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Oh Crap Hey

Remember to keep in touch with the people who matter.

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Life gets busy. Friends and family slip to the bottom of the pile. Oh Crap Hey helps you catch yourself before too much time goes by without reaching out to those you care about.

Add the people you want to stay close to, and the app shows you, at a glance, who you’ve been neglecting the longest. Log a quick reach-out with a swipe, or long-press to message, call, or email directly — and have it logged automatically. There’s no social network, no feed, no notifications. Your data stays on your device.


If you’d like to talk to someone, find a helpline near you. To learn more about loneliness, visit the Campaign to End Loneliness.

On iPhone & iPad

6 screens
Main list showing contacts sorted by urgency with color-coded relative times, a note indicator, and a snoozed contact at the bottom
Sorted by who you’ve been neglecting longest
Log Contact sheet with a date and time picker and a note field
Log a reach-out with a quick note
Long-press context menu showing Message and Call options with phone numbers
Message, call, or email — logged automatically
Medium home screen widget showing three most-neglected contacts
Home screen widget
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On Mac

6 screens
Native Mac app, single window
Profiles in the sidebar
Right-click for message, call, or email
Desktop widget
Settings & preferences
Onboarding on first launch

How it works

Three taps, then forget about it. No feed, no notifications, no social graph — just a list of the people who matter and a quiet sense of how long it’s been.

  1. Pick the people

    Choose anyone from your existing contacts — friends, family, old colleagues, the person you keep meaning to text back.

  2. Glance at the list

    Whoever you’ve been ignoring the longest floats to the top. Color-coded so you can scan it in seconds.

  3. Reach out

    Long-press to message, call, or email — the reach-out is logged automatically. Or swipe to log it manually.

Recent < 7 days Getting old 7–30 days Oh crap 30+ days

Features

Native on every Apple platform you carry, with the small touches that make it feel like part of the system.

Tracking that’s quiet

  • Sorted by how long it’s been — never-contacted entries first
  • Color-coded urgency so you can scan in seconds
  • Snooze contacts for days, weeks, or months
  • Attach a note to each reach-out for context next time

Gestures that fit your hand

  • Swipe right to log a reach-out as now, or pick a date
  • Swipe left for snooze and delete
  • Long-press for message, call, or email
  • Two-finger trackpad swipe and right-click on the Mac

Lives on your home screen

  • Widgets in small, medium, and large on iPhone and Mac
  • “Hey Siri, log contact in Oh Crap Hey”
  • Native Mac app with menu commands and Cmd+N
  • Snoozed contacts stay hidden from widgets

Accessible by default

  • VoiceOver, Voice Control, Dynamic Type
  • Reduce Motion and Differentiate Without Color
  • High-contrast colors that hold up in the sun
  • Localized in ten languages

Profiles+

Unlock unlimited profiles to group contacts by Personal, Work, Family, or anything you want. Pin a different profile to each home screen widget so your “Work” widget shows different people than your “Personal” one.

$4.99 One-time purchase · No subscription · Family Sharing

Your data stays on your device

No account, no cloud sync, no analytics, no network activity. Oh Crap Hey reads your contacts (with your permission) so you can pick who to track, and surfaces phone numbers and emails when you long-press — but it never transmits any of that information anywhere.

No account No cloud sync No analytics No tracking No third parties Works offline

Speaks ten languages

Localized for every Apple-platform region.

English Français Deutsch Italiano Español Português (Brasil) 日本語 한국어 简体中文 हिन्दी

Support

Have a question, hit a bug, or want to share feedback? Reach out and we’ll get back to you.

We’re a one-person team and aim to reply within a few days.

How do I add someone to track?

Tap the + in the top-right corner to open the system contact picker, then choose anyone from your existing contacts. On Mac, use File › Add Contact (Cmd+N) or the + button in the toolbar.

What do the green, orange, and red colors mean?

Green means you’ve reached out within the last 7 days. Orange is 7–30 days. Red is 30+ days, or never. The list is sorted oldest first, so the most overdue contacts always sit at the top.

Are my contacts uploaded or shared anywhere?

No. Oh Crap Hey has no backend, no analytics, and no network calls. All data lives on your device. The app reads your contacts (only with your permission) so you can pick who to track and to power the message, call, and email actions — nothing is ever transmitted off the device.

Do I have to pay?

No. The full app is free, with a single default profile and every other feature unlocked. Profiles+ is an optional one-time $4.99 purchase that unlocks unlimited profiles for grouping contacts by context (Personal, Work, Family, etc.). It’s not a subscription.

How do I restore Profiles+ on a new device?

Open the app’s Settings screen and tap Restore Purchase. As long as you’re signed in to the same Apple ID that originally purchased it, the unlock will be restored.

How do I delete all my data?

Delete the app. Because everything is stored locally with no cloud copy, removing the app removes all of your tracked contacts, notes, and history.

I found a bug. What should I include in my message?

Helpful info: which device (iPhone, iPad, or Mac), the OS version, the app version (shown at the bottom of Settings), and a description of what happened versus what you expected. Screenshots are great when relevant.

Terms of use

Oh Crap Hey is provided as-is, without warranty of any kind. Use of the app is at your own risk.

These terms may be updated from time to time; continued use of the app constitutes acceptance of any changes.