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Best Personal Safety Apps for iPhone (2026)

9 apps ranked S through F · · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

Life360: Family Safety & GPS is the top-ranked of 9 personal safety apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.8/5 from 3,131,278 ratings.

  1. 1
    Life360: Family Safety & GPSS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 3,131,278 ratings · score 97
  2. 2
    OnStar Guardian: Safety AppA
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 23,176 ratings · score 85
  3. 3
    Noonlight: Feel Protected 24/7A
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 16,636 ratings · score 81
  4. 4
    Smart911B
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 6,769 ratings · score 78
  5. 5
    Rave GuardianB
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 2,966 ratings · score 73

What belongs in this list

Feel safer day to day by being able to call for help or alert trusted people when in danger.

Not here: A flashlight or siren alone; A home security camera app alone; A VPN or privacy tool alone; A contact list alone; A general chatbot that could be asked for safety tips alone

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. Read the full method →

S
Life360
A
OnStarNoonlight
B
Smart911Rave Guardian
C
OpenroadInternationa…Snug
D
None at D yet
F
Protector

Compare every app

  1. 1
    Life360: Family Safety & GPSS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 3,131,278 ratings · score 97 · best in class
  2. 2
    OnStar Guardian: Safety AppA
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 23,176 ratings · score 85 · excellent
  3. 3
    Noonlight: Feel Protected 24/7A
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 16,636 ratings · score 81 · excellent
  4. 4
    Smart911B
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 6,769 ratings · score 78 · good
  5. 5
    Rave GuardianB
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 2,966 ratings · score 73 · good
  6. 6
    Openroad: Safety on the RoadC
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 3,931 ratings · score 68 · situational · provisional
  7. 7
    International SOS AssistanceC
    Free · ★ 4.6 · 7,030 ratings · score 68 · situational · provisional
  8. 8
    Snug: Daily Safety Check-InC
    Free download · ★ 4.9 · 2,243 ratings · score 68 · situational · provisional
  9. 9
    Protector - Book Armed AgentsF
    Free download · ★ 4.9 · 2,012 ratings · score 49 · avoid · provisional

Questions people ask

What is the best personal safety app for iPhone?
Life360: Family Safety & GPS, S tier, ranked #1 of 9, rated 4.8 by 3,131,278 people.
Which personal safety apps are free?
9 of 9 are free to download: Life360: Family Safety & GPS (S), OnStar Guardian: Safety App (A), Noonlight: Feel Protected 24/7 (A), Smart911 (B) and more. 1 of them sells in-app purchases. 1 reports no in-app purchases.
Which personal safety app has the best App Store rating?
Protector - Book Armed Agents at 4.9 from 2,012 ratings.
How many personal safety apps reach S or A tier?
3 of 9.

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