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You care about them, yet you let them drift away.

Hi Kith is a relationship garden: your closest people, the relationships that matter most, a rhythm that suits you, and a gentle, pressure-free nudge when it's time to check in.

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  • Your data stays on your phone
  • No guilt-tripping notifications
  • In English and French

Our story

Distance never warns you when it sets in.

Hi Kith wasn't born from a product idea. It was born from a few missed Sundays.

Thomas used to call his mother on Sundays. Five or ten minutes to catch up. A simple conversation, almost ordinary.

Then one week was heavier than the others, and Sunday was put off. “I'll call her early in the week.” The next week, the same reasoning, just as sincere.

Several Sundays went by without the phone ringing.

No alarm goes off when a bond fades: absence is the one thing a calendar can't show.

Meanwhile, she was ill. She didn't dare bother him — she was waiting for his call, to know she still mattered. Her son's silence hurt her all the same.

Since Hi Kith

What was missing wasn't love, but a reminder.

Hi Kith gives it, at the right time and without reproach. Today Thomas calls his mother again — and his brother, and that friend he “lost touch with” without ever deciding to.

Every week, thousands of people put off the same call.

With the best intentions in the world. Hi Kith exists so that “later” becomes a date again.

  • A circle, not an address book

    A few dozen people who matter, each at their own pace.

  • Quality, never the score

    No streak to keep, no points to lose.

  • The gesture, not the intention

    A call, a message, a promise noted. Hi Kith stops where the relationship begins.

Join the people who call back

What the app does for you.

  • Reminders

    A rhythm for each person — every week, every month, every year, or no reminders at all. When the time comes, Hi Kith reminds you gently, in a single message a day.

  • Promises

    “I'll send her the photos.” Write it down in one sentence — dictation included — and find it again at the right time. To catch up on? Amber, never red.

  • Find the words

    When the first word is hard, Hi Kith suggests one — to reread, rewrite, then open in SMS or WhatsApp. Nothing is sent without your approval.

  • Relationship health

    A battery that reflects how regularly you keep in touch. Adding someone never lowers it, and no “−5” ever shows up.

  • Milestones

    Fourteen cumulative milestones, from the first seed planted to the mature orchard. Discovered once, kept for good: none is ever lost.

  • Encounter memory

    Someone you met last night, with no number or full name? Keep them in your notebook — a bond sometimes starts with a detail.

The app, screen by screen.

Four screens, one stance: see what matters, act in one tap, never feel judged.

Privacy & restraint

An app that doesn't try to keep you.

Hi Kith is designed to be opened for two minutes, then closed. What you note in it belongs to you.

  • Local by default

    Your people, notes and promises live in a database on your phone. Cloud backup is a choice you can undo.

  • Contacts never sent

    Your phone's contacts are read on your phone, never sent. Find the words never shares a phone number, email address or birth date.

  • Reminders without reproach

    Scheduled on your phone, at the time you choose: five a day at most, birthdays aside, grouped beyond that. Each kind can be turned off in Settings › Notifications.

  • Zero third-party trackers

    No ads and no third-party analytics. Usage statistics, pseudonymous, are only shared with your consent, and the app works fully without them.

“No pressure: it's your rhythm.”

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The maker

Portrait of Guelore KABEMBA

Guelore KABEMBA

Software solutions architect · Lecturer and researcher

Before being the one who designed Hi Kith, I am a father, a son, a brother and a friend.

Like many, I've seen busy weeks push back calls that mattered. I built Hi Kith for myself first: to keep in touch with my family and friends without making it a chore. My work taught me to design reliable systems; research taught me to distrust what captures attention instead of serving it. Hi Kith is where the two meet.

The app is developed independently. Every piece of feedback is read, and much of it ends up in an update.

Write to me

I reply personally within 48 hours.

  • Collaboration

    Professional project, partnership, research or speaking.

  • Suggestions

    An idea, a remark, a bug: anything that makes the app better.

  • Help

    A question about the app or your data.

  • Support

    Contribute to, share or back the development of Hi Kith.

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