Products · Virasat
Your legacy, kept safe.
Virasat lets anyone write down what their family would otherwise have to hunt for: policy numbers, the bank nominee, where the locker key is kept, who to call. Every note is locked on their own phone before it goes anywhere. If the owner stops answering a gentle, occasional check-in, the vault passes to the people they chose.
0
categories, 48 India subcategories
0
days of silence before the first gentle reminder
0h
cancellable wait on every Recovery Kit reset
The core objective
Nobody should have to search for a parent's life after they are gone.
When someone dies or can no longer speak for themselves, their family is left to piece together insurance policies, bank accounts, investments, property papers and passwords, often across years and offices. Much of it is lost. Virasat's objective is to make that handover certain and private: the person writes it down once, in plain language, and the right people receive it at the right time — without anyone, including Virasat, being able to read it before then.
“Write it once. Check in now and then. Your family gets what they need, and nobody else ever sees it.”
People over 65 and their families, India first, with a global launch planned. Every screen is designed for that audience: large type, big buttons, one decision at a time, and no technical or morbid language. The app says "I am safe and well" and "your family" — never "dead-man's switch" or "estate".
Three promises.
Private by design
Notes are encrypted on the phone with a key only the owner holds. The server stores scrambled data it cannot open. No password, key or note text ever reaches it.
Quiet until needed
On the default one-year cycle, Virasat says nothing for about nine months. A reminder starts only when a long time has passed without hearing from the owner.
Handed to the right people
Each note is assigned to a chosen person. Trusted Friends can vouch that the owner is well, and nothing is released while there is any doubt.
A check-in cycle the owner chooses.
The default is once a year. Tapping “I am safe and well” resets the clock at any point; if it runs on, reminders grow step by step.
Silent
Days 0–270
No messages, no logins required.
Gentle
Days 270–330
Five friendly emails, about two weeks apart.
Urgent
Days 330–345
Five reminders, a few days apart, plus phone alerts.
Final
Days 345–365
Daily final warnings.
Released
Day 365 onward
The chosen people are told something has been left for them.
Days shown for the default one-year cycle — 6-month, 18-month and 2-year cycles keep the same shape, scaled to their length. Tapping "I am safe and well" resets the clock at any point. Check-ins can be paused for 2 weeks up to a hard 6-month limit, so the safeguard can never be switched off quietly.
Inside the app.
Getting started
Choose a country, sign in with email or Apple/Google/Facebook, then unlock with Face ID, fingerprint or a PIN. A new phone must be confirmed with a six-digit emailed code, and a forgotten password resets only after a 72-hour, owner-cancellable wait.
Writing it down
Notes live in 8 familiar groups — insurance, banking, savings & property, loans, home, family paperwork, digital life, notes for the family — with 48 India-specific subcategories covering Nominee Details, Bank Locker, EPF/UAN, PPF, NPS, demat accounts, Aadhaar and PAN.
Choosing who receives it
Beneficiaries are named per note, or left for everyone, and are never told they've been chosen — that's the owner's to share. One or two Trusted Friends can vouch the owner is well, and turn green once they accept.
Staying in touch
The check-in screen answers one question: "Are you well?" Most of the time there's nothing to do. When a reminder is due, it says so plainly and gives one big button.
Backups and a record of everything
An encrypted backup file can live on Google Drive, iCloud or a USB stick — unreadable without the owner's passphrase. A security log records that a note was saved or checked, never what was written.
Built, and still to come.
Virasat runs today as an iOS and Android app with a separate server, and every flow above works end to end on test data. Before the first real user, a few parts still need to be built.
| Area | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Encrypted notes and attachments | Built | Encrypted on the phone; the server holds only scrambled data. |
| Categories for India | Built | Eight groups and 48 subcategories, with Indian examples and terms. |
| Sign-in and phone security | Built | Email, Apple, Google and Facebook; Face ID or PIN; new-phone codes; Recovery Kit. |
| Beneficiaries and Trusted Friends | Built | Invitations by email, accepted in the friend's own browser. |
| Check-in reminders and pausing | Built | Reminder emails and phone alerts at each step; pausing for up to 6 months. |
| Backup, restore, security log | Built | Device-local backup history and a plain-language action log. |
| Subscriptions | Built | Through Razorpay. |
| Permanent storage | To do | Data is kept in a demo file today; a production database is next. |
| A daily reminder job | To do | The reminder steps are built, but still run on a test clock. |
| Handing notes to beneficiaries | To do | The largest piece still to build: letting beneficiaries open and read what was left. |
| Fully private titles | To do | Note titles will move inside the encryption, like the note text. |
| Testing on real phones | To do | Before release to the App Store and Google Play. |