Leave a clear path for whoever comes next.
Cairn keeps an estate's assets, accounts, bills, contacts, documents and funeral wishes in one place, on your own computer.
Cairn's Overview page: checklist progress, the bills still open and the key contacts for one estate.
Where are you starting from?
Your estate information never leaves your computer.
Everything you enter is stored in Cairn's own folder on your computer. We never receive it, and Cairn has no way to send it to us. Its licence service sees only what it needs to check your licence.
What never leaves your computer
- Estates
- Assets
- Accounts
- Saved account passwords
- Contacts
- Beneficiaries
- Bills
- Debts
- Distributions
- Funeral wishes
- Checklists
- Attached files
- Usage statistics
- Crash reports
One place for the whole estate
The same 11 pages whether you are planning your own estate or handling someone else's. Nearly every field is optional.
Overview
The whole estate, on one page.
Checklist
Every task, grouped and tracked.
Assets
Property, investments and belongings.
Debts
What is owed, and to whom.
Distributions
Who receives what.
Bills
Recurring payments, paid or cancelled.
Accounts
Logins for email and paid services.
Beneficiaries
The people who inherit.
Contacts
Everyone the estate involves.
Files
Documents, kept with the estate.
Funeral
Funeral wishes, written down.
Pricing
From $50 CAD once, or $8 a month. A one-time licence includes one estate, and more can be added; a subscription covers any number of estates.
Questions people ask
- What happens if my licence lapses?
- Everything stays readable and exportable — only editing stops. Nothing you have entered is deleted or lost. Renew, or let Cairn reconnect if it could not check your licence, to make changes again.
- Does Cairn need an internet connection?
- Only now and then. Cairn checks your licence from time to time and works offline in between. If it cannot reach the licence service for more than 45 days on a perpetual licence, or 30 days on a subscription, nothing is lost: everything stays readable and exportable, and only editing stops. Cairn is read-only until it can check in, and editing returns once it does.
- Does Cairn give legal or tax advice?
- No. Cairn organises an estate's information; it does not provide legal, tax or financial advice, and it is not a substitute for a lawyer, notary or accountant. Rules for wills, probate and tax differ by province, state and country, and a professional licensed where the estate is settled can tell you what applies.