FiveClose: your five, always close
FiveClose is a private circle of your closest people (start with five, no limit) that notices when a friend goes quiet. Pick the people you never want to drift apart from, invite them, and log when you talk, message or meet. FiveClose reminds you before a relationship fades, and if you go silent, it asks your circle to check on you. No feed, no followers, no likes.
How it works
- Pick your five from your contacts, by mobile number or by email.
- Invite them with one link. They don't need the app to be in your circle.
- Tap "I'm OK" or log a check-in. Each person has a 7-day timer; when it runs out, your circle is nudged to reach out.
- Optionally share your last-seen location, visible only to people who have each other in their circles.
- Pick a mood and a fun emoji avatar; poke a friend who joined your circle.
Invite by email, or by WhatsApp or SMS for people you only have a mobile number for. FiveClose is for ages 13 and up.
For parents and seniors
A simple version shows one page with big text and buttons: a large "I'm OK" button, "How are you today", and your people with Call and Message buttons. Family can set up a parent's phone with a QR code, with no sign-in, and are told first if the parent goes quiet. Turn it on from the welcome page or open fiveclose.com/?mode=senior.
Focus groups
Put phones face-down together, alone or with friends, and stay off them for a set time. Afterwards everyone feeds and strokes the pets in the group's yard. A small reason to meet without screens. Sessions of 25 to 180 minutes; on your own too ("Just me"). How focus groups work · Open FiveClose Focus
For cafés and small businesses: Regulars
Regulars by FiveClose is a pay-it-forward pool. Customers add a little money at the counter for people they will never meet. When someone scans the QR code as they pay, they may find a surprise: part of their bill paid. The owner and staff can give from the pool too. FiveClose never handles the money. Free for up to 300 customers. How Regulars works · Open FiveClose Business
Games
Fourteen short brain games for older adults, each modelled on training tested in research, free with no sign-in (FiveClose Brain), and five quick arcade games with a daily score to beat (FiveClose Arcade). Teachers and group leaders also get roll calls and parent updates for school trips and camps, inside FiveClose. See your life in weeks for why the people who matter deserve the time.
FiveClose speaks English, Simplified Chinese, Malay, Tamil, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean and Spanish, following your phone's language.
Who it's for
One page each, to read or send on: sons and daughters of older parents, family and friends of someone who lives alone, parents, teachers and group leaders, volunteers, caregivers and organisers, clubs and teams, students and cafés, restaurants and food stalls. Guides.
Why it matters
1 in 6 people worldwide are affected by loneliness, and loneliness is linked to about 871,000 deaths a year (WHO, 2025). In Japan, 76,941 people died alone at home in 2025, and 22,222 were found more than a week later (police data). Loneliness starts as relationships quietly fading, long before anyone feels alone.
Sign in with Google, Microsoft, Facebook or an email link. Free, with no limit on people. Questions and answers
FiveClose is a Nightingaley project: nightingaley.com.
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