Caring Village alternative
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KeptWell is a free app where your whole family shares one private circle and its AI reads every medical record you add, from the discharge summary to the lab report, and explains it in plain English. Caring Village runs the day. Its document folders are on paid plans, and its free plan stops at two people.
Best Caring Village alternatives in 2026
Here's how KeptWell and Caring Village compare, going by Caring Village's own app, pricing and privacy pages as of October 2026. Other options families shortlist are below the table.
| Feature | KeptWell | Caring Village |
|---|---|---|
| What it is for | Reading and sharing the medical records: reports, labs, medications, what the doctor said | Coordinating daily care: calendar, to-dos, medication check-offs, care plans, messages |
| Price | Free today, every feature | Free plan; Circle $14.99/month ($12.49/month billed annually); Village $24.99/month ($20.83/month billed annually) |
| People who can join | No limit on members in a circle | 2 on the free plan, 5 per village on Circle, 50 per village on Village |
| Ads | Never | Ad-free is a paid feature |
| Document storage | Yes — PDFs, photos, Word and Excel files, audio | Document folders on paid plans only |
| AI reads each document and explains it | Yes — Summary, key findings, labs and medications pulled out of every file | Not listed on their app page. Their AI assistant, Julia, answers caregiving questions |
| Lab trends and dated medication changes from the records | Yes | Medication list with doses checked off; lab trends not listed |
| Ask questions about the chart, with answers that cite the source | Yes — Each person has their own private chat | Julia answers caregiving questions; answers that cite your records are not listed |
| Record and transcribe a doctor visit | Yes — In the iPhone and web apps | Not listed on their app page |
| Shared calendar | Yes — With comments and documents attached to each appointment | Yes — Google, Apple and Outlook sync on paid plans |
| Handing out jobs | Partial — Assign an appointment, or the prep for it, to someone in the circle. No to-do lists | Yes — Shared to-do lists; anyone can claim a task |
| Medication reminders | No — Log doses given in the journal instead | Yes — Doses checked off, missed-dose reminders |
| Messaging | Partial — Comments on shared updates and appointments; no direct messages | Yes — Group and one-to-one chats |
| Apps | Web and iPhone; on Android, use the web app | iPhone, Android and web |
| Sells your data | Never | Privacy policy says they never sell personal or health information |
| Export | Yes — The whole circle as a ZIP, any time | Yes — Privacy policy lists exporting your data |
Other Caring Village alternatives families look at
- CaringBridge
- A nonprofit site for posting health updates to a wide circle of friends and family, and asking for help.
- Lotsa Helping Hands
- A free care calendar where neighbors and friends sign up to bring meals or drive to appointments.
- ianacare
- A caregiver support service with a care navigator, offered through some employers and health plans. It also takes part in Medicare's GUIDE program for families caring for someone with dementia.
Why families switch
When the records are the hard part
Caring Village is built to get the day under control. KeptWell is for when the day is handled and the paperwork isn't.
The records get read, not just filed
A folder keeps the discharge summary safe. It doesn't tell your brother what it says. KeptWell reads every page you add (a scan, a PDF, a photo of the paper) and writes back what it is, what was decided and which medications changed, in plain English. The original stays attached with its date, so anyone can check the summary against the source.
Everyone helping is in, at no cost
Caring Village's free plan holds two people, and its $14.99-a-month plan holds five per village. You, your three siblings, Mom and her home aide: that's six already. KeptWell has no plan to pick: invite everyone who helps, give them the admin or member role, and nobody pays. Each person also gets a private AI chat, and can mark journal entries private, inside the shared circle.
The medication list comes from the paperwork
A medication list kept by hand is only as current as the last person who updated it. KeptWell builds the list from the documents themselves and keeps every change with its date: started, raised, lowered, stopped. Your sister sees what changed and when, without asking. Whoever gives a dose can log it in the journal with the time.
What the doctor said, kept word for word
A lot of what's said at a visit never makes it into the written summary. With the iPhone app you can record the appointment, and KeptWell transcribes it, sorts out who said what and files it with everything else, so the sibling who couldn't come hears it too. The recording keeps going if the screen locks in your pocket.
Other comparisons families have asked us about
KeptWell vs CaringBridge
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KeptWell vs Trustworthy
If you're organizing more than medical records, Trustworthy is the family organizer for IDs, insurance and household papers. Here's how it stacks up against KeptWell.
For families caring for a parent
- KeptWell for aging parents Gather what the next visit needs and keep every sibling on the same record.
- Caregiver handoff checklist for siblings Who does what, written down before the shift changes.
- Free printable caregiver daily log Meals, medicines given, mood and care, for whoever has the shift.
- Free medication schedule maker Turn the medication list into a printable day-by-day schedule.
A note from KeptWell
Keep every record in one place your whole family can read
KeptWell takes the scans, lab results, visit notes, and appointment recordings a family collects and turns them into one organized, searchable record. Upload a document and it's read, summarized in plain English, and filed where everyone in the care circle can find it. Ask a question and get an answer grounded in the actual records.
It's free to start, with no credit card. We never sell your data or show you ads.
Common questions
- Is Caring Village free?
- Caring Village has a free plan for one village and up to two members, with to-do lists, a shared calendar and messaging. The paid plans drop the ads and add document folders, care plans and calendar sync: Circle at $14.99 a month and Village at $24.99 a month, less if billed yearly. KeptWell is free today, with every feature and no member limit.
- How hard is it to switch from Caring Village to KeptWell?
- There's no importer, so switching is a matter of moving files. Download the documents you keep in Caring Village and any records from your parent's patient portals, then upload them to KeptWell a batch at a time, starting with the papers from the last appointment. The AI reads and sorts each one as it arrives. Then invite the family, and add the rest as you go.
- Does KeptWell have to-do lists and medication reminders?
- No. KeptWell doesn't have free-form to-do lists or dose reminders. You can assign an appointment, or the prep for it, to someone in the circle, who accepts it and marks it done. Doses given can be logged in the journal with the time. KeptWell is built around the medical records: reading them, explaining them and keeping the family on the same page.
- Can I use Caring Village and KeptWell together?
- Yes. You can keep Caring Village for the day's logistics (the shared calendar, the to-do list, the dose check-offs) and use KeptWell for the records: the reports, the labs, the medication changes and the questions for the next visit. The two don't need to be connected. KeptWell is free, so adding it doesn't add a bill.
- Is KeptWell HIPAA-compliant?
- No. KeptWell does not currently offer a Business Associate Agreement or claim HIPAA compliance. It is built for families managing their own records. It encrypts data in transit and at rest, never sells family data, shows no ads and does not opt in to AI provider training. You can export the whole circle as a ZIP at any time.
See a record the way KeptWell reads it
Upload one document (the discharge summary, a lab report, the notes from the last visit) and see it come back explained. KeptWell is free today, for the whole family.
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