About Ondira
Built because there was nothing in between
Ondira comes from Switzerland. Behind it are co-founders Daniel Diehm and Oliver Gepp; the app is operated by diehm it-services in Brig-Glis. Here we explain why Ondira exists, and say openly how it pays for itself.
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Four weeks
It started with a newspaper report that Daniel had read. A woman had lain dead in her flat for four weeks before anyone found her. She wasn’t forgotten. She had neighbours, she had family. It was just that nobody had a reason to check.
What stayed with us wasn’t the death but the number. Four weeks. And the question that follows from it: how long would it take for us? For the people we care about?
We looked for something that answered that question. What we found was either built for the acute emergency, with a button and a monitoring centre, or required someone to see your location all the time. For what we were looking for there was nothing: a small, regular sign, and a message to the right people when it doesn’t come. So we built it.
Who is behind Ondira
Ondira was founded by Daniel Diehm and Oliver Gepp. It is developed and operated by diehm it-services, based at Zenhaeusernstrasse 48, 3902 Brig-Glis, Switzerland.
We’re not a corporation and we don’t pretend to be. If you have a question or something isn’t working, write straight to support@ondira.app and a person will reply.
Daniel Diehm
Co-Founder, Brig-Glis, Switzerland
Oliver Gepp
Co-Founder, Bern, Switzerland
What we stick to
No live tracking
Ondira never follows you and never locates you in the background. Only if you switch it on yourself does the app send your location once, at the moment you check in, so your contacts know where to look in an emergency; only the latest one is kept, with no continuous tracking and no history.
Paid by subscription, not by data
The daily check-in is free; Ondira Plus costs CHF 3 a month or CHF 30 a year. No ads, no advertising identifiers, no data sales, because an app that knows when you’re there must not live off that.
Calm, not alarmist
First a reminder to you, then a measured email to your contacts. No red banners, no panic.
Honest about the limits
Ondira is not an emergency service and not a medical device. Where a personal alarm is the better fit, we say so.
Why Ondira deliberately knows so little
Technically it would be easy to collect more: movement data, activity, sleep. We decided against it. A sign of life should say “I’m here”, not “this is where I was and what I did”. The person checking in stays in charge.
We do the same on this website. Statistics run on Umami, without cookies and without personal profiles, and our font is hosted on our own server rather than by Google Fonts. Exactly what the app stores is set out on our privacy and security page.
Verifiable, not just claimed
A real address
diehm it-services, Zenhaeusernstrasse 48, 3902 Brig-Glis, Switzerland. Full details in the imprint.
Little data, kept briefly
14 days of check-in history, no health data, account deletable in the app.
Designed for FADP and GDPR
Built around Swiss data protection law and the GDPR. Server location: Switzerland.
Direct contact
support@ondira.app, with no call centre in between.
Frequently asked questions about Ondira
Who is behind the Ondira app?
Co-founders Daniel Diehm and Oliver Gepp. Ondira is developed and operated by diehm it-services in Brig-Glis, in the canton of Valais.
Is Ondira a Swiss app?
Yes. Ondira is developed in Switzerland and operated by a Swiss company. For specific tasks such as the backend, sending emails and push notifications we use service providers, listed on our privacy and security page.
How does Ondira make money?
Through Ondira Plus, at CHF 3 a month or CHF 30 a year. Not through ads and not through data. The free version costs nothing.
Why doesn’t Ondira track my location?
Because a sign of life doesn’t need it. If you wish, you can send your location with a check-in. Nothing runs in the background.
How do I contact the Ondira team?
By email at support@ondira.app. The postal address is in the imprint.
How did Ondira start?
With a newspaper report about a woman who lay dead in her flat for four weeks before anyone found her. Daniel Diehm and Oliver Gepp then looked for something between an emergency system and a location app, found nothing and built it themselves.
So it never takes weeks
Set Ondira up for yourself, or for someone you care about. And if you want to tell us what’s missing: we read every email.
Setting Ondira up for someone else? Install it together on the phone of the person who checks in.
Free version, no credit card. Plus can be cancelled for the end of the term.
Feedback & news
Want to hear what changes in Ondira? Leave your email address. Feedback and wishes are welcome at support@ondira.app.