SOS GPS Rescue
can save your life
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
One button. Three seconds. The people who care about you know where you are.
SOS Rescue is the personal-safety app for anyone who hikes, runs alone, walks home late or travels somewhere unfamiliar.
Hold the red button: a countdown starts, and you can cancel it at any moment. If you don't, the app prepares an emergency message with your GPS position and your essential health details, ready to send to your trusted contacts.
AUTOMATIC DETECTION
• Falls — the accelerometer and barometer recognise a hard fall and start the emergency on their own
• Crashes — high-energy vehicle impacts
• Danger sounds — audio recognition entirely on device, nothing is ever recorded
BEING FOUND
• Rescue beacon: pulsed sound and high-intensity SOS flash
• Morse strobe: SOS using only the LED and the screen, barely touching the battery
• Augmented-reality search to guide you toward the meeting point
• Mesh radar: finds the other phones in your group over the local network, even with no signal
WHEN YOU CAN'T ASK FOR HELP
• Duress PIN: a second PIN shows an innocuous screen while quietly preparing a silent SOS in the background
• Hostage mode
• High-intensity anti-assault siren
• Dead Man's Switch: if you don't confirm you're safe, the countdown starts by itself
ALWAYS READY
• Offline maps and breadcrumb trail
• Travel mode with local emergency numbers and embassies
• Risk-zone map with location-based alerts
• Power Freeze: shuts down everything non-essential to stretch the battery
• Countdown and emergency state on the Dynamic Island and Lock Screen
• Siri shortcuts
PRIVACY
No account, no sign-up, no server of ours. Your position, your contacts and your health details stay on your iPhone. iOS never lets an app send messages on your behalf: SOS Rescue prepares the message and you confirm the send.
The app is free and contains advertising, with a consent prompt and the option to remove ads temporarily. Ads never appear during an active emergency.
IMPORTANT
SOS Rescue is a support tool and does not replace the emergency services. If you are in immediate danger, call your local emergency number.
Ratings & Reviews
Version 2.0 is a complete rewrite of the app.
NEW
• Automatic fall and vehicle-crash detection
• Acoustic beacon: rescue signal, anti-assault siren, Morse strobe
• Duress PIN and hostage mode with a decoy screen
• Dead Man's Switch: periodic confirmations that you're safe
• Mesh radar between the phones in your group, even without cellular coverage
• Augmented-reality search
• Offline maps and breadcrumb trail
• Risk-zone map with location-based alerts
• Travel mode with local emergency numbers
• Power Freeze to stretch the battery in critical situations
• Countdown and emergency state on the Dynamic Island and Lock Screen
• Siri shortcuts
IMPROVED
• Redesigned interface, built to be used under stress
• App translated into Italian, English, French, Spanish, German and Portuguese
• Requires iOS 17 or later
The developer, Immaginet Srl, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Used to Track You
The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
- Identifiers
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Location
- Contacts
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Immaginet Srl
- Size
- 16 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Location
- This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease device battery life.
- Languages
English and 5 more
- English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
- Age Rating
9+
- 9+
- Contains
Advertising
Health or Wellness Topics
- Copyright
- © Immaginet Srl