Trext

As mobile phones become more accessible, the potential benefits of cell phones in safety situations increase as well. Many parents ask their teens to check in with them using their phones when they reach a location and become concerned when their teens forget. On the other hand, many teens get frustrated because they need to constantly update their parents.

As teenage girls, we have struggled with this exact issue, and after extensive research, we have found that many safety apps are simply too expensive for teens, aren’t automated, or are targeted towards parents and take much of the control away from teenage users.

In order to prevent the frustrating scenarios of having to constantly check in with guardians, Trext creates an automated system that alerts a preset group of people on your safe arrival. With Trext, teens don't have to remember to check in with their parents, and their parents still get a check in, reducing stress for all parties involved.

The three core features of this application are automatic check-ins, tracking, and the panic button.

1. Automatic check-ins: Instead of having to send an “I have arrived” text, Trext automatically sends a prewritten push notification to a selected group of contacts once a destination has been reached.
2. Tracking: A user may also turn on tracking so that a selected group of contacts can “follow” her on a live GPS trace on a map.
3. Panic button: When in an emergency situation, the user can press the panic button, conveniently accessible from every page of the app, to turn on tracking and send out an alert to emergency contacts.

This application is targeted towards teenagers and their guardians, such as friends and family but is flexible enough to be used by a wide variety of people. We're really hoping to that through this app we can help improve safety in our society.

Built With

• google-maps
• ios
• notifications
• objective-c
• xcode