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40 votes
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I am looking for 100% ad-free apps for older adults with dementia. Things like jigsaw puzzles, coloring and the like. Paid is fine.
I work in IT, and was the caregiver for both my parents as they aged. You'd think I would be the one that people turn to to ask this question, and yet I have been utterly frustrated by my attempts...
I work in IT, and was the caregiver for both my parents as they aged. You'd think I would be the one that people turn to to ask this question, and yet I have been utterly frustrated by my attempts to find such.
I have a few folks who are extended family and friends that are now in the early/mid stages of different forms of dementia, and a real pain point is that they no longer have the capacity to recognize ads, and will unfailingly click and install scam apps via the Apple store. Think things like 'cleaner' apps that have a $50/week subscription fee, and other abusive tactics. The #1 subject I get called about is some ad popping up after they've finished a puzzle, and now they think they're out of space, and in a panic.
This is not a small problem. The coloring and puzzles they can still do bring them happiness and stability through their day; removal of the ipads entirely causes them a lot of stress. (TV is nothing but ragebait, and a non-starter. They do have books on tape, but get tired of listening rather quickly.)
I have been completely unable to locate ad-free, paid versions of these types of apps. I'm not looking for free. I don't care about the cost. I just need apps that only do what they say they do, and don't have unexpected pop-ups, ads, or anything else, and I thought perhaps the folks here might know of some.
Any ideas?
[edit] Only five hours in, and I've already gotten more insightful, helpful responses than anywhere else I've asked. You all are the best.
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Is ADHD really that debilitating?
On another platform a female journalist warned other women not to use menstrual tracking apps. I worked in a co-op during college that sold very nice paper journals for tracking menstrual cycles....
On another platform a female journalist warned other women not to use menstrual tracking apps.
I worked in a co-op during college that sold very nice paper journals for tracking menstrual cycles. I replied to that thread mentioning that very nice specialized paper journals still exist.
Someone ( a man ) replied back to tell me that ADHD women have enough to deal with these days and proceeded to list all the ways something like that could fail.
I suggested sending emails to one's self along the lines of "update your diary" which someone could then read at home and take care of things.
Since I don't have ADHD my question is if people who do have ADHD really do find it to be that incapacitating?
I know it is an Internet thing to keep replying without a reason, even if it is only out of momentum. I'm wondering if that was the deal in that thread.
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Many widely used reproductive health apps fail to protect highly sensitive data, study finds
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Calorie counting app of choice?
Platform: Android What is your calorie counting/meal planning application of choice? Looking for something simple and hyper-focused on calorie counting, and I'm ok with a bit of macro tracking,...
Platform: Android
What is your calorie counting/meal planning application of choice? Looking for something simple and hyper-focused on calorie counting, and I'm ok with a bit of macro tracking, however that's all I want it to do - no feature creep into other wellness/fitness goals and coaching, etc.
I'm fine with paying (as long as it's reasonable) for a simple application without a ton of ads that does this one thing really well.
Suggestions?
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Which apps do you use for your mental health and wellbeing, if any?
I have lost my r/finch community, and am feeling curious to see if there are any folks here who also find apps can be helpful for their mental health. I struggle with anxiety and am processing a...
I have lost my r/finch community, and am feeling curious to see if there are any folks here who also find apps can be helpful for their mental health.
I struggle with anxiety and am processing a lot of grief, and may or may not have ADHD (I am in the process of getting tested, but it takes a while). My experiences with therapy are a bit mixed, so I am currently going down the route of trying to DIY my wellness a little. Starting simple with things like, sleep more, try to focus on drinking enough, go out in nature, switching off podcasts and phones and reading more. It's actually helped me, bit by bit.
One of my 'tools' is an app called finch, a virtual pet that encourages you to set goals, check in how you are feeling, journal, do mindful breathing and such. I tried many things and this app is the one that stuck and actually works.
Just wanted to ask, do any others here use wellness apps? And have they worked for you? Which do you recommend?
Just to be clear, I mean apps that work as a stand alone solution, rather than apps like 'better help' which ultimately just connect you to a therapist. Although Better Help has its uses too!
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Kiwixotherapy: A weird but working therapy for introverts suffering from sleeplessness
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Best running apps in 2022
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New Zealand's Ministry of Health has released the source code for the NZ Covid Tracer application on GitHub
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Virginia touts nation's first contact tracing app with Apple-Google tech
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Norway's data inspectorate has banned the use of public health app Smittestopp to control the spread of COVID-19 over data protection concerns
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Germany open-sources their COVID-19 contact-tracing app
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How did the Covidsafe app go from being vital to almost irrelevant?
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Apple and Google launch exposure notification API, enabling public health authorities to release apps
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Q Team is content that COVIDSafe is an innocuous application that should be considered safe to download for most people
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An entire city (Noida, India) has been told to download a controversial contact tracing app — Or face jail: "Not installing the app will be considered a violation of lockdown orders," police say
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Nearly 40% of Icelanders are using a covid contact-tracing app—and it hasn’t helped much
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Contact tracing apps: Never mind privacy - they do not work
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Apple, Google ban use of location tracking in contact tracing apps
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Will you install the contact-tracing app on your phone?
Looks like governments around the world are going to start releasing tracing apps into the wild very soon. Now it's everybody's personal decision to install it or not. So my question to you,...
Looks like governments around the world are going to start releasing tracing apps into the wild very soon. Now it's everybody's personal decision to install it or not.
So my question to you, tilderinos: Are you going to install it? Why or why not? What would change your mind?
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Germany flips to Apple-Google approach on smartphone contact tracing
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Australian Government releases coronavirus tracing app COVIDSafe, in bid to halt COVID-19's spread
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Showdown looms between Silicon Valley, US states over contact tracing apps
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Community privacy concerns have forced the Australian Government to insist a coronavirus tracing app will neither track people's locations nor be available for law enforcement agencies to access
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How the ‘1984’ scenario failed in Moscow
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Australian government plans to bring in mobile phone app to track people with coronavirus
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Answers to questions about Apple and Google’s new coronavirus tracking project
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Corona-AI project asks DreamLab app users to help create ‘virtual supercomputer’ to assist in COVID-19 research efforts
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These are the free, no-equipment online fitness classes you need right now
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Hacking diabetes - A network of amateur programmers is transforming the illness with a DIY app
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The downside of diagnosis by smartphone
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Do sleep-tracking apps actually help you sleep better?
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Data bleeding everywhere: A story of period trackers
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Period-tracking apps are not for women
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Anyone else on Strava? Let's follow each other.
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