A small wearable for a parent in long-term care, made in Vancouver and Calgary by Beta Industrial Solutions.
For the days you can't be there.
Two Taps counts steps, settled nights and resting pulse, and tells you how your parent's week went in their own usual terms. There is nothing for them to charge, press or learn. Two taps on it say thinking of you.
What you see
Worn since 7:40 this morning
- walked about as usual
- rested about as usual overnight
- pulse trend steady
- slept settled
Nothing to notice this week.
The app answers three questions and no fourth one. Is it on? Is today about as usual? Is there anything to notice?
Each line compares the day with your parent's own last four weeks: the steps they walked, how still the night was, the pulse at rest. There are no graphs, no scores and nothing in red except a tap.
When something is worth a sentence, you get one sentence: walked less than usual for three days in a row. A few a month, not a few a day. Every phrase it can use is listed below.
The puck in its ankle band, seen from above. Not to scale with your ankle.
How the week reads
Each evening the app adds one line for the day. The words compare the day with your parent's own four weeks, not with a chart in a textbook.
| Monday | walked about as usual · slept settled · pulse trend steady |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | walked a little more than usual · slept settled |
| Wednesday | walked about as usual · an unsettled night |
| Thursday | walked about as usual · slept settled · pulse trend steady · two taps from Margaret |
| Friday | not worn today |
| Saturday | walked about as usual · slept settled · pulse trend steady |
| Sunday | walked a little less than usual · slept settled · two taps from Margaret |
Everything it can say: walked about as usual, walked a little less than usual, walked less than usual, walked a little more than usual, walked more than usual, rested about as usual overnight, rested less than usual overnight, slept settled, an unsettled night, pulse trend steady, pulse a little slower than usual, pulse a little faster than usual, moved about as usual, not worn today, and in the first week, getting to know the usual: worn day 3 of 7. Nothing else.
It never says low, abnormal or detected, and it never raises an alarm. Two Taps is a wellness product, not a medical device. It does not diagnose or treat anything and it is not an emergency service. If you are worried about your parent, call the home.
How it works
The giftThe puck arrives from the family, in a band chosen with your parent. It goes on at the ankle, under a sock, and most people forget it is there.
The countIt counts steps and settled nights all day. Resting pulse is sampled only after your parent has been still for a while, so the trend means something.
The hourOnce an hour it sends a small batch over the cellular network to servers in Canada, then goes back to sleep. No Wi-Fi, no phone and no app at the home.
The swapOnce a week staff lift the puck out of the band, drop it into a tray at the nurses' station and seat a charged one. Under two minutes. The band never comes off for this.
The first weekThe app says getting to know the usual, worn day 3 of 7. From the second week it compares every day with your parent's own recent weeks.
Three people say yesThe family, who pays. Your parent, who wears it. The home, which allows it and does the swap. We designed it for the one who wears it first.
Two taps mean thinking of you.
Tap the puck twice through the sock and a heart appears on your phone. Tap back from the app and the puck glows warm at the ankle with a short buzz. No screen, no words, no wrong way to do it.
A parent who taps is choosing to wear it. When it comes off, the app says not worn today and nobody is nagged.
It is made not to look like a device: a rounded pebble in textile tones, worn the way an anklet is worn.
Press the puck twice.
What it costs
| The puck, the ankle band and setup | CA$149once |
| Cellular connection, the family app and the weekly card | CA$29a month |
No contract. Stop at any time. This is the planned price, to be confirmed before the first pilot. Alert pendants in Canada cost CA$30 to 60 a month and do nothing until a button is pressed.
The weekly card comes back with the fresh puck: steps compared to a familiar walk, taps received, and a line from the grandchildren if they sent one.
For care homes, and on privacy
Nothing to install
No Wi-Fi, no gateway, no staff app. The puck has its own cellular connection. One tray at the nurses' station, and a weekly swap that takes under two minutes per resident.
No alarms to staff. The family sees the week, and the home is never asked to act on a reading. Consent comes first: the resident or their substitute decision-maker agrees, the family pays, the home allows.
We are looking for two homes in British Columbia and Alberta to host a twelve-week pilot in 2027, with the family council involved from the start.
Kept in Canada
Readings are stored encrypted on servers in Canada. The puck carries only a device number. The link between a device and a person is held separately, in Canada, and never leaves it.
No camera, no microphone. A motion sensor and a pulse sensor, nothing else. Only the family sees the readings; the home is not given a dashboard.
Close the account and the readings go with it.
Join the waiting list
Write to us with the province and the name of the home. We will tell you when the pilot opens and what it costs, and we will ask nothing else.
We would also like twenty minutes with families who want to tell us what they would want to see, and we are looking for two homes to host the pilot.
hello@twotaps.ca