Use cases
Keep-in-Touch (where it earns its place)
On Keep-in-Touch:
You think of your old friend fondly and often, and call him roughly never. Keep-in-Touch is the gentle fix: each person's name, how often you mean to reach out in days, and notes for what matters — the new job, the kids' names, the thing you said you'd send. … On this page: three concrete ways the person who actually remembers birthdays reaches for the Keep-in-Touch, and the signals that tell you it fits.
When the Keep-in-Touch earns its place
As a tracker, the Keep-in-Touch keeps name, reach out every (days), and notes — no more, no less — so the record is small enough to actually read back.
Most tools in this category, folk at $288 a year, or $30 a month and Mesh (formerly Clay) at $120 a year, or $20 a month, solve a version of the same problem, then bill you for the privilege of remembering it. The Keep-in-Touch takes the opposite bargain: one file, once, kept.
Three scenarios drawn from family, friends, and social
The everyday one: you open the Keep-in-Touch on a Tuesday morning, log what needs logging, and close it. Two minutes. The record is more honest than the app that pinged you to remind you.
The specific one: the everyday task it's built to hold, day to day — the workflow it names is the record that most needs a home outside a subscription. Some people use only the Keep-in-Touch. Some fold it into a Swiss Knife next to five others. Both are correct.
The out-of-band one: months later, you want to look back. The Keep-in-Touch still opens because it is a file. There is no login lapsed, no export deadline missed. The record is where you left it.
Signals it fits the person who actually remembers birthdays
You want a relationship log that behaves like a document, not a service. You are comfortable typing your own numbers in. You would rather own the file than rent the log. Weight in the knife: 1. Manual: no manual — the tool is its own instructions.
Signals it fits
- You do this kind of record-keeping more than onceThe Keep-in-Touch pays back every time you don't have to reinvent the shape.
- You want it offline, on your own machineNo account, no cloud, no vendor between you and the record.
- You're comfortable with a hand-kept fileThe Keep-in-Touch is a document. It behaves like one.
Questions people ask
How does Keep-in-Touch remind me to contact people?
You set a rhythm for each person — reach out every so-many days — and the list shows you who's drifting past their interval. The nudge is a glance at the page, not a notification barking at you.
Is this a full replacement for folk?
For the working core of what most people use it for — keeping name, reach out every (days), and notes — yes. For personal CRM, per seat, no. The Keep-in-Touch is deliberately smaller and more honest about its scope.
Who is the Keep-in-Touch not for?
The person who actually remembers birthdays's opposite: a team that needs shared cloud state, or someone who wants automation over ownership. Use a SaaS for that; use this for the file.
A relationship log that opens where you left it, on the machine you left it on.