Safe Return: Rescue Control

Dementia Wandering Safety

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad

Your loved one wandered. We bring them home. Safe Return watches over your family member with dementia — and alerts you the moment they leave home. If they're not found in 15 minutes, we call for help automatically. HOW IT WORKS 1. Put a cellular smartwatch on their wrist (Apple Watch or Samsung Galaxy Watch) 2. Set their home location in the app 3. Safe Return monitors 9 sensors continuously — GPS, WiFi, heart rate, fall detection, speed, direction, wrist status, battery, and time of day WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT Unlike simple GPS trackers that show a dot on a map, Safe Return answers the questions that matter in a crisis: • Where are they heading? — Speed and direction tracking • What's in their path? — Real terrain-aware probability zones based on search-and-rescue science • How much time is left? — Automatic 15-minute escalation to emergency contacts 5-LEVEL DEFCON ALERT SYSTEM Safe Return continuously scores risk using a military-inspired DEFCON system: • DEFCON 5 (SAFE) — Home, quiet monitoring • DEFCON 4 (ADVISORY) — Left home WiFi, GPS active • DEFCON 3 (CAUTION) — Elevated risk, caregiver alerted • DEFCON 2 (EMERGENCY) — Moving fast or far, emergency contacts notified • DEFCON 1 (CRITICAL) — Full rescue mode, siren active, live location shared KEY FEATURES • WiFi departure detection — alerts in seconds, not minutes • Nighttime sundowning detection — 1.8x risk multiplier after dark • Automatic EMS escalation — if not found in 15 minutes • Emergency contact broadcast — SMS with live location to your contact list • Mission history & analytics — track patterns, identify risk trends • Heatmap visualization — see where incidents cluster • Up to 3 family members on one Pro plan • Works in 12 languages BUILT BY A CAREGIVER This app was built after 15 years of direct dementia caregiving. It was born from a real 2 AM crisis — an empty bed and a GPS dot that couldn't tell you which direction they were heading or that there was a river 300 meters east. Safe Return was built to answer what a standard tracker cannot. FOR MEMORY CARE FACILITIES Safe Return also offers an institutional tier for memory care and assisted living facilities with role-based staff access, automatic incident logging, and audit trails. Visit safereturn.care/facilities for details. SUBSCRIPTION • 7-day free trial (no credit card required) • Pro: $24.99/month or $299.99/year (2 months free)

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What's New (v1.2.0) Now available in 12 languages — English, Korean, Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Japanese, Italian, Portuguese, Hindi, Arabic, and Vietnamese. • Full app localization — every screen, alert, and notification in your language • Mission history — review past incidents with DEFCON timeline • Risk trend analytics — track patterns over time • Heatmap visualization — see where incidents cluster • Multi-patient support — manage up to 3 family members • Performance and stability improvements

Version 1.2.0

The developer, yoon sung, 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 Linked to You

    The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:

    • Health & Fitness
    • Location
    • Contact Info
    • Identifiers

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Information

  • Seller
    • yoon sung
  • Size
    • 36 MB
  • Category
    • Medical
  • Compatibility
    Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
    • iPhone
      Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
    • iPad
      Requires iPadOS 15.1 or later.
    • iPod touch
      Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
    • Apple Vision
      Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
  • Location
    • This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease device battery life.
  • Languages
    • English
  • Age Rating
    9+
  • In-App Purchases
    Yes
  • Copyright
    • © 2026 Safe Return: Rescue Control
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