New app sends out emergency message....

[dhfl143]

...if you don't acknowledge getting from Point A to Point B. It is called Kitestring. Here is a link to an article on the app:

www.elle.com/news/culture/kitestring-app-safety-apps-women?src=soc_fcbks


Has anyone tried it?

With so many of us having kids going to college this year, it may be one to share with the kids.

Per the article, those using the app can designate who to notify and specify the time period before suggesting contacts call your app user's cell phone to check on them. It even allows users to designate a distress code word in the message delivered to emergency contacts.

[healthy11]

Thank you for mentioning this. According to www.elle.com/news/lifestyle/kitestring-founder-stephan-boyer it was just created this year, therefore not many people have even heard about it yet. The article clarifies,

"...the main differences between Kitestring and popular safety apps and services are these things:

1) It's a web-based service, not an app, which Boyer says makes it easier for him to fix techy bugs immediately

2) It's works off of the users inaction, not action

3) It doesn't use GPS, like many other safety apps and services (bSafe, Circle of 6), so you'd want to set your custom alert message to inform people where you might be or where you were going ("Walking back on Fifth Avenue from the concert at Madison Square Garden")

4) But because it doesn't use GPS tracking services, it's also free, which most apps (or at least their GPS services) aren't."

You can sign up for the service at www.kitestring.io/