List of the Best Women Safety Apps You Must Have (2025)

There have been some very heinous crimes against women that shook the conscience of all mankind.

Steps were taken and a lot of safety measures were adopted to ensure they don’t fall prey to criminals. A surge was seen in digital applications designed especially for them.

After trying a few ourselves, here are some of the best women safety apps we recommend downloading.

Best women safety apps to install

While there are several safety apps available today, here are some we recommend:

1. Scream alarm – This one does what it says. It screams out loud in a woman’s voice and alerts those around of something untoward that may be happening close to them.
2. VithU – this gets activated by pressing the phone’s power button. A message is sent to your emergency contacts that reads, “ I am in danger. I need help. Please follow my location.” The message keeps going every two minutes with an updated location.
3. Suspects Registry-For women – The application tracks location. The panic alarm notifies emergency contacts of the latest location along with a minute’s recording of it. It has a ‘record any incident’ feature that allows you to upload images to the application’s Facebook page. The idea is to store all information remotely.
4. Pukar – A Personal Safety App- It sends an SMS alert with GPS location to chosen emergency contacts at regular intervals. It further ensures that the phone doesn’t draw any attention to itself by dimming the screen and making it silent.
5. bSafe – it lets your emergency contacts follow you through a live GPS trail. You can set a timed alarm that goes off if you haven’t ‘ checked in’; makes your phone ring with a fake call, and the alert notifies your emergency contacts with your location, video, and even a siren.
6. Women Safety Help Totem SOS – It has modes you can choose as per the perceived level of danger. ‘ Green’ for when you feel safe, ‘ yellow’ when you are not sure, and ‘ red’ in an emergency. Red mode lets you dial 100, transmit location, take photos every 10 seconds, and record audio. ‘ Yellow’ mode lets you transmit GPS location at pre-fixed intervals.
7. Raksha – Women Safety Alert – It sends location alerts to emergency contacts without the need to switch on the application by pressing the volume button. One can also dial 100 and send an SMS when there is no mobile internet.
8. iGoSafely- Personal Safety App – On activation, it alerts your contacts when you simply shake your phone or unplug your headphones. Emails and/ or text messages are sent with GPS location. The updates keep getting sent unless the application is disarmed. Each update includes your latest GPS position, street address, and a 30-second audio recording.
9. Smart 24* 7 – An alert notifies emergency contacts. It records voices and takes photographs during the panic situation. It transfers these to the police. There is a call center and the user’s primary contact can track movements.
10. Women Safety Secured – the application recognizes shouting and crying as distress signals. It sends text messages to emergency contacts with the location.
11. Nirbhaya: Be Fearless – an alert goes to emergency contacts with the user’s location. The alert may be chosen to go as an SOS message, phone call, or a Facebook post. It also sends the user’s location every two hours to chosen contacts and for every 300-meter change in position. All of this can be done by just shaking the phone in an emergency situation.
12. Safetipin – Using features like GPS tracking, it pins safe and unsafe areas on the map. It is a multilingual application available in Hindi, Bahasa, and Spanish, apart from English.
13. Circle of 6 – The user has to add six trusted friends to their ‘ circle’. After this is done, they can use the application to send an automatic alert via SMS with their location to them should they find themselves in a risky situation. The application can also be used to call two pre-programmed hotlines or local emergency numbers during an unforeseen emergency.
14. Being Safe –This application places no limit on the number of contacts who can be alerted in a critical situation. Another advantage is that other users of the application in a certain area who may not be a pre-added contact will be sent alerts, too. This increases the range of assistance and intervention.
15. Life360 – This application allows women to network with their family members. It comes with features such as crash detection, real-time location, and emergency alerts.

There is a lot that can be managed and averted using these applications designed especially for women and their safety. However, they come with their own downsides. For one, they can fail or malfunction. It is technology and it may glitch when you most need it.

Conclusion 

So, while there is no dearth of applications you may choose to keep you safe, there is no undermining the importance of trusting your instincts and cross-checking everything.

Staying alert at all times is important to avoid becoming victims of untoward incidents.

Women should train in some form of self-defense for additional safety, carry pepper spray, and keep family and friends informed about their whereabouts. There is no such thing as being careful enough.

Do things out of the habit of keeping safe and staying safe.

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