App and Web Development Specialists

POSITIVE ONLINE ENVIRONMENT

Becon

Becon is a private and easy-to-use safety app designed to protect users during their everyday journeys. It provides automatic monitoring and emergency response, ensuring personal security without compromising privacy or independence.

Background geolocation

Ensures continuous tracking without draining battery life. The system operates efficiently in the background, using low-power location services for real-time tracking while minimizing battery consumption. This allows users to stay protected without worrying about their device running out of charge.

Interactive map

Displays real-time journey updates and user location. The in-app map clearly shows the user’s position, planned route, and any deviations. Key Contacts can access journey updates when needed, ensuring a smooth and transparent tracking experience.

State of the art algorithm

Detects unusual walking patterns and potential threats with high accuracy. Using machine learning and behavioral analysis, it identifies deviations like abrupt stops or erratic motion. By proactively detecting risks, Becon enhances user safety before threats escalate.

SMS alerts

Provides instant emergency notifications to trusted contacts. Alerts include location, timestamp, and emergency details, giving recipients the context to act quickly. The system also works in low-connectivity environments, ensuring reliability.

Critical alerts & notifications

Ensures urgent messages reach the user even when their phone is in silent or do-not-disturb mode. High-priority notifications guarantee that users receive important security updates, preventing threats from going unnoticed.

Challenge

Walking journey

Becon’s founders approached CodeLeap with a clear mission: to make walking safer for people living in cities worldwide. They envisioned a mobile app capable of tracking a user’s journey on foot, detecting unexpected behaviours, and triggering emergency alerts.

User privacy and data security

Throughout the development, preserving user privacy and independence was a key priority, ensuring that safety features would not compromise the user's control over their data or personal autonomy.

Solution

Within 4 months, CodeLeap successfully developed Follo’s mobile app for iOS and Android and launched it on both App Stores. The key features of the solution include:

Smart geolocation tracking

When users start a walking journey, Becon monitors speed, motion, and location to detect anomalies. If unusual activity is detected, the app prompts the user to confirm their safety before escalating the alert.

Automated SMS alerts

If the user does not respond, Key Contacts receive an SMS with the last known location and alert details, ensuring immediate awareness. Allowing users to navigate their city with peace of mind, knowing that their trusted contacts will be notified in case of an emergency.

Emergency information hub

A website provides Key Contacts with instructions, including in-depth description of how the app works, how the alerts are activated and what to do in case of an emergency.

Following its launch on the Apple App Store and Google Play, Becon quickly gained traction, reaching thousands of downloads. The app holds a 4.8-star rating on the App Store and has received notable media coverage from publications such as

Forbes,

Marie Claire

Sustain Healt

and

Tech Times

featuring our launch, as well as

The Metro

, who called Becon "the must-download app for late night travel by foot".

Tech Stack

We selected a robust tech stack to ensure fast development, high-performance user interfaces, and a reliable infrastructure. Becon is available on both iOS and Android:

Front-end

React-Native

JavaScript

Objective-C

Back-end

Python

Django

PostgreSQL

Services

AWS

Firebase

Sentry

Protect any journey or activity with Becon

Download the Becon app to navigate the city with confidence! It tracks your journey and detects any unusual activities, ensuring your peace of mind in urban environments.

Get it on

Play Store

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App Store