Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

CheckUp is a social network designed to help prevent suicide by enabling users to check in on friends and loved ones. Built with Go, the platform allows people to maintain regular contact with their network and monitor… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. CheckUp – Social network suicide prevention in Go launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   CheckinBee▲341

   Daily text check-ins, remain independent but never alone

   2025 · checkinbee.com · its alternatives →

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   Checkup – OSS tool for simple, self-hosted health checks▲79

   2016 · text.sourcegraph.com · its alternatives →

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   I built an app to create repeatable checklists to help with ADHD▲282

   CheckYourList is a simple repeatable checklist app that helps you get things done. Create checklists, add items, and check them off. Then uncheck the whole list to use it again.

   2021 · checkyourlist.app · its alternatives →

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   Mental Health Tracker ▲283

   Get a healthy mind using this Notion template

   2023 · poonamsharma.gumroad.com · its alternatives →

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   Checkin ▲79

   Effortlessly create meaningful, ongoing connection

   2022 · checkin.cc · its alternatives →

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   Gowalla▲429

   Keep up with your friends in the real world

   2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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   Buddy Project▲80

   Preventing suicide & self-harm by pairing people as buddies

   2018 · its alternatives →

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   Checkup – Self-hosted health checks and status pages▲9

   Simple distributed, lock-free, self-hosted health checks and status pages.

   2016 · sourcegraph.github.io · its alternatives →

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   Yapa▲80

   A social network app for mental health

   2019 · yapaapp.com · its alternatives →

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    checkDaily.org▲70

    1-click wellness checks for your loved ones

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    CheckYourList▲93

    Create repeatable checklists to help with ADHD & life

    2021 · checkyourlist.app · its alternatives →

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    Alive▲116

    Silent safety check-ins—making solo living feel seen

    Jan 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Facebook Preventive Health▲81

    A new health tool by Facebook

    2019 · preventivehealth.facebook.com · its alternatives →

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    TalkLife▲76

    The social network that saves lives

    2020 · talklife.com · its alternatives →

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    ThinkUp 1.0▲222

    Personal analytics for social networks, delivered daily

    2015 · thinkup.com · its alternatives →

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    Facebook Safety Check▲198

    Connect with friends and loved ones during a disaster

    2014 · facebook.com · its alternatives →

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    A Go web server with logging, tracing, and demo apps in a single file▲116

    A Go web server with built in logging, tracing, health check, and graceful shutdown. It also includes a few demo applications showing the Go HTML temple functionality. - GitHub - photonlines/Go-Web-Server: A Go web server with built in logging, tracing, health check, and graceful shutdown. It also i

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Checkpea▲125

    Checklists for business, design, and marketing

    2020 · its alternatives →

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    Checkup, an open-source uptime monitoring tool built for developers▲22

    2016 · text.sourcegraph.com · its alternatives →

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    Safe Solo▲78

    Stay safe by checking in

    2022 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Dead man's switch without reliance on your infra▲139

    I wrote this Go project to implement a dead man’s switch that didn’t rely on cron jobs, timers, databases, etc on the infra it runs on. Deadcheck integrates to PagerDuty and keeps a long running incident snoozed until expected check-in times where it’ll alert unless a check-in occurs.

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Checkin▲124

    A 5-minute call can change your life

    2022 · getcheckin.com · its alternatives →

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    Down – The easiest way to get together with friends▲29

    2015 · down.life · its alternatives →

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    Alphahōm Care Go▲63

    Personal alarm designed for your peace of mind

    2019 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

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