Most estate conversations start with a will or a solicitor. Those are essential for authority and distribution. A parallel conversation is about reach: at the moment stress is highest, can the right people actually open the binder, the folder, or the app — especially if your phone is locked and nobody knows your cloud password?
That is the problem space we call the timing / delivery layer. It is not a replacement for professional legal planning; it is the bridge between “the documents exist” and “the documents are in the right hands at the right time.” On the homepage we compare four tools side by side; here is the longer version in prose.
Four tools, four jobs
- Legal will and probate route. Establishes authority and who acts. It does not, by itself, solve “where is the PDF of the life policy” or “how does my partner decrypt my notes.”
- Password manager. Excellent for living use; terrible as a handover if nobody has the master password or second factor when you are unavailable.
- ICE contacts and medical IDs. Vital for emergencies; usually thin on property, insurance, and long-form instructions.
- After Me. Encrypted vault on your device, organised by you, exported as a Family Kit (QR + file) so a trusted person can open the vault on their own device without your accounts.
Why “delivery” is its own layer
Cloud drives are convenient; they are also account-bound. After Me is deliberately local-first and pairs physical QR with a file so that access does not depend on your Apple ID session or SMS codes. The open format means you are not betting everything on a single company existing decades from now.
Lifetime pricing as a trust signal
We offer subscription and a one-time lifetime option in the app for people who want a single payment and a long-term commitment from us. That is a product and pricing choice, not a legal service — but it signals how we think about horizon: this category deserves tools that last.
See the full access paths step by step.
How family access works