The Smart Shoe, reimagined

Their iPhone already sees the fall coming. Now you can too.

Your parent's iPhone has quietly been measuring how steadily they walk — a validated fall-risk signal. MotionSole reads it, warns you weeks before their risk rises, and pairs them with the right shoe. No gadget for them to wear or charge.

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Start free · The sensor is the phone they already own · A better shoe is the fix
1 in 4older adults fall each year
weekstheir gait declines before a fall
$0hardware — their phone is the sensor
The hard part

You can't be there for every step. But their phone is.

A fall almost never comes out of nowhere. For months beforehand, walking gets a little slower, a little less steady. The hard part has always been seeing it — it happens at home, day by day, until the ER call. Here's what changed: their iPhone has been measuring it the whole time — Walking Steadiness, walking speed, asymmetry — and no one was reading it. MotionSole reads it for you.

Three parts, one already in their pocket

Their phone measures it. The right shoe steadies it. We warn you when it changes.

Their iPhone is the sensor

Apple Health already computes walking speed, asymmetry, and Walking Steadiness — built to warn of fall risk, validated against gait labs. Nothing for them to wear, charge, or remember.

The right shoe steadies them

The evidence is clear: a wide, firm sole, low heel, secure fit, and reduced toe-catch cut sway and trips. We pair them with the right shoe for how they walk — everyday to clinical adaptive.

We warn you early

When their walking starts to slip, you get a gentle heads-up on your phone — weeks before it becomes a fall — with a clear next step.

How it works

Four steps. Nothing for them to manage — or even notice.

Set it up once

On their iPhone — or on yours, reading the data they choose to share. It picks up the walking metrics Apple Health has already been collecting. A minute, then it's hands-off.

It reads, quietly

Their gait number — walking speed and steadiness, the 6th vital sign — tracked day over day, with nothing for them to wear or do.

You see the trend

A simple picture of how they're walking — steady, improving, or slipping — in plain language, on your phone.

You act early

If the trend bends the wrong way, you get an alert and a clear next step: the right shoe, a balance exercise, a PT referral, or a caregiver check through our care network — before the fall.

What you get

  • The family app — reads their iPhone, turns Apple Health's raw signal into a gait number and a monthly trend
  • The early-warning service — we watch the trend so you don't have to, and flag a slip weeks early
  • The shoe match — paired to their gait, chosen on published footwear-and-balance evidence
  • A care network behind it — if risk rises, real help is one tap away
  • No hardware to buy to start — the sensor is the iPhone they already carry
Start here — free
$0 to begin

Take the free 3-minute fall-risk screen at fallrisks.com. If reading their iPhone's gait signal and pairing the right shoe is a fit, we'll walk you through the options — and whether it's covered.

Shoe + monitoring often HSA / FSA eligible with a letter of medical necessity
Take the free screen →

Works with their iPhone. Shoe and monitoring options shown after the screen — no obligation.

Why it works

Two things are already true. We finally put them together.

One: how fast and how steadily someone walks predicts falls — and decline — better than almost any single test (Studenski, JAMA 2011; CDC STEADI). Two: Apple validated the iPhone as a gait sensor and built Walking Steadiness from its Heart & Movement Study specifically to warn of fall risk. The signal and the science already live on the phone in your parent's pocket. We make them visible to you — and pair them with a shoe the evidence says actually helps.

"Mom kept saying she was fine. The app read her own phone and showed her walking had slipped 15% over two months. We caught it, got her into PT and better shoes, and she never fell."

— illustrative family scenario

The warning is already on their phone.

It starts with a free 3-minute screen — no account, no email. You'll know where your parent stands in minutes.

Take the free fall-risk screen →
For clinicians — the fall-risk monitoring business → The gait method, in the open → AirPods + iPhone + Watch as one sensor →
Reads only the data they choose to share
Backed by a real care network
Built on the 6th-vital-sign science
About MotionSole and the "smart shoe." MotionSole reads gait metrics — including walking speed, asymmetry, and Walking Steadiness — that your family consents to share from Apple Health on a compatible iPhone. It supports awareness and earlier action; it is not a medical device and does not diagnose, treat, or prevent disease, and it cannot stop every fall. Walking Steadiness and Apple Health are features of Apple Inc.; MotionSole is independent and not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Apple. Shoe recommendations reflect published footwear-and-balance evidence (e.g., AGS evidence-based footwear guidance) and are not a guarantee against falls. Fall and gait figures reflect CDC data and published gait-speed research (Studenski et al., JAMA 2011; CDC STEADI). HSA/FSA eligibility depends on a qualifying letter of medical necessity and your plan. Always involve a qualified clinician in care decisions. The family scenario above is illustrative.