Everything BesideSafe does, in five minutes
BesideSafe keeps the people who matter on one live map — with an SOS that reaches everyone, walks and drives your people can watch over, and privacy you control with one tap.
Getting started
Sign in, say yes once, done.
1Install BesideSafe and tap Continue with Google — no passwords, no forms.
2Read and accept the consent screen. Your location is only ever shared with people you invite.
3Allow location when asked — choose “While Using the App” or “Always” (Always lets friends see you when the app is closed). BesideSafe asks once and won't nag.
4The quick tour walks you through adding your first person. That's it.
Home — your map & visibility
One glance: where your people are and who can see you.
My Visibility is your privacy switch, always one tap away:
🟢 Live — friends see you on their map in real time.
👻 Ghost — you disappear from everyone's map instantly, but can still see them and stay reachable for SOS.
⏻ Offline — fully dark: no location, no presence.
The Your People strip below shows who's online right now — offline friends live in the People tab, and anyone in SOS always appears here, pulsing red.
People — friends & groups
Add people three ways; see everyone's status in one place.
Add a friend: send an email invite (they get a 6-character code), enter a code someone sent you, or scan their QR in person.
Online / Offline sections keep status honest — online means a live heartbeat in the last 2 minutes; offline shows when each person was last seen.
Groups (Pro): create a group, share its code, and everyone who joins shares presence and SOS alerts — family, roommates, road trips.
Ping anyone for a quick "are you okay?" — they get a Safe / Need-help prompt on their phone.
SOS — when it matters
Hold three seconds. Everyone you trust knows, instantly.
Hold the big button for 3 seconds — every friend (and group member) gets an alert with your live location. Cancel any time; everyone is told you're safe.
Add emergency contacts so SOS can also reach people who don't use BesideSafe by SMS.
The toolbox below covers tight spots: Share Location, Text Help, Fake Call (an incoming-call excuse to step away), Siren, and Room Scan.
Triggered from the phone or the web dashboard — both stay in sync, and cancelling anywhere cancels everywhere.
Safety — tools that watch with you
Area awareness plus escorts for walks and drives.
Community reports surface incidents other people have flagged near you — and you can report one yourself.
Timed Walk: start one and chosen friends watch your route live until you arrive; if the timer runs out unanswered, they're alerted.
Drive Mode: same idea at driving speed — your circle sees the trip and is alerted if you do not arrive.
FollowCheck scans for Bluetooth devices that keep appearing near you, and logs each sighting with its time and place — a prompt to take care, not proof. Place Alerts tell chosen friends when someone arrives at or leaves a saved place; a voice safe word can trigger SOS silently.
Settings — make it yours
Privacy, history, and exactly who gets your SOS.
Location History — your routes, distance and speed, recorded and kept on your phone. It is never uploaded, so no one else can see it \u2014 not your friends, not us. Clear it whenever you like, or share a route yourself with the share button.
SOS Recipients — choose who an SOS reaches: emergency contacts only, or all friends.
Emergency Number — set your country's number; 112 works worldwide as a default.
Notifications, units, plan, sessions and account deletion all live here too.
Command Center — BesideSafe on any screen
The web dashboard for Pro users: a live wall for your people.
Open the dashboard on any browser and sign in with the same Google account:
🗺 Everyone on one live map with distances between people, last-seen for offline friends, and instant ghost-mode updates.
🚨 Trigger or cancel SOS from your desk — your phone and your people stay in sync.
🕘 Replay your day street by street; 📺 Watch Mode turns a spare screen into a family status wall.
Command Center comes with BesideSafe Pro — upgrade in the app under Settings.