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- Panic Alarm
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- Large panic button (or shake the phone)
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- Choose your SOS contact and set a PIN
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- Countdown to SOS call
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- Optional PIN-code protection
Panic Alarm
With Panic Alarm, your iPhone can give you a little extra peace-of-mind when walking home at night by combining an easy-to-use panic alarm with a simple way of making a call for help.
Activate the application when travelling alone and, in the event of trouble, the prominent Panic button can be pressed or the phone can be shaken to activate an ear-shattering alarm that will attract attention and make an attacker think twice about following through with an attack. If the alarm continues, the application can automatically call a nominated SOS number for help, so the person on the other end will be able to hear what’s going on and summon assistance.
Buy it now on iTunes ($0.99)
Features
- Press the “Panic” button or shake the phone to activate a high-volume, attention-getting alarm.
- Nominate an SOS contact by picking them from your address book.
- Choose how long it is after the alarm starts before the SOS call is automatically made.
- Set your own PIN-code so that if an attacker grabs your phone, they will struggle to cancel the alarm and will be unable to change settings in the application or see your SOS contact.
Requirements
- Works with all iPhones and 2G iPod Touches running version 2.0 and later.
- SOS call requires an iPhone.
Adduce Studios reply on May 14th, 2009 7:06 am:
Thanks for your feedback – I appreciate you taking the time to write.
Feature 1) is a really interesting idea – would your preference be to have a separate button to take and send photo or to have that automatically happen when the “Panic” button is pressed? And would you prefer to use a standard system like MMS to send and receive it?
Feature 2) is something we considered when developing Panic Alarm, but we couldn’t find a way to make it as easy-to-use as the rest of the application, which worked against the original simplicity of the application. We considered implementing this in one of two ways:
i. Sending as SMS using the iPhone – this didn’t really work as the Panic Alarm would have to exit to start the SMS application and there is no way to pre-populate the SMS with the location.
ii. Sending via an SMS web-service – since these services charge for messages, there would either be a limited number of messages that could be sent or you would need to pay for an additional service.
If you wouldn’t mind giving some more feedback, which of these 2 options (and associated limitations) would you prefer to use?
I think it’s safe to say you should look out for these and other features in future updates. We really strive to make apps that people use and are continuously improving them.
Thanks again for your feedback.
Michael Emmens
Adduce Studios
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ssynan reply on June 30th, 2009 12:34 pm:
Sorry, for the delay. I don’t check this email adress that often.
On feature 1 I would think that there should be a separate button for the “take picture” option so that users would feel comfortable doing pressing it as often as they would like – before the situation was escalated to the panic level.
If I understand the i/ii issues properly I do think that option ii is OK. Would the price be the same as a text message? I am thinking that the person wouldn’t send the GPS coords unless they were close to the panic level.
I have to confess that I don’t have an iphone (or any cell phone) but useful apps this would make it more justifiable to get one. As my kids get older we might have to break down and get one.
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