Personal Protection (Emergency Alerts)
This is about apps to fire an alarm in emergency situations – when there's usually not enough time for complex actions (like making a call or writing a text), and every second counts. So possible actions (which are mostly used by below apps) could include:
- shake the device
- plug-out the headset cable
- have a "dead-man switch" (auto-alert if not pressed all xx minutes)
Possible actions, also found in some of the apps:
- make a loud noise to draw attention
- send an SMS/Mail/… to selected contacts (maybe including position data)
- make a call to a selected contact (maybe while activating a "beacon" to be locatable, a la Glympse)
Dead-Man-Switch
2023-03-16
A Dead man switch fires automatically when you do not take action – so activation works just the opposite way of a panic button.
- SafeSpot (5@8) 7
LastUpdate: 2021-06-05
- Noonlight: Feel Protected 24/7 (4.5@3,832) 10
3
- Kinetic Global formerly LifeLi (4.4@634) Ǥ 28
6
- Dead Man’s Switch (4.4@232) 13
triggers alert when not being moved for a given intervall; SMS, sound, call
- Dead Man Tracker (0@0) Ǥ 6
LastUpdate: 2021-03-23
Panic mode activators
2023-03-16
- Shake2Safety - Personal Safety (4.2@610) Ǥ 15
LastUpdate: 2020-01-10 emergency call or SMS w/ location by shaking the phone / press power button 4 times
- Bull Horns Panic Button (3.9@769) Ǥ 24
7
LastUpdate: 2020-04-30 activate from earphone buttons or Wear device
- Calculate! (3.8@322) 12
LastUpdate: 2015-05-13 Github; Vorstellung 3/2017
Panic-Button
2023-03-16
- iOkay - Personal Safety (5@338) Ǥ 30
5
- SOSFem - Botón de pánico/SOS (4.7@3,334) Ǥ 20
15
- GuardWatch (4.7@32) Ǥ 17
2
Intro 2/2020
- SoSecure by ADT: Safety App (4.6@407) Ǥ 19
6
- SOS EU ALP (4.4@394) 8
2 Notfallknopf für Bergwanderer; send position for rescue
- WeeCare Health | Emergency And (4.3@96) Ǥ 16
2
Video Intro 6/2019
- Alerty Personal alarm (3.8@19) Ǥ 24
3
can also be triggered by the Pebble companion
- Emergency SOS Safety Alert – Personal Alarm App (3.5@345) 10 2
- Red Panic Button (2.9@933) Ǥ 21
1
SMS/mail/Facebook/Twitter w/ location
- PanicTrigger (0@0) 9
LastUpdate: 2019-07-02 Github
- SABRE Personal Safety (0@0) Ǥ 33
5
Other Emergency Alerts
2023-03-13
- Covert Alert (4.8@56) Ǥ 19
4
- WayGuard - Lass dich begleiten (4.6@1,972) Ǥ 30
13
Vorstellung 8/2019
- Smartwatcher (4.3@39) Ǥ 11
3
with Pebble support
- bSafe - Never Walk Alone (3.1@8,995) Ǥ 30
6
Dead-man-switch, fake call, panic button & more
- My Safetipin: Complete Safety (3@338) Ǥ 17
6
- LiveSafe (2.3@714) Ǥ 20
5
Background on how the app started: thumbs up, Kristina! But: Trackers?
- Fall Detector (0@0) 17
LastUpdate: 2021-08-19 Github
- Duress (0@0) 2
Github; listen for a duress password on the lockscreen
Further Readings:
2023-03-17