A gadget can turn a life-saver if you’ve got the right tools set up.
You can’t carry weapons all the time but you do carry your smartphone.
The iPhone, for instance, comes with apps that can be a real SOS device when you need it. With crime rates shooting up, instances of theft, rape and vandalism are becoming increasingly common. New York’s Mayor Bloomberg reported on the increase in theft and kind of slyly attributed that to Apple’s smartphone boom. Now, whether that is true or not is not the point.
The point is, you should protect yourself. And following the “there’s an app for that” philosophy, we’ve got a bunch of SOS apps covered here.
Essential Self-Defense iPhone Apps:
1. My Panic Alarm
Price: Free
Usefulness Rating: 3/5
Open the app, tap the alarm button and the iPhone will sound the alarm klaxons so anyone in the near will know immediately. Besides the sound, the alarm also flashes colors on the iPhone screen to grab the attention of others. It’s an app you should use when you are being attacked in a relatively people-filled place.
Download My Panic Alarm
2. SOS iEmergency
Price: $1.99
Usefulness Rating: 4/5
SOS iEmergency has one motive: in an emergency, you should just trigger the alarm button. Everything else should be taken care of by the app. Popular emergencies like Medical, Fire and Crime are covered so you just have to tap the right button during the emergency. An SMS and email will be sent, containing your GPS co-ordinates at the time of the emergency, to a preset email id and number (of a person you trust) and the local authorities based on the country setting. There’s a lot of power in this app but it’s going to cost a little.
Download SOS iEmergency
3. SEND HELP – Emergency SOS Panic Button
Price: Free
Usefulness Rating: 4/5
Send Help app works pretty much the same way as the previous app. One large button lets you send emergency SMS and emails to preset people besides letting you publish your location detail as your Facebook and Twitter statuses so your friends are alerted at once.
Download SEND HELP
4. Global SOS
Price: Free
Usefulness Rating: 4/5
Global SMS puts information first for you: in case of an emergency, it shows you the most important emergency numbers of the country you are in. This is good for travelers who visit other countries and have little knowledge about emergency numbers of that country. The app also lets you send a predefined SMS along with your location details to a preset number (person).
Download Global SOS
5. SafeSnapp
Price: $3.99
Usefulness Rating: 4/5
SafeSnapp takes things a little further. It is a capture and alarm tool where you can click three rapid pictures of the person attacking you (theft, mugging, assault etc.) and the app then sends these pictures to preset numbers instantly. This, along with the GPS location data, so the cops can track your assailant down. The app sends the data to your email ID and a preset contact and it’s saved on their servers too. (You can view previous SOS emails via the app).
Download SafeSnapp
6. Attack Alarm SMS
Price: Free
Usefulness Rating: 3/5
Attack Alarm SMS is a toned down, simplistic version of SOS alarm systems. It’s a giant red button which when you press initiates a loud sound, while sending an SOS message to two contacts you’ve configured in the app.
Download Attack Alarm SMS
Source:
http://www.igeeksblog.com/best-self-defense-iphone-apps/