If something happened to you tomorrow, would your family know what to do?
Answer simple questions about your household. We turn them into a complete, beautifully organized emergency binder you print tonight — every account, policy, contact and wish, where your family can actually find it.
No account needed · About 90 minutes · Your answers never leave this device
One evening
Most families finish in about 90 minutes
Stays on your device
Your answers are never sent to us
Pay once — $39
Only when you download. No subscription
30-day guarantee
Not useful? Full refund, keep the binder
Why this exists
You bought the 300-page template. It's still blank.
Most families try a printable “emergency binder” template — and stall on page 12, staring at sections that don't apply to them. The other option is a $99-a-year digital vault that asks you to upload your most sensitive documents to someone else's cloud.
We built the middle path: a guided questionnaire that skips what doesn't apply, keeps everything on your device, and ends with a binder — not a subscription.
Blank PDF templates
300 pages, zero guidance, weekend lost
Cloud document vaults
$99–480 every year, your data on their servers
InCaseBinder
One guided evening, one $39 payment, nothing uploaded
How it works
Three steps. The first two are free.
1. Answer simple questions
A warm, plain-English questionnaire about your household. Sections that don't apply to your family simply disappear.
2. Preview every page
See your finished binder before paying a cent — your family's name on the cover, your answers beautifully typeset.
3. Download, print, relax
One $39 payment unlocks your PDF, the fridge-ready ICE sheet and an encrypted backup for future updates.
What's inside
Twelve sections. Only the ones your family needs.
No pets? No pet pages. Renting? No deed paperwork. Your binder is typically 15–25 focused pages — short enough that your family will actually read it.
Build yours freeYour answers never touch the internet.
The questionnaire and your finished binder are generated entirely in your browser. Nothing you type is sent to us, stored by us, or readable by us. The only thing that goes online is your card payment — handled by Stripe.
No uploads — answers live on your device only
No account, no email required to build
Encrypted backup file you control
Built for real moments
You hope it gathers dust. It probably won't.
A sudden hospital stay
Your partner finds the insurance card, the pediatrician's number and the medication list — without digging through drawers at 2 a.m.
A storm evacuation
One binder goes in the car. Policies, contacts, account pointers — everything that takes weeks to reconstruct is already in hand.
The hardest day
Instead of guessing what you would have wanted, your family opens a page that says it in your own words.
From the blog
Guides for the paperwork side of family life.
Pricing
Free to build. One payment to keep.
Build & preview
Free
- Full guided questionnaire
- Auto-saves on your device
- Preview every page of your binder
- No account, no card, no emails
Download & print
$39 one-time
- Complete binder PDF, beautifully typeset
- One-page ICE sheet for the fridge
- Printing & storage guide
- Encrypted backup — update any time
- 30-day money-back guarantee
Questions
Fair questions, honest answers.
Is my information really private?
Yes. The questionnaire runs entirely in your browser — your answers are saved on your own device and are never uploaded to our servers. We process your payment through Stripe and that's the only thing that leaves your computer. We couldn't read your binder even if we wanted to.
What exactly do I get for $39?
A complete, professionally designed PDF of your family's binder — only the sections you filled in, typically 15–25 pages — plus a one-page ICE (In Case of Emergency) sheet, a printing & storage guide, and an encrypted backup file so you can come back and update everything later. One payment, yours forever.
Should I write down passwords or account numbers?
No — and we tell you that throughout. The binder works with pointers: “passwords are in 1Password, the emergency kit is in the safe.” You decide how specific to be. A binder full of pointers is still life-changing for the person who needs it.
Is this a will or a legal document?
No. InCaseBinder is a practical organizer, not legal advice and not a substitute for a will or power of attorney. It does something those documents don't: it tells your family where everything is and what to do on day one.
What if I don't finish in one sitting?
Your progress saves automatically on your device. Close the tab, come back next week — everything is exactly where you left it.
The kindest thing you'll do for your family this year takes one evening.
Start your binder — freeNo account · No uploads · $39 only if you love it