# Area! — Your personal safety guide

> Your personal safety guide (iPhone/iPad app by Towntalk Solutions Inc.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/area/id1540075641 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Towntalk Solutions Inc](https://appshunter.io/developer/1540075643)
- Category: News, Navigation
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 12.1 · 34 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2020-12-10
- Data updated: 2025-01-09
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/area/id1540075641/reviews.md

## What is Area!?

Area! is a personal safety guide that utilizes locally powered artificial intelligence to keep you safe. 

Trusted community: Area is building a safe space for credible members of society to support one another

Real-time intelligence: Area’s trusted community share information and participate in a rigorous verification process to curb fake news


Emergency response: Area! is providing quick and easy access to support and response channels


Situational awareness: Area!’s database of over 16,000 verified incidents and real-time intelligence let’s you make informed decisions


Inclusion and Access: Area! Provides over 100mb of data to its trusted members to ensure they are never stranded or excluded from digital response channels


Its features include:



•	View incidents, events and updates near you 
•	Real-time traffic updates to find the best route 
•	Share (openly, anonymously or within closed network) 
•	Corroborate/debunk incidents near you 
•	Comment, upload picture and investigate incidents 
•	SOS: Nearest emergency service (over 20 categories) 
•	Real-time location risk rating 
•	Receive push notifications to users for location risk updates
•	API integration, open media and in-house tools 


Upon meeting a verification threshold of our human-supervised AI-based verification algorithm, Area! curbs misinformation by labelling the incident with a “verified”, “disputed” or “debunked” badge.


Area! has an exhaustive and expandable list of location- specific emergency contacts to support personal safety, security, and crisis response:



•	Over 15 emergency support categories and growing 
•	Access artisans for home emergencies 
•	Intelligent search tool 
•	Call and/or Navigate to a chosen service 
•	Pre-programme corporate emergency response contacts. 
•	Emergency response for vulnerable population: women and disabled persons. 
•	Access to Towntalk’s 24/7 Call Centre for response coordination. 




Become an “Area! Champion” by engaging in positive behaviours and accumulating Area Points for in-app rewards.


## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.0.23 — 2023-07-10

Disabled datafree feature

### 1.0.22 — 2023-04-20

Added driver details features.

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