Every morning, in 2 minutes, you'll know more than a phone call ever told you.
Daily Howdy is a daily game that connects adult children with their aging parents. It's fun, it's fast, and it quietly tracks the patterns that matter most.
A morning ritual that brings you closer.
A new theme arrives each morning
Every day has a shared theme — The Kitchen, Animals, Classic Movies. Both you and your aging parent get the same games tied to that theme. You play on your own schedule; no need to coordinate.
Play 2 games and a trivia question
Each session includes one word game and one memory game — both tied to the daily theme — plus a shared trivia question. Name kitchen items in 60 seconds. Match pairs on a card grid. Answer a fun question together. The whole thing takes about 2 minutes.
Compare answers and share a mood
Once you've both played, the comparison view shows your answers side by side. "You both said colander — neither said spoon." Then share how you're feeling today with a quick mood check-in and an optional note.
Patterns emerge over time
Your private trend dashboard tracks fluency scores, memory scores, and play consistency across weeks and months. A single off day means nothing. But a gradual shift in patterns? That's something worth knowing about — and sharing with a doctor.
Every day is a new theme.
Each morning brings a fresh topic that ties everything together — the word game, the memory game, and the trivia question. Here's what a few days look like.
The Kitchen
Monday's theme
Word Game
📝 The List
Name as many kitchen items as you can in 60 seconds
Memory Game
🫖 The Tray
Remember kitchen items shown briefly on a tray
Trivia
💡 Daily Question
What spice is known as "the world's most expensive"?
Animals
Tuesday's theme
Word Game
🪣 The Bucket
Sort animals into Farm, Ocean, and Jungle
Memory Game
🃏 The Match
Find matching pairs of animal cards
Trivia
💡 Daily Question
What is the only mammal that can truly fly?
Classic Movies
Wednesday's theme
Word Game
🔍 The Clue
Guess the classic film from a series of clues
Memory Game
🔢 The Sequence
Remember the order of movie poster reveals
Trivia
💡 Daily Question
Who directed "The Wizard of Oz"?
Baby Things
Thursday's theme
Word Game
💭 First Thought
Say the first word that comes to mind for baby items
Memory Game
❓ Missing
Notice which baby item disappeared from the set
Trivia
💡 Daily Question
What was the most popular baby name for boys in the 1950s?
14 game types across two cognitive domains.
Each day you play one word game and one memory game, drawn from a rotating library. Variety keeps things fresh while building a reliable longitudinal picture.
Word & Fluency Games
These games measure verbal fluency — the clinical gold standard for detecting early cognitive change. How many words can you retrieve? How quickly? How varied?
The List
Name as many items as you can in 60 seconds
The Chain
Each word starts with the last letter of the previous one
First Thought
Say the first word that comes to mind for each prompt
The Alphabet
Name something for each letter of the alphabet
The Sort
Put items in the right order
The Bucket
Sort items into the correct categories
The Clue
Guess the word from a series of clues
Memory & Pattern Games
These games engage working memory, visual recall, and pattern recognition — key indicators of cognitive processing speed and attention.
The Match
Find matching pairs on a 4x4 grid
The Tray
Remember items shown briefly on a tray
The Pattern
Recall and reproduce a pattern sequence
The Sequence
Remember and repeat a growing sequence
The Melody
Listen and replay a musical pattern
Odd One Out
Spot which item doesn't belong
The Missing
Figure out what disappeared from the set
Same app. Different views.
Your aging parent sees a fun daily game. You see the same game — plus private insights that build over time.
Mom's Daily View
What your parent sees every morning
Today's Theme
🍳 The Kitchen
Today's Games
Comparison
"You both said colander — neither said spatula."
"Bill named 14 items. You named 12. Nice work!"
Bill's Mood + Note
Streak
🔥 18-day streak with Bill
No scores. No metrics. No clinical language. Just a fun game with someone she loves.
Your Daily View
Everything Mom sees — plus private insights
Today's Theme
🍳 The Kitchen
Comparison
"You both said colander — neither said spatula."
Mom's Mood + Note
Private Trend Dashboard
14
Fluency
▲ Stable
11
Memory
▲ Stable
92%
Consistency
▲ Strong
Fluency (10 weeks)
Memory (10 weeks)
Activity
🔥 18-day streak
✅ Played at 8:14 AM
Missed-Day Alerts
Mom has played 17 of the last 18 days. No alerts.
Mom never sees this data. It's yours — for peace of mind, not surveillance.
The patterns a phone call can't reveal.
Your private dashboard tracks cognitive signals across weeks and months. Here's what it looks like with real sample data.
Mom's Trends
Private to you
Fluency score
Memory score
Consistency score
Fluency Score
from word games
Memory Score
from memory games
Consistency
% of days played
Sample data shown. Real trends build from your parent's daily play sessions.
Why games work better than tests.
Verbal fluency is the gold standard
Neurologists use verbal fluency tasks — "name as many animals as you can in 60 seconds" — as a primary screen for mild cognitive impairment. Daily Howdy's word games are built on this same science, generating the same signals in a format that feels like play, not a test.
Trajectory beats snapshots
A single test score tells you almost nothing. What matters is change over time. Daily Howdy collects data points every day, building a longitudinal record that can detect gradual shifts — like a slow decline in word count or increasing response variability — months before they'd be noticeable in conversation.
Increasing variance is an early signal
Research shows that increasing variance across cognitive tasks is an earlier marker of mild cognitive impairment than declining averages. Daily Howdy tracks not just performance, but consistency — the patterns that matter most for early detection.
Ready to start playing?
We're launching soon. Sign up for the beta and be one of the first.
Join Beta →