Easy to use.Engaging.Safe.
Grodan is a tool for people living with cognitive decline. Mental exercise and meaningful stimulation — no ads, no hassle.
Why Grodan exists.
I built mobile games for children for many years. When my father began to develop cognitive decline, I came across the idea of "use it or lose it" — the brain simply needs to be used in everyday life to keep its abilities.
Daily brain training calls for tools at home that are both easy to use and stimulating. Many people already own a tablet, and there are plenty of good apps to download — but how do you cope with the technology when your brain no longer works the way it used to?
My father had owned a tablet for years and used it a great deal. He played games, shopped online and read the news. As his cognitive abilities declined, it grew harder to navigate and to tell good apps from bad ones. He started making unwanted purchases and signed up for expensive subscriptions. Spam and malware got in when he clicked on dubious ads, and the tablet eventually became unusable.
An ordinary tablet is not made for people living with cognitive decline. So I set out to build an alternative. Grodan is a safe, easy-to-use tablet with activities for brain training — no ads, no notifications, no tech trouble.
How Grodan differs from a tablet.
Eight things that go wrong on an ordinary tablet. Eight things Grodan does differently.
More reasons to choose Grodan.
- Cognitive training at the right level. Mahjong, crosswords, jigsaws, memory, colouring — each activity has multiple difficulty levels.
- Built-in dementia clock. Reduce confusion about time and support independence.
- One-time purchase. No subscription. You buy it, you own it.
- Shockproof case. Built to survive being dropped.
- Green. Easy to spot — visual contrast matters with cognitive decline.
Want to try Grodan?
You can try Grodan's content right in the browser on your own tablet or computer. Nothing to install.
Not every feature and activity is included, but it gives you a feel for how Grodan looks and works. It is also a good way to show Grodan to a relative. The activities are in Swedish. Click the button below to get started.
Try GrodanMore than games, for you with Grodan at home.
Grodan stays just as simple for the person using it. The family can make it personal, and a lot can be handled from a distance.
The family page
From your own phone or computer you send photos, music and reminders to Grodan, and choose which websites are on it. Everything appears on Grodan the next time it is online.
Photos and video from a memory card
Insert a memory card with the family's photos and videos. The photo album shows them straight away, folder by folder as albums. Nothing to install or copy.
Digital photo frame
When nobody is using Grodan it can show a slideshow of your own photos instead of the clock. The tablet becomes a photo frame with pictures old and new.
Your own music
Add favourite songs through the family page or on a memory card. They go into Music, in the order you like, with large clear buttons.
A safe web browser
SVT Play, Sveriges Radio and news sites such as SVT Nyheter, DN, Svenska Dagbladet and Helsingborgs Dagblad open with one tap. Only the sites you have chosen can be reached, and a clear button always leads back to Grodan.
Reminders on the clock
Add the dentist, dinner or the evening medicine on the family page. The reminder shows on the clock in good time: half an hour, an hour or three hours before.
Several users
If you share Grodan, each person gets their own start page with their own games, difficulty and statistics.
Help from a distance
When Grodan is online we can help out and add new games and improvements without you having to do anything.
The family page, the web browser, reminders and updates need WiFi. Without WiFi every game and activity works as usual.
Have a question about Grodan?
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