# NearbySafe — Community SOS > Community SOS (iPhone/iPad app by Facelite Proprietor Limited.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nearbysafe/id6789864444 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Facelite Proprietor Limited](https://appshunter.io/developer/1493903915) - Category: Lifestyle - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 17+ - Requires: iOS 15.1 · 33 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-07-17 - Data updated: 2026-08-19 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nearbysafe/id6789864444/reviews.md ## What is NearbySafe? Help shouldn't be a stranger's job. NearbySafe puts your neighbours one tap away. The moment something goes wrong, everyone nearby who can help — and everyone you trust — knows instantly. HOW IT WORKS 1. You're grouped automatically Sign up and NearbySafe places you in your local community by location — no setup, no searching for a group. 2. Mark yourself available Toggle "available to assist" whenever you're free to help someone nearby. Off when you're not — no pressure. 3. One tap sends the alarm Hold the SOS button and everyone available nearby gets a push alert — with a loud alarm sound that breaks through silent and vibrate mode, because an emergency should never go unheard. Your emergency contacts get an SMS with your location, instantly. FREE 7-DAY TRIAL, THEN $2.99/MONTH OR $29.99/YEAR Try NearbySafe free for 7 days. After your trial, staying connected to your community and able to trigger or respond to an SOS costs $2.99/month — or $29.99/year (about two months free) — auto-renewing until cancelled. This goes straight toward real, ongoing costs — SMS delivery to your emergency contacts, live location mapping, and the servers that deliver your alerts instantly, day or night. Manage or cancel anytime from your account settings. Prefer to run your own private, invite-only community instead of the standard local grouping — a family, a neighbourhood watch, a group of friends? Start one from the Community tab for $14.99/month or $149.99/year, which replaces your standard subscription (you only pay the one). You become its admin: share an invite code, approve who joins, add more admins, and hand billing over to another member later if needed. Members you approve still pay their own standard subscription as usual, auto-renewing until cancelled. Private communities can also add professional security guards via guard PINs. WHY NEARBYSAFE Automatic community grouping — You're connected to the people nearest you the moment you sign up. No codes, no invites, no waiting. One-tap SOS, everywhere at once — A single alert reaches your community's phones and your emergency contacts' SMS in the same instant. Be the help, on your terms — Only get alerted when you've marked yourself available. Help when you can, rest when you can't. Private until it matters — Your identity and exact location stay private, shared only with people actually responding to your SOS. Coordinate the response — Responders can mark themselves as arrived, flag that medical help or police have been called, and get live directions to the scene. NearbySafe is built by Oceanbreeze Concepts (Pty) Ltd, based in Botswana. Privacy Policy: https://nearbysafe.com/privacy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://nearbysafe.com/terms/ ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | NearbySafe Monthly Subscription | $2.99 | per month | ## Version history (last 3 releases) ### 1.4 — 2026-08-14 === WHAT'S NEW v1.4 (2026-08-05) === • Stay signed in — no more re-entering the code when you open the app • New annual plans: save 2 months with yearly billing • Automatic community grouping when you open the app • Request a new community for your area — draw it on the map • Private groups: join-request alerts, and hand billing over to another member • Private groups: add security guards with guard PINs • Responding to an SOS is now instant • In-app news & updates, plus stability fixes ### 1.3 — 2026-07-28 NEW: Private communities! Start your own invite-only community right from the Community tab - you become its admin, approve who joins, and can add more admins to help manage it. Perfect for a family, a neighbourhood watch, or a group of friends who want their own space instead of the automatic local grouping. Emergency alerts on iPhone now break through Do Not Disturb and silent mode. Also includes a smoother-loading community map and other reliability improvements. ### 1.19 — 2026-07-17 No release notes. ## More apps by Facelite Proprietor Limited - [The Cab App Driver](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-cab-app-driver/id1493903855) - [The Cab App](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-cab-app/id1493903916) - [Let’s Orders](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lets-orders/id1509286346) - [Let’s Orders Driver](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lets-orders-driver/id1509286660) - [Hey! User](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hey-user/id1564782495) - [Hey! 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