Mom's side
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- Reads every letter, in big print and out loud
- The scam check on every letter
- Up to 30 letters a month
- One family member gets a Monday email with how many letters came
For families who help a parent
Mom's mail, handled.
She takes a photo of each letter. Postal Buddy reads it to her, out loud, and warns you about scams.
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Opening soon. Free for Mom, forever; Plus for the family is $9.99 a month.
The free scam check works today.
Tuesday, at Mom's kitchen table
24 envelopes. One of them is a fake court fine.
Tap any envelope to see what Postal Buddy would say.
Postal Buddy spots it the moment she takes its photo, and says it out loud: do not pay it.
Take a photo. Hear it. Done.
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Mom takes a photo
One big button. She holds the phone over the letter, and it takes the photo by itself.
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It says what it is, out loud
A big card in plain words: pay it, keep it, or do not pay it.
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You hear about it
One calm email on Monday. An alert only when something cannot wait.
Green, yellow or red. In plain words.
One big card for every letter, in plain words, read out loud. It never calls a letter safe: green means nothing to do, not a promise. When it is not sure, it says so.
For you
The week, in one calm email.
Every Monday: what needs doing, what was caught, what changed. Quiet the rest of the week, unless something cannot wait.
Postal BuddyMonday, 8:00
Margaret's mail this week: 2 things to do, 2 scams
Postal Buddy · nowA letter that looks like a scam came for Margaret. She was told not to pay it.
A scam asks for money
A bill is due in 3 days, not paid
A court or government letter needs an answer
A bill is 20% above usual
A new company starts sending bills
The email and the alerts come with Plus. On the free plan, one family member gets a Monday email with how many letters came.
Mom stays in charge
Nobody sees her mail until she says yes.
She says yes on her own phoneNobody sees a single letter before that.
She sees everyone with accessNames and emails, in a plain list.
One tap removes anyoneTheir access ends right away. No secret mode, ever.
Her mail stays private.
Only the last 4 digitsAccount, card and Social Security numbers are cut to the last 4 before anything is saved.
Photos locked, then deletedEncrypted when stored, and deleted after 30 days on the free plan.
Here is what is keptThe card keeps the sender, the kind of letter, the amount, and the due date, with account numbers cut to the last 4. The letter's own words are not stored. With Plus, the photo of each page is kept, locked with a code (encrypted).
No ads, and never soldThe family's subscription is what pays for Postal Buddy. The privacy page says more.
Free for Mom. Forever.
Her side costs nothing. The family's side is Plus, and the first month is free.
Plus For the family
$9.99a month
- The Monday email, and an alert when a scam or an odd bill comes
- Every letter's card kept, with search
- Bill watch: a bill 20% above usual gets flagged
- Up to 3 family members, each one Mom said yes to
- Help closing accounts for an executor, if it is ever needed
Not open yet. Pick one and we hold it for you:
Either one opens the waitlist, and we hold that price for you at launch. No card is asked for now.
The free month needs no card, and simply ends.
Cancel in one tap. Yearly plans get a reminder before they renew.
Good to know.
Can I use it for my own mail?
Yes. We say Mom because a son or daughter often sets it up, but it works the same for Dad, or for you on your own: free, with no account, and nobody else sees your mail unless you say yes.
Who makes Postal Buddy?
Lunarwerx, a software company. Write to hello@postalbuddy.lunarwerx.com with any question, before or after you join.
What phone does Mom need, and who sets it up?
Any iPhone or Android phone with a camera; it also runs in a web browser. You can set it up from your own phone: Postal Buddy gives you a short code. On Mom's phone, open Postal Buddy, tap "I have a code from my family" and type the code. Then she says yes on her own screen.
Does Mom need an account?
No. Her phone is her account, so she never signs in to anything. Family members sign in with Connections, a free sign-in service that works like signing in with Google: one login that keeps each family member separate.
Would it catch a fake fine, or a demand to wire money?
That is what it looks for: payment by wire, gift card or crypto, a fee to collect a prize, threats of arrest or stopped benefits, pressure to pay today, and being told to keep it secret. Then Mom gets a red card saying not to pay, and you get an alert. Try it on a fake fine.
What if her eyesight is not great?
Every card is in big print and is read out loud. She can make the text larger still in the app's settings.
Does it speak Spanish?
Not yet. Postal Buddy starts in English, and Spanish is the first language we plan to add.
Can it pay bills?
Not in the first version. It tells you what is due and reminds you before the date.
What happens if Mom passes away?
We planned for it. Estate mode turns every company into a simple "close this account" task, flags any letter asking the estate for money, and makes one export for the executor. Billing never quietly carries on.
Save your family a spot.
Mom's side is free. Plus for the family will be $9.99 a month or $79 a year, and the first month is free.