At the heart of BeKind is a hand-written bank of more than 700 deeds — small, doable acts of kindness. Nothing heroic, nothing that needs money or a free afternoon. Call a family member and ask how they are, really. Hold the elevator. Let someone merge.
Every deed belongs to one of sixteen categories — Connection, Listening, Generosity, Patience, Presence, Self-care and more — so the practice gently rotates through the many shapes kindness can take. Yes, self-care counts: you are also someone who deserves your kindness.
When you join, you're given a seed — a small piece of randomness that is yours alone. Your seed shuffles the entire deed bank into a private order, and each day serves you the next deed in your sequence. Two friends on the same day will almost always be holding different deeds, which is exactly what makes the Circle interesting.
The sequence walks through the whole bank before anything repeats — at one deed a day, that's roughly two years before you meet the same act twice. And because the order is computed (never fetched), today's deed is the same on your phone, your notification, and any device you sign in to.
You choose the hour your day begins — with the 06:30 coffee or the 21:00 quiet. At that hour a single notification arrives carrying the deed itself, readable from your lock screen. At midnight the day rolls over, and whatever happened — done, passed, or simply forgotten — is let go.
Marked it done? It's added to your Cycle and your shape of kindness. Didn't get to it? The circle stays open, and nothing else happens. No broken streak, no nagging reminder, no debt carried into tomorrow.
Kindness is quiet, but it doesn't have to be lonely. Invite a friend by email and, once they accept, you'll see each other's daily deed and whether it was offered. That's the entire feature — designed to feel like a glance across the room, not a feed to scroll.
If your friend isn't on BeKind yet, the invitation waits patiently and connects you the moment they join. And anyone can leave anyone's circle, anytime, no questions asked.
Everything you do is saved on your device first, so the app works fully offline — on the subway, in the mountains, in airplane mode. When you're connected, your practice syncs to your account so a new phone or a reinstall picks up exactly where you left off.
If BeKind ever stops serving you, deleting your account from the Self tab removes everything — your profile, your history, your circle — permanently and immediately. Kindness shouldn't require a hostage.
Ready?