# StayPut: Phone Motion Alarm — Movement Alert & Deterrent

> Movement Alert & Deterrent (iPhone/iPad app by KANGIFT LTD.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/stayput-phone-motion-alarm/id6804800564 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [KANGIFT LTD](https://appshunter.io/developer/483249425)
- Category: Utilities, Travel
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 58 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-09-18
- Data updated: 2026-10-25

## What is StayPut?

StayPut turns your iPhone or iPad into a simple motion alarm, with Apple Watch support for quick control from your wrist.
Slide to arm, place your device where you want to detect movement, and StayPut waits until it has remained still before becoming Armed. If the device is moved once Armed, StayPut sounds the alarm.
Use it with your bag at the beach, luggage while travelling, a bicycle, a hotel-room door, your desk, or anywhere you want an audible warning when something moves.
READY-MADE PROFILES
Choose from Beach Day, Pub & Café, Hotel Room, Backpack, Bike Stop, Home Guard and Office Desk.
Each Profile comes with protection settings and sounds already configured. Use it as-is, customise it, or create your own.
AUTO PROTECT
Auto Protect controls trusted quick disarms such as Apple Watch. With Auto Protect on, StayPut can return to Waiting for Stillness and begin another protection cycle automatically. With Auto Protect off, protection ends.
On iPhone and iPad, choose End Protection or Continue Protection. Continue returns StayPut to Waiting for Stillness.
Auto Disarm always ends the current protection run.
APPLE WATCH
Use the StayPut Apple Watch companion to check status and control StayPut from your wrist.
Arm and disarm, trigger StayPut Emergency, launch StayPut from a Watch-face complication, and use the StayPut SOS control in Apple Watch Control Centre.
When you disarm from Apple Watch, Auto Protect determines whether StayPut continues or ends protection.
SIMPLE TO USE
• Choose a Profile
• Slide to arm
• Put your device in place
• StayPut waits until it remains still
• Once Armed, movement can trigger the alarm
• On iPhone or iPad, choose whether to end or continue protection
• Authenticate with Face ID or Touch ID to disarm
FLEXIBLE PROTECTION
Configure Stillness Before Armed, Alarm Delay, Auto-Rearm, Auto Disarm, Auto Protect, Motion Sensitivity, Heartbeat interval, alarm sounds and heartbeat sounds.
SOUNDS
Choose included alarm and heartbeat sounds or create your own using your device's microphone. Sounds can be renamed, replaced and reused across Profiles.
CONTROL CENTRE
Add StayPut to Control Centre for quick access. Use the standard StayPut control or start protection with a saved Profile.
REMOTE ALERTS
StayPut Pro can send movement notifications to linked StayPut devices.
For example, leave an iPad protecting your belongings and receive a Remote Alert on your iPhone if movement is detected.
Receiving Remote Alerts is free — the receiving device does not need StayPut Pro. Alerts may also appear on connected devices such as Apple Watch, depending on notification settings.
Remote Alerts are notifications — the audible alarm continues locally on the protected device.
BACKGROUND MONITORING
Once protection starts, StayPut is designed to continue operating while your device is locked or the app is in the background. Auto-Rearm can return StayPut to Armed after movement stops.
HEARTBEAT
During active protection, StayPut can make a subtle periodic heartbeat sound, confirming it is still active.
AUDIO OUTPUT
StayPut shows the current alarm output. If connected to an external audio device such as a Bluetooth speaker, StayPut uses the output selected by iOS.
STAYPUT FREE
Free includes Profiles, Auto Protect, protection settings and custom sounds.
Free protection is limited to 2 minutes per protection cycle.
STAYPUT PRO
StayPut Pro unlocks:
• Up to 24 hours protection per cycle
• Remote Alerts to your other devices
• Profiles that run for their intended duration
One payment. Pro forever. No subscription.
StayPut is an additional audible deterrent and movement alert. It does not provide remote tracking or theft recovery and is not a replacement for physical locks, secure storage, hotel security systems, bicycle locks, or other appropriate security measures.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| StayPut Pro | $4.99 | one-time |


## Is StayPut safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess StayPut.

## Is StayPut legit?

StayPut: Phone Motion Alarm appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for StayPut is 70 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.6 — 2026-10-10

Improved disarming
A new unified disarm control makes it easier to choose whether to end protection or continue with another cycle. Apple Watch disarming and Auto Protect behaviour have also been simplified.

### 1.5 — 2026-10-02

StayPut 1.5 brings protection to your wrist and makes everyday protection easier.
• New Apple Watch companion app with protection controls and trusted disarm
• Emergency SOS from Apple Watch
• Apple Watch Control Centre SOS control and Watch-face complication
• New Auto Protect — after a manual disarm, StayPut can automatically wait and protect again
• Continue Protection lets you quickly start another protection cycle when Auto Protect is off
• Improved Live Activity and Dynamic Island synchronisation
• Smoother protection, disarm and History behaviour

### 1.4 — 2026-09-22

New in StayPut 1.4

• New Starter Profiles for the beach, café, hotel, backpack, bike, home and office
• Profile icons and faster Profile switching
• More flexible, customisable protection presets
• Improved Sound Library with replaceable and editable sounds
• Clearer Free and Pro protection experience
• Improved Control Centre and Settings
• Reliability and compatibility improvements

### 1.3 — 2026-09-18

• Profiles — save and switch between protection setups for different situations
• Control Centre — quickly arm StayPut from Control Centre using your selected profile
• Improved Remote Alerts and device pairing
• Improved Auto Disarm behaviour
• Better long-running protection and Live Activity reliability
• General reliability improvements and bug fixes

### 1.2 — 2026-09-15

No release notes.

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