What it is

ember is a small app for staying close to the people who matter most. They become "embers" around a campfire on your phone, each one glowing bright when you have been in touch and slowly dimming as time passes.

How it works

Tap an ember to log what counts: a call, a photo, a passing thought. You decide what tending looks like. When an ember cools, a quiet evening nudge arrives. Never a guilt trip, just a reminder that someone would love to hear from you. The reaching out happens wherever you already do it. ember is the noticing layer.

Why it exists

"I built it because reaching out to someone I love would feel like a mountain placed in front of me. The longer the silence, the higher the mountain got. People I should have called became people I hadn't called in months. Then years." Sahil Hameed, maker of ember

Privacy

ember is local-only. No accounts, no cloud, no analytics. Nothing leaves the phone. The App Store privacy label reads "Data Not Collected." Four words, no asterisk.

The details

Platform

iPhone, iOS 17 and later. Android 8.0 and later.

Price

Your first five embers are free. An optional subscription, ember glow, is $4.99 / month or $29.99 / year.

Availability

On the App Store and Google Play

Maker

Sahil Hameed, Sierra Hotel Studio. ember is his second app.

Links

• ember on the App Store
• ember on Google Play
• the mountain the story behind it
• a small refusal on the privacy stance
• sierrahotel.me/ember the site

Press assets

A quiet practice, scene by scene.

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