Your phone's SOS
does not tell your circle

They know you need them

The people you love see where you are, straight away, and they know when you are safe. How it works.

1. You hold the button.
2. They get an email with the map and the time. While the alert is active, the private page follows the location as it updates.
3. Someone presses "I saw this alert" on the private page. You see it on your alert screen as acknowledged. The rest of the circle does not see it, so they call or text each other.
4. You end the alert with your PIN. Live location stops, and they get an email that you are safe.

In the app

• Sign-in

  Sign in with Apple or Google during first launch. That is the account, one per person, there is no separate username, and the emergency call stays reachable with no account.

Getting set up

Getting set up is a short checklist: permissions, your circle, Medical ID if you want it, and a PIN. When those are in place, you are ready.

Contacts and circles

Type a phone number or email, or import from the address book, which the app only reads, does not change, and uploads only when you save someone. You can add, rename, and delete circles, and alerts go to your primary circle, which cannot be deleted until you choose another.

Hold to alert

Hold the button for 2 seconds to email your circle. The people in it do not need the app.

Only your PIN ends an alert

Ending an active alert asks for your app PIN, which stops live location and emails your circle that you are safe. A test alert and the emergency call do not ask for the PIN.

While the app is locked

The app can stay locked behind your PIN, and you can still hold to alert or open the dialer from that screen. Unlocking the rest of the app needs your PIN, which stays on the phone.

Send a test to your circle

Send a test so your circle can see the email, marked so they know no action is needed. It does not include your location or Medical ID, and it does not open the dialer.

Discreet mode

Discreet mode uses quieter navy and gold, so a glance is less likely to look like an emergency app. Hold to alert still works, on iPhone and Android.

Calculator decoy

A calculator decoy hides Guardian Pin until you enter your PIN, then equals. Anyone else can use it as a calculator, on iPhone and Android.

• Text my circle

  Text my circle opens your phone's Messages app with your circle's numbers and your location filled in. You press Send.

• Medical ID

  Medical ID has separate optional fields for biological sex and gender identity. A section is shared only when you turn it on and consent, only with your primary circle during an alert, and never to paramedics or responders.

• Recordings

  If you allow the camera and microphone, clips record during an alert with a visible indicator, stay encrypted with AES-256-GCM on the phone, and are decrypted before an HTTPS upload. That server copy is not end-to-end encrypted. Only you can watch it in the app, and it is not shown to your circle, on the alert page, or in the email.

In an emergency

Guardian Pin is a notification tool plus a call you start. It emails the contacts you chose. Those people are not professional responders. They may not see the email, or act on it, in time. Sending an alert needs a data connection, signal, and battery. Guardian Pin does not contact emergency services itself. On Android, one press opens the dialer with your local emergency number filled in. On iPhone, one press opens the call and iOS asks you to confirm. You press call. Guardian Pin does not place the call. If that cannot open, call your local emergency number yourself.

Mission