Before you leave, add your plans after your name in SafePulse. If you miss a check-in, the alert tells your contacts where you went and when you were due back, not only where your phone last had signal.
Everyone gives the same advice: tell someone where you're going. Most of us mean to, and most of us forget. Even when we remember, the person we told may not be the one who gets the alert hours later, or may not remember the details.
SafePulse already sends your last known location when you miss a check-in. That's where your phone last reported from. On a hike, it's often the parking lot. On a date, it might be the restaurant you left an hour earlier. In a dead zone, it's wherever you lost signal.
Your plans fill that gap. The app puts your name into every alert, so whatever you type next to it goes out with the alert.
The same missed check-in, with and without the tip.
🚨 SAFEPULSE EMERGENCY ALERT 🚨
Frank has NOT checked in and may need help.
Last known location (share with 911): maps link
They know something is wrong. The map shows a trailhead parking lot.
🚨 SAFEPULSE EMERGENCY ALERT 🚨
Frank (Stony Creek, Inwood Trails loop, back by 6pm) has NOT checked in and may need help.
Last known location (share with 911): maps link
They know which trail he took and when he was due out. That is what a ranger will ask first.
It takes about a minute, on iPhone and Android.
Make sure everyone you want alerted is already added and has confirmed. The invite a new contact receives uses your name too, so add people before you add your plans.
Tap the Your Name field.
Keep your name first and put the plans after it, like this: Frank (Stony Creek, back by 6pm). That way the alert still reads as a normal sentence.
If you'll be out about 3 hours, a 4-hour check-in gives you some slack. You'll get a reminder and a loud warning before anyone is alerted.
Next time you head out, just type the new plans.
Where you'll be, and when someone should start worrying. A few words is enough.
Frank (Stony Creek, Inwood loop, back 6pm)
Dana (dinner w/ Mike R, Roma Cafe, home 10pm)
Lisa (showing 1420 Elm St, done 3pm)
Joe (I-75 to Traverse City, arrive 4pm)
Maria (closing at the store, out by 11:30pm)
Ray (Lake St. Clair, blue boat, in by dark)
Your name shows up in a few SafePulse messages besides the alert.
Yes, your last known location. That's where your phone last reported from, which might be the parking lot or the spot where you lost signal. Your plans tell them where you were heading and when you were due back.
Yes. Both apps have the same Settings → Your Profile → Your Name field, and both put it into the alert text and the email your contacts receive.
Nothing breaks. Your next alert would carry old plans, which could send someone to the wrong place, so make changing it back part of checking in when you get home.
Not yet. The name field is the one thing every alert already includes, which is why this works today.
You set a check-in timer, from 30 minutes to 48 hours. If you don't tap “I'm OK” in time, up to 10 contacts get a text and an email with your last known location, even if your phone is off or dead. More about how it works.
Free to download on iPhone, then $2.99 a month. $4.99 once on Android.
No ads, and your data is never sold.
Also on the Samsung Galaxy Store, Huawei AppGallery, and as PulseGuard on Amazon Fire tablets.
Please read: SafePulse is not an emergency service. It does not contact police, fire, or emergency medical services, and there is no monitoring center behind it. It notifies contacts you choose and depends on cellular and internet service to deliver those alerts. If you're in danger and can call, call 911.