NearbySafe
Community SOS
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Free 7-day trial. One tap sends an alarm to nearby helpers, even on silent — or start your own private community. Then $2.99/month ($14.99 for your own community).
Help shouldn't be a stranger's job.
NearbySafe puts your neighbours one tap away. The moment something goes
wrong, everyone nearby who can help — and everyone you trust — knows
instantly.
HOW IT WORKS
1. You're grouped automatically
Sign up and NearbySafe places you in your local community by location —
no setup, no searching for a group.
2. Mark yourself available
Toggle "available to assist" whenever you're free to help someone
nearby. Off when you're not — no pressure.
3. One tap sends the alarm
Hold the SOS button and everyone available nearby gets a push alert —
with a loud alarm sound that breaks through silent and vibrate mode,
because an emergency should never go unheard. Your emergency contacts
get an SMS with your location, instantly.
FREE 7-DAY TRIAL, THEN $2.99/MONTH
Try NearbySafe free for 7 days. After your trial, staying connected to your community and able to trigger or respond to an SOS costs $2.99/month, auto-renewing until cancelled. This goes straight toward real, ongoing costs — SMS delivery to your emergency contacts, live location mapping, and the servers that deliver your alerts instantly, day or night. Manage or cancel anytime from your account settings.
Prefer to run your own private, invite-only community instead of the standard local grouping — a family, a neighbourhood watch, a group of friends? Start one from the Community tab for $14.99/month, which replaces your standard subscription (you only pay the one). You become its admin: share an invite code, approve who joins, and add more admins to help manage it. Members you approve still pay $2.99/month each as usual, auto-renewing until cancelled.
WHY NEARBYSAFE
Automatic community grouping — You're connected to the people nearest
you the moment you sign up. No codes, no invites, no waiting.
One-tap SOS, everywhere at once — A single alert reaches your
community's phones and your emergency contacts' SMS in the same instant.
Be the help, on your terms — Only get alerted when you've marked
yourself available. Help when you can, rest when you can't.
Private until it matters — Your identity and exact location stay
private, shared only with people actually responding to your SOS.
Coordinate the response — Responders can mark themselves as arrived,
flag that medical help or police have been called, and get live
directions to the scene.
NearbySafe is built by Oceanbreeze Concepts (Pty) Ltd, based in
Botswana.
Privacy Policy: https://nearbysafe.com/privacy/
Terms of Use (EULA): https://nearbysafe.com/terms/
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NEW: Private communities! Start your own invite-only community right from the Community tab - you become its admin, approve who joins, and can add more admins to help manage it. Perfect for a family, a neighbourhood watch, or a group of friends who want their own space instead of the automatic local grouping.
Emergency alerts on iPhone now break through Do Not Disturb and silent mode.
Also includes a smoother-loading community map and other reliability improvements.
The developer, Facelite Proprietor Limited, 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:
- Location
- Contact Info
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Facelite Proprietor Limited
- Size
- 34 MB
- Category
- Lifestyle
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 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.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
18+
- 18+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- NearbySafe Community Annual Charge $149.99
- NearbySafe Annua\l Charge $29.99
- NearbySafe Private Community Monthy $14.99
- NearbySafe Monthly Subscription $2.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Oceanbreeze Concepts (Pty) Ltd