Meet Readyhold — The binder for the day everything breaks

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Readyhold

The binder for the day everything breaks.

Every feature, from the first launch.

No account, no login, no cloud. Everything runs on your device and works fully offline — nothing in this post is hidden behind a wall.

What Readyhold does

Readyhold is the household preparedness binder for the day the lights stay off, the cell tower goes down, the wildfire jumps the ridge, or the patriarch of the family becomes suddenly unavailable. It is not a weather-alert app — FEMA and Red Cross already do that well. Readyhold is the calm, structured record of the things FEMA can't put on your phone for you: where the deed is, who has the spare key, what the kids' allergy info is, which neighbor has the generator, and where the cash envelope is hidden.

FEMA estimates 60% of US households cannot last 72 hours after a major disruption. The single biggest reason isn't supplies — it's records. The deed is at the bank. The passport is in a drawer the kids don't know about. The insurance policy is in a Gmail thread no one can log in to without 2FA. Readyhold gives that information a calm, paper-equivalent home that travels with you.

What ships in v1:

— Document vault: insurance card photos, passport scans, marriage certificate, will, advance directive, deed, mortgage statement, immunization records, prescriptions — all on-device, no cloud upload. — ICE (in-case-of-emergency) roster: every emergency contact, with role, phone, alt-phone, relationship, and notes about access (spare key, account, garage code). — Account inventory: every banking, brokerage, utility, subscription, and social account — Readyhold never asks for the password; it only records that the account exists, the institution, and whether anyone knows about it in case of incapacity. — 72-hour supplies checklist: water (1 gal/person/day), food, meds, batteries, radio, cash, light, sanitation, comfort. Per FEMA and Red Cross guidance, customized by household size. — Hazard playbooks: bundled per-hazard runbooks for wildfire (Cal Fire defensible-space steps + evacuation triggers), hurricane (NHC 5-day cone + 72-hour decision points), tornado (NWS warning vs watch), winter storm, earthquake (USGS shake-alert prep), flood, public-health emergency, prolonged power outage, family separation. — Pet plan: each pet's microchip #, vet, meds, kennel, photo for lost-pet flyer. — Mid-event checklist: a single tap-through workflow for 'we got the alert' — accounts to freeze, documents to grab, neighbors to call. — Privacy by default: every record is local. No account, no cloud, no analytics, no ad SDK, no third-party services. — Completely free. No 'Pro,' no in-app purchases.

Readyhold is for the parent who lives near the wildfire interface, the elderly couple in tornado alley, the apartment dweller in earthquake country, the family with a special-needs member, and everyone who looked at the smoke on the horizon last August and realized they didn't actually know where the deed was.

Readyhold is documentation software. It is not 911. In a real emergency, call 911. The hazard playbooks summarize general public guidance from FEMA / Red Cross / NHC / Cal Fire — always defer to your local emergency authorities.

A look inside

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What's inside

Vault — Documents, ICE, accounts.
Supplies — 72-hour personalized checklist.
Playbooks — Per-hazard runbooks.
Mid-event — Tap-through workflow.
Settings — Privacy + about.

Why we built it

60% of US households cannot last 72 hours after a major event. FEMA and Red Cross apps are alert apps — they don't keep your binder. Wallet apps don't carry the deed. Drive/Google can't access without 2FA. The information families need most is scattered.

What makes it different

Readyhold is the only iOS app that combines (a) on-device document vault, (b) ICE roster, (c) account inventory (without storing passwords), (d) 72-hour supplies checklist personalized to household, (e) bundled hazard playbooks (wildfire, hurricane, tornado, winter, EQ, flood, outage, separation), AND (f) mid-event ch…

Who it's for

Hobbyists who want a tool that respects their time, their gear, and their offline life.

In one line: The binder for the day everything breaks.

Try it

See the Readyhold app page for the full feature list, the info table, and support links.

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