Praxia Health: gentle games for hands and mind

Hands and mind

Tap, pinch, drag, trace and hold. Remember, match, spot, sort and find.

Every touch answers right away with a soft colour change and a gentle tap you can feel. There is no sound.

Tap Precision during play, with an empty field ready for circles — Hands
Tap Precision
Tap the circles as they appear.

Pinch and Stretch during play: a ring with a small face and the words Use two fingers — Hands
Pinch & Stretch
Open two fingers until the ring matches the target.

Steady Hold during play: a large circle with a golden dot — Hands
Steady Hold
Rest one finger on the circle and keep it there.

Echo Lights during play: four coloured pads and the words Your turn — Mind
Echo Lights
Watch the lights, then repeat them in order.

Memory Market during play: a jar, a lemon and cherries, with the words Remember these — Mind
Memory Market
Remember a few everyday items, then pick them.

Star Trails during play: numbered stars to touch in order — Mind
Star Trails
Touch the stars in order.

Made for easy use

Easy to see, easy to touch, easy to enjoy

Big buttons and large text are the starting point. Everything below is a setting you can change, and each profile keeps its own.

The home screen at Extra large text size — Text size
Three text sizes
Standard, Large and Extra large.

The home screen with the high contrast setting on — Contrast
High contrast
A higher-contrast version of every colour theme, and a slow mode that moves more gently.

The home screen in the dark blue Ocean colour theme — Colours
Colour themes
A choice of colour themes, with a few more to earn along the way.

Simple mode: three large game cards and nothing else — Simple mode
Only a few big cards
A caregiver can pick one to four games and nothing else is shown.

The settings screen with text size and colour choices — Settings
Settings in one place
Text size, colours, contrast, slow mode, language and the caregiver area.

Languages

16 languages, including right to left

The app follows the language of the device, or you can choose one. Arabic and Persian lay out right to left. The translations are drafts and are being reviewed by native speakers.

The language list showing English, Español, Hindi, Gujarati, Chinese and more — Language
Choose a language
Each language is listed in its own name and script.

The home screen in Arabic, laid out right to left — Arabic
Right to left
Arabic and Persian read from right to left.

For a caregiver

Plain numbers, no judging

A PIN-protected caregiver area, up to six profiles with their own history, and plain numbers about play: sessions each day, days played and personal bests. History can be exported as a file, shared only when you choose.

The progress screen with days in a row, sessions each day and days played this week — Progress
Days played and sessions
Shown here with made-up sample play.

Screenshots are from a development build on an iPhone. Play data shown is sample data.

Our promise

Private, calm, and easy to use

No ads, no accounts

Praxia Health has no ads, no accounts, and no advertising or analytics code of any kind.

Nothing leaves your device

The app makes no network connections. Everything stays on the device. History leaves only as a file you choose to share, through the iOS share sheet.

Easy to see, easy to touch

Big buttons, large text in three sizes, a high contrast setting, a slow mode, and no sound.

Why Praxia exists

About my mom

My mom and me sitting together on a stone bench

My Mother has been a shining light in our family, extended family and our community for as long as I’ve lived. From the library of Mater Dei High School to the aqua aerobics class at any number of LA Fitnesses, 12+ person sleepovers to pizza parties in the park, she is loved anywhere someone is lucky enough to meet her. She’s the type of person to make friends with you while you’re standing in a line, and it doesn’t even have to be that long. When my father’s colleague casually mentioned that spicy food helps induce labor, and his wife was past her due date, Mom invited them both over and made the spiciest meal I’ve ever had from her kitchen; 12 hours later, the wife was in labor.

That’s honestly just one of a million stories I could tell, but the truth is, if you knew my mom you had your own stories and cherish them as I do mine. Her warmth and kindness was only matched by a stern tone when stepping out of line. The volume of her voice is the reason why everyone in our bloodline has to be told to quiet down all the time. Her health may have changed what her hands and mind can do, but the booming laughter and love she exudes have never diminished. We hope this app helps you enjoy time with your loved ones too.

My mom and me in front of a lit Christmas tree at night

My mom and me outside a carved stone temple

My mom in her wheelchair with me behind her, out shopping

About me

I set out to create Praxia as an easy, fun, low-pressure way for my mom to practise fine motor skills and keep her mind flexible. Tapping, pinching, dragging and holding for the hands, and remembering, matching and sorting for the mind, all as simple games with big buttons and no pressure. With the help of some AI coding tools, I was able to build something gentle that she can pick up any time. Now, I’d like to share it with as many people as possible, so more families can enjoy time together over a game.

Praxia has a sibling: Clarity: Language & Memory, a free practice app for language and memory, also made for my mom.

I have no monetary goals with this app. I never will advertise, never will sell data, and never will use this app for my own personal financial gain. I set out to help people, and my mom would whoop my ass if I strayed from my morals.

Calm games for hands and mind

A gentle tour of Praxia Health

Tap, pinch, drag, trace and hold. Remember, match, spot, sort and find.

Tap Precision

Pinch & Stretch

Steady Hold

Echo Lights

Memory Market

Star Trails

Easy to see, easy to touch, easy to enjoy

Three text sizes

High contrast

Colour themes

Only a few big cards

Settings in one place

16 languages, including right to left

Choose a language

Right to left