A viral one-tap “check-in” app made the idea famous overseas. SafePulse does everything that app does — then adds the safety features, the location, and the privacy it leaves out.
See the side-by-sideThe concept is great: check in regularly, and if you stop, the people who love you get alerted. SafePulse keeps that simplicity — one tap to confirm you're okay — but builds a real personal-safety system around it, and runs it on infrastructure you can actually trust.
| Feature | SafePulse / PulseGuard | The viral check-in app |
|---|---|---|
| One-tap “I'm OK” check-in | ✓ | ✓ |
| Flexible check-in intervalEvery 30 minutes up to 48 hours — not a fixed once-a-day cadence. | ✓ | ✗Fixed daily |
| Graduated alerts before going to contactsReminder → full-screen urgent warning → emergency — so you're never alerted by surprise. | ✓ | ✗ |
| Live GPS location in the alertContacts get your name and a map link to your last known location. | ✓ | ✗ |
| Manual SOS / panic triggerAlert instantly — not only by missing a check-in. | ✓ | ✗ |
| Auto-call your first contact | ✓ | ✗ |
| Loud on-device alarmA siren to attract nearby help. | ✓ | ✗ |
| Low-battery warning to contactsSo a dead phone isn't mistaken for a dead user. | ✓ | ✗ |
| Multiple emergency contactsUp to 10, organized into safety circles. | ✓ | ~Limited |
| Contact consent / opt-inContacts confirm by reply before they're ever stored or texted. | ✓ | ✗ |
| Wellness notes & mood journal | ✓ | ✗ |
| Works without a subscriptionOne-time price, no in-app purchases, no recurring fee. | ✓ | ~ |
| Alerts still go out if your phone is off or deadA secure cloud watches your deadline as a backstop, so silence still reaches your contacts. | ✓ | ✗ |
| Published privacy policy & US developerBuilt and maintained by an independent developer in the United States. | ✓ | ✗ |
| Available across platformsAndroid, iPhone, Amazon, Huawei — including phones without Google services. | ✓ | ~ |
✓ = included • ~ = limited / varies • ✗ = not offered. Comparison reflects publicly described behavior of a popular viral check-in app; competing apps may change over time.
When a viral safety app is owned overseas, your name, your contacts, and your location are the price of admission. SafePulse has no accounts, no ads, and no tracking. What leaves your device is only what an alert needs — your name, your contacts' numbers, and your last known location — used once to deliver that alert, never sold, and deleted when you delete your data.
Built by an independent US developer, with a privacy policy you can actually read.
Everything the viral app inspired — plus the parts that actually keep you safe.
Every alert includes your name and a map link to your last known location — so help knows where to go.
Trigger an alert instantly, and sound a siren to draw the attention of anyone nearby.
SafePulse warns you first — vibrating and opening the app — before it ever contacts anyone.
Up to 10 trusted contacts, organized into groups, each confirmed before they're ever notified.
If your phone is about to die, your circle is told — so silence isn't mistaken for an emergency.
No accounts, no ads, no tracking. Your information is used for one thing — delivering your alerts — and nothing is ever sold.
Published as SafePulse on the Apple App Store and Google Play, and as PulseGuard on the Amazon Appstore.