RedPing SOS vs AdsBlockers

RedPing SOS is an advanced personal safety app built for real-world emergencies, everyday readiness, and trusted-contact coordination on iPhone and iPad. In distress situations, people may not be able to explain who they are, where they are, or what is happening. RedPing SOS is designed for those moments. It helps users act quickly, share critical context, and keep trusted contacts informed when time, clarity, and communication are limited. HOW IT WORKS Manual SOS is intentional and designed to reduce false alarms: • Press and hold SOS for 5 seconds to activate • Follow a live emergency session view in-app • Share location context and movement updates with trusted contacts • Keep emergency coordination visible while the incident is active On iPhone, manual SOS can open Apple Messages with a prefilled alert so the user can complete carrier SMS by tapping Send. CORE SAFETY CAPABILITIES • Manual SOS with deliberate 5-second hold activation • Live emergency-session visibility and status tracking • Trusted-contact alerting with network-first delivery • SMS-first outreach path where supported • Live breadcrumb-style movement updates during active incidents • Offline-aware behavior with queued delivery and reconnect follow-through • RedPing Help flows for non-SOS urgent support scenarios (supported plans) • Family Check-In Ping for welfare check coordination (supported plans) ADVANCED PROTECTION (SUPPORTED PLANS) RedPing SOS includes Advance Crash and Fall Detection (ACFD) on supported plans. If a potential serious event is detected, the app can enter a verification and escalation flow designed for situations where the user may be injured, disoriented, or unable to respond quickly. Last Ping adds additional failsafe escalation support for missed incidents, prolonged inactivity, and battery-critical scenarios. APPLE WATCH COMPANION On iPhone, the paired Apple Watch companion can: • Sync with the phone • Reflect allowed ACFD state • Request SOS through the phone-led workflow The watch companion is not a standalone emergency dispatch system. FOR FAMILIES AND ORGANIZATIONS RedPing SOS is built to support coordinated safety response across individuals, families, and organizations. In high-stress events or larger incidents, shared context and faster follow-through can improve coordination for both trusted contacts and authorized responders where available. IMPORTANT RedPing SOS does not replace local emergency services. It does not automatically dial emergency numbers. Feature availability and behavior may depend on plan level, device support, permissions, carrier coverage, and network conditions. SUPPORT Privacy: https://www.redpingsafety.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Support: https://www.redpingsafety.com/contact Website: https://www.redpingsafety.com/

AdsBlockers is a device-wide ad and tracker blocker for iPhone and iPad. It works at the DNS level, so ads are blocked system-wide — in apps, browsers, and anywhere else your device makes network requests. How it works When an app on your device tries to resolve a domain name (like a tracking or ad-serving server), the DNS proxy checks it against locally stored blocklists. If the domain is blocked, the request is silently dropped — the ad never loads. If it's allowed, the query is forwarded to your chosen DNS resolver over encrypted DNS-over-HTTPS. The included Safari content blocker adds a second layer of protection specifically for web browsing inside Safari, catching cosmetic and path-level ad rules that DNS-only blocking can't reach. What's included — Filter lists from EasyList, EasyPrivacy, StevenBlack hosts, OISD, AdGuard DNS filter, and 1Hosts Lite. Toggle each list on or off independently. — Custom allowlist and blocklist for per-domain control. — Pause protection temporarily (or until you turn it back on). — Kill switch stops all internet if the DNS filter loses resolver access, preventing unfiltered traffic. — Daily blocked-count charts and a 7-day activity log on the Activity screen. Your privacy Nothing leaves your device. There are no accounts, no analytics, and no server logs. The only third-party DNS resolver you interact with is the one you choose — Cloudflare, Google, Quad9, or AdGuard DNS. Queries are encrypted by default via DNS-over-HTTPS. The app cannot see your browsing content, search history, usernames, or passwords — only the domain names in DNS queries, and only those that were blocked appear in the local activity log (kept for 90 days). Requirements iOS 18 or later. A physical iPhone is required to use the DNS proxy; the Safari content blocker works on iPad without one.