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The platform for
independent living.

Technology that knows the way.

The digital world has never offered more — streaming, food delivery, video calls, live sport. And for 55 million people living with dementia, it has never been more out of reach. Compass changes that.

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55M
people living with dementia worldwide
1M
people with dementia in the UK alone
£42B
annual cost to the UK economy
0
technology providers truly serving them
Why we built this
"My Dad spent his whole career helping vulnerable people navigate complicated systems. Now he can't navigate his own TV."
David, Founder of Compass Product Manager · Son · Building this for Keith

Keith is 65. He spent much of his working life as a welfare rights officer — helping people who'd fallen through the cracks of complex systems find their way back. He once attended a conference where Andy Burnham was speaking. He believed in fairness. He fought for it every day.

Keith was diagnosed with dementia at 62, though the signs were there long before that. He loves football. He loves watching sport. He loves ordering a good meal and watching a film. Things all of us take for granted.

"He used technology confidently every day at work for decades. Now he can't get past the login screen. It's not that he's forgotten how to live — the technology has just made it impossible for him to."

Keith isn't alone. There are 55 million people worldwide in exactly the same position. Every streaming service, food delivery app, and video calling platform has been built for everyone except them.

Compass was built by a son who couldn't find the right tool for his own father. So he built it. And now we're making it available to everyone who needs it.

It's not lost on us that Andy Burnham — now Prime Minister — has spoken openly about his own family's experience with Alzheimer's and has made dementia care a central commitment of his government. The moment for this couldn't be more important.

Why we called it Compass

A compass doesn’t
walk for you.

It doesn’t choose your destination, and it never takes the journey out of your hands. It tells you where you are and which way to go — and then you go, yourself.

That is the whole idea. Compass doesn’t take over from anyone. It orients them, and then it gets out of the way.

Still your life. Just clearer.

The problem

Technology that was supposed
to help has made things worse.

The streaming wars gave us infinite content and impenetrable interfaces. Every provider has its own app, its own login, its own billing surprises. For someone with dementia, it's not just frustrating — it's a wall.

"Want to watch this app? That's an extra subscription fee. Oh, and we just billed you — didn't you notice?"
"Your TV needs a software update. Figure it out before you can continue watching."
"We've made your favourite channels available — inside a UI full of buying decisions you don't know are in front of you."
"Sure, there are dementia-friendly remotes. But they offer accessibility for the few, not the many. A very limited number of channels. Some tailor-made content that is, in actual fact, rather condescending." — Alzheimer's Society community forum
The solution

One screen.
Every service.
Zero confusion.

Compass sits in front of all the complexity. Big, warm, simple tiles. No passwords. No billing decisions. No app-switching. Just life — the way it should be. The person using it doesn't need to learn a new interface for every service. That complexity lives in Compass — invisible to them.

🍽️
Order Food
A helper pre-configures favourite restaurants and meals. The person taps, sees their favourites, and requests with one tap. The helper is notified instantly and places the order on their behalf. No payment screens. No confusion.
📺
Watch TV
A helper bookmarks every favourite channel and streaming service — iPlayer, ITVX, Sky, Netflix and more. One tap takes them straight there. No URLs to remember, no passwords to type. Everything they love, one screen away.
📅
My Schedule
A helper builds a simple daily diary. The person opens Compass and sees exactly what's on today — appointments, meals, calls — clearly laid out and always up to date.
📋
What I've Done
A running activity log that helps the person recall their day — and helps helpers have honest, grounded conversations about what's actually happened. Memory, shared.
🎤
Voice Control
"Order my usual." "Watch BBC One." "What's on today?" Every feature is accessible by voice. No tapping required — just talking, naturally, in plain English.
🎵
My Music  Coming soon
Music reaches parts of the mind that nothing else can. We're building a music feature that surfaces a person's favourite artists, decades and playlists — one tap away. For many people with dementia, a familiar song unlocks a world.
📸
My Memories  Coming soon
A curated photo space that helpers fill with familiar faces, places and moments. Reminiscence is one of the most powerful tools in dementia care — a photo of a grandchild or a beloved pet can ground and calm in ways words simply cannot.
📞
Call Someone  Coming soon
One tap to reach the people that matter most. We're building direct calling into Compass so there's no dialling, no finding contacts — just the people they love, instantly reachable.
Live demo

Try it right now.

This is our working beta — built, deployed, and in use every day by Keith. Choose his view or a helper's and see exactly what the experience feels like.

Keith's viewTap “It’s me”
Helper viewTap “I’m a helper”
app.getcompass.co.uk — beta

A working beta — proof that the concept is real, the demand is real, and the technology is ready.

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How it works

Simple by design.
Powerful underneath.

1
A helper sets it up
Takes about ten minutes. Add favourite meals, bookmark TV channels, build today's schedule. Done once — personalised forever.
2
They open Compass
It opens straight to five big, friendly tiles — nothing to unlock, nothing to remember. Exactly what they need, nothing they don't. No learning curve, ever.
3
They choose what they want
Order food, watch TV, check the schedule, see what they've done — by tapping or just saying it out loud.
4
The helper steps in
For food orders, the helper gets an instant alert and places it on their behalf. The person gets peace of mind. Everyone stays connected.
Early access

Be first to
find your way home.

We're opening Compass to a small number of families first. If you have a loved one living with dementia — or you work in dementia care — we'd love to hear from you.

The beta isn't open yet — and we'd rather tell you why than give you a date. Compass is in use every day by one person, Keith, and he and David are working through it together: the small things that decide whether a screen helps or confuses, and everything that has to be right before someone else's mum or dad is relying on it.

When it is ready, the people on this list hear first.

The technology

Not a workaround.
A platform.

Everything above happens without Keith meeting a login, a basket or a billing decision. That is the point of building a platform rather than a set of shortcuts: the complexity moves into Compass and stays there. Below is where that goes next.

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Ordering without a checkout
He taps his usual, and it arrives. No basket, no card details, no upsell he did not see coming. Getting there means direct integration with the major food delivery, streaming and communications platforms, so the transaction happens out of sight.
🧠
It fits itself to the person
The longer someone uses Compass, the better it knows the shape of their day — the usual meal, the usual channel, the usual time. Nobody has to open a settings screen for that to happen.
🎤
If you can say it, it happens
“Order my usual.” “Watch BBC One.” Speaking is the one interface nobody has to learn, which is why it was built in from the first day rather than added on later.
📱
Wherever he is, wherever you are
Tablet, phone, desktop or TV, kept in step. Keith sees his day in front of him; whoever helps him sees the same thing from wherever they happen to be.
What's live today
🍽️ Food ordering Live
📺 TV & streaming Live
📅 Daily schedule Live
📋 Activity log Live
🎤 Voice control Live
💛 Helper dashboard Live
📞 Calling Coming soon
🔗 Food delivery platforms On the horizon
🔗 Streaming services On the horizon
🔗 Music platforms On the horizon
🔗 Communications On the horizon

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Get in touch

We'd love to
hear from you.

Whether you're a family living with dementia, someone working in care, a potential partner or an investor — we want to hear from you.

This is early days and every conversation shapes what Compass becomes.