Family covers one parent. Rafiqa Family Multi covers two — for following your mother and your father from the same account — and additionally unlocks the shared family shopping list. Everything else is identical. Rafiqa Family allows 2 managers in total — you and one sibling; Rafiqa Family Multi allows 4.
- Rafiqa Family — one parent account
- Rafiqa Family Multi — two parent accounts, plus the shared family shopping list
All plans include a 7-day free trial. The prices above are shown for your country; each country has its own price set in the local currency, and Google Play shows the exact amount before you confirm. Payment is charged to your Google Play account and the subscription renews automatically unless cancelled before the period ends. You can cancel at any time from Google Play › Subscriptions. Frequently asked questions
The things people actually ask
Straight answers — including where Rafiqa stops.
Does my parent have to do anything?
Almost nothing. They tap the invitation link you send them and press “Connect” — no code to type, no account to create. You can do that part sitting next to them, or talk them through it on a call. Everything after that is set from your panel and arrives on their phone by itself.
Which Android versions are supported?
Android 8.0 and above. It is the same app for both: it opens on the big-button screen for your parent, and you tap “Setting up for my family” to open the admin panel. There is no iOS version and none is in progress.
What happens if the phone is off or the battery is dead?
Nothing can be sent from a phone that is off. Your panel shows the time of the last location update and the last activity, so you can see the information has gone stale instead of assuming it is current. When the phone comes back on, updates resume on their own.
Is location tracked constantly? Will it drain the battery?
Location is updated at intervals rather than continuously. The server keeps the latest position and a 7-day location history that you can see in your panel; older points are deleted automatically. In our testing the daily battery cost is a few percent, somewhat higher when background mode and fall detection are both on. The fall detection power mode setting lets you bring that down.
Can my parent turn location sharing off?
Yes — on their own, at any time, without asking you. Before sharing ever starts, their phone shows a screen explaining what is shared and with whom, and they are the one who grants it. We do not treat this as negotiable: it is their location, not yours.
How many people can follow the same parent?
Rafiqa Family allows 2 managers in total (you and one sibling); Rafiqa Family Multi allows 4. A sibling installs the app, taps “Setting up for my family”, chooses the admin panel and joins as a second manager by entering your family code. Fall and SOS alerts go to all of them at once, so the responsibility does not sit on one person.
Does it work without an internet connection?
Partly. Alarms, routine reminders, the torch and the magnifier all run on the phone itself and need no connection. Anything that has to reach you — location, alerts, the changes you make in the panel — needs a connection and syncs as soon as the phone is back online.
Where is my data stored?
On Google Firebase (Firestore), encrypted, with access limited by security rules to the accounts that belong to your family. Servers are in the USA and Europe. Payment data stays with Google Play and never reaches us. The Privacy Policy has the full detail.
How do I cancel, and can I get a refund?
You cancel from Google Play › Subscriptions, and access runs to the end of the period you paid for. Refunds are handled by Google under Google Play’s refund policy — we cannot process one on your behalf, though we will help with anything on the app side.
Is there an iPhone version?
No. Rafiqa is Android only today. The important part is that your parent’s phone must be Android, because that is where the simplified home screen runs. Your own phone runs the same app as the admin panel, so it needs Android too.
Does it lock the phone or block other apps?
No. Rafiqa is a home screen and a set of modules, not a lock. Your parent can leave it and use the phone normally whenever they want. Blocking apps, reading their messages or watching their screen are deliberately not part of the app.
How long does setup take?
Installing and linking takes a few minutes. Arranging the home screen, contacts and reminders the way you want takes perhaps half an hour, once. The part that needs care is the permissions on your parent’s phone — battery exemption and background activity — because some manufacturers (Xiaomi, Oppo, Huawei, Samsung) will otherwise stop the app overnight. The app walks you through those step by step.
Longer answers and module-by-module detail live on the Support & FAQ page
Set it up with them this week
Rafiqa is available now on Google Play. Set it up together with your parent this week.
Requires Android 8.0 or later · Android only