The ten minutes most people put off for years
Write letters now.If you die, we deliver them.
One email a month checks you are alive. If you stop answering and two people you trust confirm you have died, we deliver your letters to the people you chose. If you are alive, nothing ever leaves.
1 letter, 1 recipient. No card needed.
Are you still with us?
One tap tells us you are alive. That is the whole task.
You tap this once a month. Nothing else happens.
If You Die is a verified dead man's switch: a service that writes down what only you know, bank logins, goodbye notes, where the will is, and delivers it to the people you choose, but only if you stop responding to our monthly check-ins and two people you have named separately confirm you have died. It is not a will and does not distribute assets; it delivers the messages and instructions a will cannot carry. Personal plan is £6 a month, Family plan is £18 a month for up to five people, and setup takes about ten minutes. Run by Thrive Haven Ltd, a UK company (Companies House 16319387).
How it works
Three steps. Then you forget about it.
Write your letters
To your daughter. To your partner. To your co-founder who needs the passwords file location. Each letter is sealed to one named person.
Answer one email a month
One tap tells us you are alive. Miss it and we remind you, then wait 30 days, then ask your witnesses.
We deliver, only when it is true
Two people you trust must both confirm before anything is sent. Each recipient gets a private, secure link to exactly what you left them.
The one fear that matters
Forgetting an email cannot trigger anything.
Delivery needs all of these, in order. A holiday, a lost phone or a lazy month cannot send your letters. Logging in once resets everything.
This last step is the only moment anything is ever sent
Logging in once resets the whole chain to zero.
Who it is for
People use this for different reasons.
Our promises
What we will never do.
We never read your letters. They are encrypted at rest.
No human and no AI ever analyses what you wrote.
Your words are never used to train anything.
Delete everything with one tap, any time.
If we ever shut down, you get 30 days notice and everything is wiped. Published sunset policy.
Operated by Thrive Haven Ltd, registered in England and Wales, company no. 16319387.
Price
Start free. Stay free if one letter is enough.
- 1 letter, 1 recipient.
- Quarterly check-ins.
- The full verification chain.
- 10 letters, 10 recipients.
- Monthly check-ins.
- SMS reminders.
- Five accounts in one household.
- Each person fully private.
- One bill.
Less than the streaming services you forget to cancel. Full pricing
Questions
The things people ask first.
What stops delivery if I am alive but busy?
Reminders, a 30 day waiting period, and two witnesses who must both confirm. Any login resets everything instantly.
Can you read my letters?
No. Letters are encrypted at rest and no human or AI ever reads them. We see who you write to, never what you wrote.
What do my recipients receive?
An email from us with a private, secure link to the letter you wrote for them. No account needed. They see only what was addressed to them.
Is this a will?
No. Letters are words, not legal documents. For property and money you still need a will. Many people keep both.
What happens if your company shuts down?
Our sunset policy is public: 30 days notice, time to export everything, then all data is wiped.
Why do you need witnesses?
Because email silence is not proof of death. Two people you trust must both confirm before we deliver. They cannot read anything; they can only confirm.
The first letter takes ten minutes.
Most people put this off for years. You are already here.
Start free1 letter, 1 recipient. No card needed.
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