7 Women Safety Apps

Loaded with security apps for women, your smartphone can help you send emergency alerts to chosen people and also let people know about your whereabouts if anything goes wrong. We list down a few women safety apps that can be your best friend in the time of distress.

1) bSafe – bSafe provides everyday safety by allowing you to set network of family and friends with whom you can share your locations. bSafe is your perfect lifestyle app to stay in touch with your friends and family members and enhance your safety everyday. The app works everyday everywhere in all countries. Simply install bSafe on your iPhone or Android phone to get started, and set up your safety net. For more on bSafe check out the WAPPs post here.

2) SOS Stay Safe – This app turns your smartphone into a discreet personal safety device. . SOS - Stay Safe! is an innovative safety app for women, senior citizens and anyone who needs assistance in an urgent situation. It is designed to get you help with minimal or unnoticeable effort. The app sends an automatic text message/SMS and/or an email to your contacts with your name and a voice recording and your exact location.

3) Saftipin - Safetipin is a map-based mobile phone application which works to make our communities and cities safer by providing safety-related information collected by users.  It will always remain free for users. Safetipin builds on the premise that community participation and engagement will make our cities safer.  Users can set up ‘Circles of Interest’, which could be their own neighbourhood, a place of work, or a place where a loved one stays.  Any post through the app in any of these circles, will show up on a Wall tagged for that circle.

4) Nirbhaya - This can be used in emergency situations using a single click Distress signal through call or message to a specified group or contact. The app can be configured to send emergency message on shaking the phone. Moreover, the app will send alerts about the location of the user to the chosen contacts with accurate updates after every 300 meters.

5) YWCA Safety Siren- This application provides a unique utility siren on pressing the safety button and also offers health and safety information for young women. It focuses more on dating and social interaction and offers tips and facts on safety and well being.

6) I AM SAFE - Application targeted to provide women safety and tracking application. This is a travel friendly app, through which you can configure to notify your location to your parent or partner who will consistently(configurable intervals) receive SMS with your current location retrieved automatically. You just need to configure once with the destination phone number , that’s it, all other aspects are taken care by the app itself like enabling GPS settings and starts running in the background.