For instance, there are apps that provide travelers with important numbers for the country they are currently visiting. Other apps help travelers communicate with people abroad more easily by providing the most common emergency phrases in the language that is spoken there. Also, there are apps that make sure emergency services are notified in case a traveler’s safety is jeopardized while in a foreign country.
Bsafe
This is one of the best apps for safe traveling on the market right now. It tracks the user via the smartphone’s GPS, so that it can send information on their location to selected contacts in real time. In case the user is in danger, they can press the “SOS” button, which immediately activates an alarm and starts recording video and transmits the user’s location to the contacts that have been selected as “Guardians” previously. This way, the user’s friends can call law enforcement and let them know in what type of dangerous situation the user is in and where they are located, so that they can be found and rescued as soon as possible. It’s a free app that works on both iOS and Android.
!Emergency!
It’s not uncommon for people to need help from emergency services when traveling abroad, but calling them can be tricky when you are in a foreign country. This app provides telephone numbers of emergency services in the country that the user is in at the moment, and dial the correct number when needed automatically. This is a free iOS app.
Find Your Embassy
When traveling in a foreign country, people might need to contact their embassy for a variety of reasons. This app helps users find their embassy in whatever country they are in, by providing them with maps and directions, as well as contact information. This way, travelers can get in touch with the embassy more easily, so that they can help with some potential safety or security issue, such as a lost or stolen passport or credit cards.
Watch Over Me
This iOS and Android app uses GPS to watch over a user during their journey. Users can set a time frame to let the app know how long they want to be watched over for, as well as add pictures and notes that describe their activity.
Once the “Watch over me” button is pressed, a countdown screen appears. If the user doesn’t press the “I’m safe” button by the time the counter reaches zero, the app will send notification to friends or family members whose phone numbers the user has entered, so that they can be contacted in case of emergency.
The emergency contacts will receive an SMS or an email containing the user’s GPS location, letting them know that the user is in danger.