Bearing Life
Our story

Built for our own families first.

Two sons who couldn't answer a simple question about our own moms. So we built the answer.

On the App Store and Google PlayRated 4.7 on the App Store
Preston Vigil and Payton Stroot, the founders of Bearing Life
Preston & Payton

FOR OUR MOMS

Our moms kept track of everything for us. Every doctor visit. Every school form. Every “did you take your medicine?”

One day it hit us: we couldn't do the same for them. Not even her allergies.

We didn't want to find that out in a hospital hallway.

So we built Bearing Life. First for our own moms, and now for yours.

Preston & Payton

“If something happened to my family today, would I be ready?”

We each asked ourselves that, and neither of us liked the answer. Nothing was wrong. That was the point.

We haven't lived a caregiving crisis, and we won't pretend we have. So we built Bearing Life for the person who has: the one who does most of it and has never been handed a way to share the rest.

Honest about it

What we are, and what we aren't.

We aren't

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    Doctors.Bearing Life organizes care. It never replaces your parent's doctor.
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    People who've lived a caregiving crisis.We won't pretend we have. We'd rather be honest with you.
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    A faceless company.There are two of us, and you can write to both.

We are

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    Sons first.We built this for our own moms. Every choice starts with one question: would we trust it with hers?
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    Listening.Caregivers have left more than 10,000 comments on our Facebook posts. We read them, and they shape what we build next.
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    Building for the one who carries it all.The daughter, the son, the spouse who does most of it and has never been handed a way to share the rest.
How it started

From one question to an app.

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    The questionNeither of us could answer it for our own mom.
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    The ideaWe had the idea for Bearing Life, and started building it together.
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    Built for our familiesWe built it for our own families first: medicines, papers and a plan the whole family can see.
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    Live for everyoneBearing Life is on the App Store and Google Play, for any family that needs it.
The two of us

Hi, we're Preston and Payton.

Two sons, two cities, and one promise to our moms that turned into this app.

Preston Vigil
Preston VigilCo-founder and CEODallas, Texas
Payton Stroot
Payton StrootCo-founder and CTOSt. Louis, Missouri
Bo, the Bearing Life bear

What we promise you.

Six things you can hold us to.

  • Your family joins free. Always.Invite your brother, your sister, a partner or paid help. They never pay to join.
  • 14 days to try it, on us.Pick the yearly plan and use everything free for 14 days. Cancel in your store settings at least a day before it ends and you pay nothing.
  • Your information is never for sale.No ads. No data brokers. Never used to train AI.
  • Delete everything, any time.One button in Settings removes your family's information right away. A few records with no names stay, like a security log.
  • Real answers from real people.Write to us and the two people who built it reply. No bots.
  • Built with you, not just for you.Tell us what's missing. Caregivers' ideas shape what we build next.

Preston & Payton

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Be ready before you need to be.

14 days free with the yearly plan. Cancel any time.

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