🇿🇦 Built for the People

Stay Safe.
Stay Found.

A silent SOS that sends your live GPS location to the people you trust — one 5-second volume-button hold, with no siren, no vibration and nothing on your screen that gives you away.

🔇 No siren
📳 No vibration
⏱️ No countdown
🔒 Works with the phone locked
📍 Shares your location only during an SOS

Get findME free on Google Play

Free to start · No credit card · Your first SOS alert is on us

Earn more free alerts by watching 2 short ads · Android 8.0+

Free to start

You don't need to pay to be safe

findME's free plan gives you the real silent SOS, at no cost and with no credit card. Here's how it works.

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Sign up

Your first SOS alert is on us, the moment you create your account.

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Watch 2 short ads

Earn another free alert, up to one a day. Ads only play when you choose, never during an SOS.

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Your alerts are saved

Unused alerts stay in your account, ready whenever you need them.

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Simple & discreet

How it works

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Set up your contacts

Add up to 3 trusted responders — family, friends, or a security company. They'll receive your SOS alert and live location link.

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Enable the trigger

Tap "Enable Volume Trigger" in the app and grant Accessibility access. Works straight from the lock screen — no unlocking, no opening the app.

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Hold Volume Down

In an emergency, hold the Volume Down button for 5 seconds. Contacts instantly receive your GPS location via SMS. No unlocking needed.

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Your volume still works normally. A quick press or short hold under 5 seconds adjusts your volume as usual. The SOS only fires on a full 5-second hold — so no accidental triggers.

Silent & discreet

Nobody around you will know

Most panic buttons are built to be noticed: a siren, a flashing screen, a countdown. That's the right design when you can shout for help — and the wrong one when being seen asking for help is the danger. findME sends help without giving you away.

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When you hold the button, there is…

✗No siren or alarm. The phone makes no sound at all.
✗No vibration. Nothing that can be felt through a pocket or a bag.
✗No flashing screen and no big red SOS button to be seen.
✗No countdown and no “Are you sure?” pop-up to get through.
✗Nothing on the lock screen. Someone looking at your phone sees a normal phone.

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…just help, quietly on its way

✓Your contacts get an SMS with your live GPS location in seconds.
✓Two more location updates follow over the next 15 minutes, so they can follow where you're going.
✓If a message doesn't get through, findME automatically retries — until it's confirmed that at least one contact has received it.
✓It works from the lock screen. Wake the phone and hold — no unlocking, no opening the app, no looking at it.
✓Your phone carries on exactly as before. Nothing on it says “SOS”.

findME alerts the people you choose. It does not call emergency services and is not a substitute for doing so — if you can safely call 10111 or 112, call.

Not a tracking app

Your location goes out when it matters. Not before, not after.

Location-sharing apps show where you are to everyone on your list, all day, every day. findME is the opposite. Nothing leaves your phone until you hold the button, and nothing more is sent once the alert is over. Your contacts can't open an app and look you up.

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Before an SOS

Nothing. findME isn't watching your location, and nobody can request it.
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The moment you hold Volume Down

Your chosen contacts get an SMS with your live GPS location.
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The next 15 minutes

Two more updates, 5 minutes apart, so they can follow where you're going.
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After

It stops. Nothing more is sent, and your location isn't kept on our servers.

Location-sharing apps

·Always on, in the background
·Anyone on your list can look you up, any time
·Keep a history of where you've been
·Built for keeping tabs on people

findME

✓Off until you hold the button
✓Only your chosen contacts, only during an SOS
✓No location history. Transit logs are purged within 90 days
✓Built for the moment you need help

Why findME

Not just another panic button

There are plenty of safety apps and panic buttons out there. Here's what makes findME different — and why each difference matters in the moment you actually need it.

Typical panic-button apps

findME

How you trigger it

Others Unlock the phone, find the app, tap a button on the screen — while someone is watching.

findME Hold the Volume Down button for 5 seconds from the lock screen. No unlocking, no opening the app.

What the person next to you notices

Others A siren, a flashing screen, a countdown — the alert is designed to be seen and heard.

findME Nothing. No sound, no vibration, no pop-up, nothing on the lock screen.

Who it reaches

Others A call centre, or only other people who also installed the same app.

findME The people you choose — family, friends, a neighbour or your security company.

What your contacts need

Others The same app, a smartphone and a data connection.

findME Any phone that can receive an SMS. No app, no data, no account.

Where you are

Others One pin, from the moment you pressed the button.

findME A live trace: 3 updates over 15 minutes, so they can follow where you're going — not just where you were.

Accidental triggers

Others Easy to set off by mistake, then a scramble to cancel it.

findME Only a full 5-second hold fires. Short presses adjust your volume as normal.

Your privacy

Others Location tracked in the background, all day, every day.

findME Location is shared only during an SOS you triggered. Never tracked passively, never sold.

If a message doesn't get through

Others Sent once. If a carrier hiccup swallows it, you have no way of knowing.

findME Delivery is confirmed, not assumed. A failed message is retried automatically until it's confirmed that at least one contact got through.

What it costs

Others Dedicated panic devices and monitoring contracts often cost hundreds of rand a month.

findME Start free, with 1 SOS alert on sign-up. Watch 2 short ads to earn another, up to 1 a day. Unused alerts are saved, so they're ready when you need them. Full protection from R18/month; cover a family of 5 for R75.

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Built for South Africa

Alerts go out by SMS, so they arrive even when data, signal and power aren't guaranteed.

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Your words, your people

You write the message your contacts receive, and you decide who gets it.

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One job, done honestly

Accessibility access is used for one thing only: detecting the hold. It never reads your screen or what you type.

What you get

Free & Premium

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Free Plan

No credit card required · Ad-supported

✓1 free SOS alert when you sign up
✓Earn another alert by watching 2 short ads, up to 1 a day. Unused alerts are saved
✓Silent volume-key SOS trigger (locked screen)
✓One SMS with your GPS location to your first contact
✓Custom SOS name & emergency message
✓In-app Gemini AI Help & FAQ chatbot
✗Live 15-minute location trace
✗Up to 3 trusted contacts
✗Referral rewards & family plan

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Premium Plan

From R18/month · Cancel anytime

✓Everything in Free — with no ads
✓An SOS alert whenever you need one (up to 10 a day) — nothing to earn, nothing to count
✓Live GPS sent to 3 contacts via SMS
✓15-minute trace — 3 updates, 5 min apart
✓Earn 1 free month per successful referral
✓Family plan — cover 5 people, one subscription
✓All future premium features, always included

Free gets one message out. Premium stays with you.

The free plan lets you try the real thing: a genuine, silent SOS. But a single SMS to one person is a thin thread in an emergency. That person may not see it in time, and if you're being moved, the first location you sent is already out of date.

Premium alerts three people at once and keeps updating your location for 15 minutes, so someone always knows where you are now, not where you were. There are no ads to watch and no allowance to run out of at the worst possible moment. For R18 a month, it's the version of findME we'd want our own families to use.

Pricing

Simple, affordable plans

All prices incl. VAT · Billed monthly via Google Play · Cancel anytime

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Free plan, R0

Start with no credit card. Your first SOS alert is free, and you can earn one more a day by watching 2 short ads. Upgrade only when you want more.

Start free

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Individual

R18/mo

Full premium access, just for you.

✓ All premium features
✓ Use a friend's code → pay R12/mo
✓ Earn free months via referrals
✓ Switch to Family anytime

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BEST VALUE

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Family

R75/mo

5 people · only R15 per person

✓ 1 owner + up to 4 family members
✓ Everyone gets full premium access
✓ FAM-XXXXX code to invite members
✓ Switch to Individual anytime

Get Started

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Bring-A-Friend Discount

Got a referral code from a Premium friend? Subscribe for only R12/month. Your friend automatically earns one free month as a thank-you. Win-win.

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Enterprise packages

Protecting a team, fleet or organisation? Cover many people under one contract, with one administrator. See how it works, or contact us for more information.

Family plan

Keep the whole family covered

One subscription for up to 5 people. The plan owner shares a unique FAM-XXXXX invite code and each member gets instant full premium access.

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Owner subscribes to the Family Plan via Google Play.
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Owner shares the FAM code with up to 4 members via email.
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Member enters the code on registration — premium access is activated instantly.

Family plan FAQs

Do family members pay separately?

No. The owner pays R75/month and all members get full premium at no extra cost.

What if the owner cancels?

All members lose premium access at the same time the owner's plan expires.

Can I upgrade from Individual to Family?

Yes — Dashboard → Profile Management → Manage Your Plan. No immediate charge; new pricing starts at your next billing date.

Is the FAM code different from a referral code?

Yes. The FAM code adds someone to your family plan. The referral (Bring-A-Friend) code gives a friend R12/mo and earns you a free month — they're separate.