One page per person
Name, relationship, tags, and every small thing you’ve noticed — sorted into Gift ideas, Wants, Likes, Dislikes and General.
صِلة · the bond you keep
Keep your
people close.
A quiet place to remember the small things about the people you love — the kettle she mentioned, the book he’s been meaning to read — handed back to you right when a birthday or occasion is near.
Free for your inner circle. No tracking, ever.
Private & local-first
Capture in 2 seconds
Never wrong — it only returns what you put in
A gentle nudge before it matters
The whole idea
Catch it at the easy moment.
Get it back at the hard one.
A thought takes two seconds when it happens. Remembering it under pressure — a week before a birthday — is nearly impossible. Sila moves the work from the hard moment to the easy one.
1
A hint drops
On a walk in March, your sister mentions she wants to get back into film photography. Phone out, two-second note, done — from inside the app or straight from the share sheet.
2
Sila holds it
It lives on her page, in your own words. Nothing to organise. No feed, no streaks, no nagging — it just waits quietly until you need it.
3
It comes back
A week before her birthday in November, a calm reminder arrives — and the idea is already sitting at the top of her page. You show up well, and you barely had to try.
What’s inside
Everything you know about someone,
on one calm page.
Reminders that help
When an occasion is near, Sila surfaces the thing they wanted — not just the date. Set a lead time per occasion, or attach a reminder to any single note.
Sila PlusSizes & favorites
Their shoe size, ring size, her oat flat white, his peonies-not-roses rule. The small specifics that turn a guess into a sure thing.
Sila PlusPrivate by design
Local-first and fully offline. Nothing is tracked, sold, or mined. Sign in only if you want sync across your devices — signed out, nothing ever leaves.
Sync across devices
Sign in with Apple, Google or email and your whole history follows you — even things you logged long before. Signing in late loses nothing.
Sila PlusQuiet by nature
No feeds. No streaks. No guilt. Sila asks almost nothing of you and gives back exactly when it matters. A notebook with an alarm clock.
Gift idea
Hand-thrown ceramics set
1 week before
Dislikes
Already owns an air fryer
General
Big job interview next Tuesday — check in
Tue, 9 AM
The notes
Five kinds of small things, in your own words.
Sila is deterministic — it only ever gives back what you put in. It doesn’t guess, it doesn’t scrape, it never invents. It can’t be wrong about someone you love, because everything in it came from you.
- Gift ideas & Wants you can tick off when given
- Likes & Dislikes — because a bad gift avoided counts too
- General notes with their own reminder, for one-off moments
Sila
now
Maya’s birthday is in 6 days
She mentioned getting back into film photography.
The payoff
A nudge with runway — never a day-of scramble.
Every birthday, anniversary and custom date gets a quiet local notification ahead of time. A wedding anniversary might deserve a month of lead; a coworker’s birthday just a day. Each date can override the default or stay muted.
- Lead times from on-the-day to a month ahead
- All local — scheduled on-device, works fully offline
- It surfaces the thing they wanted, not just the date
It feels like care, not admin.صِلة — the virtue of keeping your ties warm
Pricing
Free for your inner circle.
Start with your three closest people, free, forever. When your circle grows, Sila Plus removes the ceiling and unlocks the power features.
Free
$0
Everything you need to keep your closest few.
- Up to 3 people, unlimited notes
- Categories, given history, tags & search
- Occasions list & countdowns
- Quick Capture, share sheet & widget
- Warm dark mode
Sila Plus
$39.99 / year
or $4.99/month · 7-day free trial
- Unlimited people
- Everything in Free
- Occasion & per-note reminders
- Sizes & favorites
- Backup, restore & cross-device sync
Sila Plus is an auto-renewing subscription billed to your Apple Account. Cancel anytime in Settings; the trial’s unused portion is forfeited on purchase. The paywall only ever appears the moment a feature is useful — never as a nag.
Questions
Good to know
Sila (صِلة) is an Arabic word for the bond or tie between people. It comes from the idea of ṣilat ar-raḥim — the virtue of keeping your ties warm: checking in, not letting people drift, honouring a relationship over time. That’s the whole point of the app. The notes are just how you keep the sila.
Yes. Sila is local-first — your data lives on your device and the app works fully offline. There’s no tracking, no advertising, and nothing is ever sold or mined. If you choose to sign in, your data syncs privately across your own devices; signed out, nothing ever leaves your phone. See our Privacy Policy.
No. Sila is deterministic — it only ever hands back what you put in, in your own words. No guesses, no scraped suggestions, no “people also bought.” That’s what makes it trustworthy: it can never be wrong about someone you love.
Free covers up to three people with unlimited notes, categories, given history, tags, search, occasions, the share sheet and the widget — a complete product for your inner circle. Sila Plus adds unlimited people, reminders, sizes & favorites, and backup & cross-device sync, for $4.99/month or $39.99/year with a 7-day free trial.
Always. Plus members can export a full backup as a single file and import it on any install. You can erase all data or delete your account from inside the app at any time, and you can cancel the subscription whenever you like in your Apple Account settings.
Sila launches on iOS first, with Android to follow. Want a heads-up the day it’s live? Reach out via Support and we’ll let you know.
Keep your people close.
The little things that make someone feel known — kept in one quiet place, and handed back right when it matters.