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Personal safety application

“Protect without collecting.”

GottaFriend personal-safety mobile app: a red whistle on a lanyard in the dark next to two phones, the live tracking map and the “Your guardian angels” screen

The problem

Walking home alone at night, phone gripped in your hand, ready to call. But the moment fear rises, dialling a number becomes one obstacle too many.

The trigger

A virtual bodyguard. Up to three people close to you become your guardian angels and follow your route live; the alert reaches them in a single gesture. Emergency services stay one tap away, and your angels are notified at once.

The result

The first Swiss personal-safety app, designed and built for iOS and Android. And made to protect without ever collecting: no account to create, just the safe sharing of the essentials with the people you trust.

The making

Role

Everything: design, iOS and Android development, backend, and the R&D for the most privacy-respecting tracking possible.

Stack

React Native + TypeScript (one codebase, two platforms), MobX-State-Tree, on the Ignite base (Infinite Red); Symfony / API backend; Apple Maps and Google Maps; Storybook, Reactotron, Jest, CircleCI.

Constraints

Real-time geolocation, the privacy of sensitive data, two platforms and the sheer variety of Android devices, all with no account required.

The materials

Palette

  • #FCC963
  • #FBB547
  • #C76464
  • #202020

Typefaces

Source Sans Pro

  • Onboarding: choosing up to three guardian angels from your contacts
  • Active tracking: alerting your guardian angels or the emergency services in one gesture

In motion

Credits

Made by
BAM!

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bonjour@bamlab.ch