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Ankhor
  • Free
  • No email needed
  • Just a nickname

Keep what steadies you close.

Ankhor is a free app for hard days. It keeps your reasons to hold on, ways to calm down and the people you trust in one place. When it’s too much, one tap lets them know.

Android app coming soon

How it works

How it works

Three things, all in your pocket.

Set it up once, on a good day. It’s there when you need it.

  1. 1

    Your anchors

    Save the people, faith, music and goals that keep you steady, and write a message to yourself on a calmer day, for a harder one.

  2. 2

    Your trusted people

    Add the people you’d want with you. Each gets a text invite and can say yes or no. They don’t need the app.

  3. 3

    One-tap SOS

    Press SOS and you have 5 seconds to cancel. Then Ankhor texts your people, and if one can’t be reached, the next is alerted.

Day to day

Something for every kind of day.

Not just for emergencies. Small things that help on ordinary days, too.

  • Check in

    Ten seconds to say how you’re feeling and what’s weighing on you. On a low day, Ankhor shows your anchors, plan and people.

  • Your week

    See the last 7 days from your check-ins, and share it with one of your people if you choose.

  • Calm down

    Slow breathing, grounding with your senses, and gentle ideas to take your mind somewhere else.

  • Safety plan

    Your warning signs, things that help, and who to reach, step by step. It works without data.

Privacy

Your privacy, in plain words.

  • Your check-ins and safety plan stay on your phone

    They are never sent to Ankhor. Only you can see them.

  • No email needed

    Just a nickname and a password. No real name, email or phone number.

  • You choose who’s alerted

    Only the people you add, and only if they said yes. Nobody else.

  • Delete everything, any time

    One option in Settings removes your account and your data.

To send your alert, Ankhor keeps your trusted people’s names and numbers on its server. Nobody at Ankhor can read your check-ins, plan or anchors. Read the privacy policy

For trusted people

Got a text from Ankhor?

It’s genuine. Someone chose you as one of their trusted people. It means they’re going through something hard and want someone they trust.

Texts from “Ankhor”Example

Ankhor: Ada pressed SOS. They are going through something hard and want someone they trust. Please call or text them now.

Ankhor: a short guide for helping Ada, and buttons to say you are on it: [link]

What to do

  1. Step 1

    Call or go to them

    Reach out now. Call or text them, or go to them if you can.

  2. Step 2

    Open the link

    The second text has a short guide for helping them.

  3. Step 3

    Tap “I’m on it”

    So Ankhor knows someone is with them. Listen more than you talk.

  4. Step 4

    Tap “Can’t reach them”

    If you can’t get through. The next person is alerted.

If you think they’re in immediate danger, call 112.

Questions

Good to know.

Is it free?

Yes. Ankhor is free to download and use, and the SOS texts to your people cost you nothing.

Does it work without data?

Your anchors, safety plan, calm-down tools and helplines work offline. Sending SOS through Ankhor needs a connection; if you have none, Ankhor opens your phone’s own text and call apps with your people ready, at your normal SMS rate.

What happens when I press SOS?

You get 5 seconds to cancel in case it was a mistake. Then Ankhor texts your trusted people, all at once or one after another, as you chose. Each can tap “I’m on it” or “Can’t reach them”, and if someone doesn’t answer or can’t reach you, Ankhor alerts the next person. You can see who’s on it in the app.

Who can see my information?

Only you can see your check-ins, safety plan, anchors and message to yourself: they stay on your phone. Ankhor’s staff never see them. Your trusted people’s names and numbers are kept on Ankhor’s server only so we can text them.

Who can use Ankhor?

Anyone aged 18 or older. Younger people can still reach the helplines in the app at any time.

Ready when you are.

Ankhor is free for Android phones. Google Play and iPhone are coming later.

Android app coming soon

Installing from this page

  1. Tap Download for Android and open the file when it finishes.
  2. If your phone asks, allow your browser to install apps.
  3. Tap Install, then open Ankhor and pick a nickname.