Most apps start with “Create an account”. Checkup starts with “Who are we starting with?”. There’s no email to type, no password to forget, and no sign-in screen.
What accounts are for
An account lets a company match you to the data it keeps about you on its servers. It’s also how apps sync across devices, and often how they learn about you.
Checkup keeps your records only on your phone, encrypted. With no server copy, there’s nothing to match you to, so an account would collect your email for no reason.
What you give up
Without an account, Checkup can’t sync between your phone and your partner’s on its own, and it can’t restore your records if you lose your phone without a backup. We think that’s the right trade for health records, and the backup file covers moving phones.
What you get
Nothing to leak. A company can’t lose a database of family health records it never had. And nothing to sign up for: setting up your first person takes about a minute.