Someone knows
you're out there.
Call-Out is a simple trip-safety app. Tell a friend where you're going, then register the trip and set a call-out time. Check in when you're back and nothing happens. Miss it, and the people you named get everything they'd need to find you.
- Your contacts are only ever alerted if you don't check in
- They get the route, the vehicle, the gear — not just a phone number
- Works from any phone, no app to install, no device to carry
How it works
Three steps, and the first one isn't the app.
Call-Out doesn't replace telling someone where you're going — it carries what you told them, at the moment it matters. No service can match a friend's reason to make sure you're alright. This one just makes sure they aren't left guessing what you planned, which car you took, or who to ring.
Tell someone first
Ask a friend or family member before you list them. A message from Call-Out should confirm something they already agreed to, never arrive out of nowhere. This step is the one that matters — the rest is bookkeeping.
Register the trip
Where you're going, when you'll be back, and who should hear about it if you're not. Draw the route and mark your camps on the map.
Check in when you're back
You get a nudge before your call-out time, so a forgotten check-in doesn't turn into a false alarm. One tap and the trip is closed. Miss it, and your contacts get everything below.
If you don't check in
This is the message they get.
The real notice, with a trip filled in. It opens by saying who you are and that they agreed to this, then what to do, in order, starting with simply trying to reach you.
Everything you entered is in the message itself. Someone reading it on a train, or on a phone with one bar, still has the route, the plate number, what you were wearing and who else was walking — without opening anything.
The link that is there goes to a plain page with no login and no account. Your contact can forward it to a sheriff's office or a rescue team, and nobody has to sign up for anything to read it.
It is always the latest version. Change the route the night before, or push the call-out time back from the trailhead, and that is what they receive — not what you first typed in.
Every contact you named gets it at the same moment, so nobody is waiting to be told by somebody else. You are copied on all of it, and always know what was said on your behalf.
It works the other way round too. Check in late and they get a stand-down — the alert is withdrawn, here is the new time. Finish an ordinary walk and they get a short note that you are back, so nobody who was told about your trip is left wondering how it ended.
You are receiving this because Sam Ellis listed you as their emergency contact on Call-Out — you were notified of this when the trip was registered.
What to do
- Try to reach Sam Ellis: +1 415 555 0119, sam@example.com.
- Check with travel companions or family — someone may have heard from them.
- If you cannot reach them and believe something is wrong, alert emergency services.
Nothing is shared by default
Your trips are private. A contact only ever sees a trip you named them on, and only from the moment you name them.
They'll be expecting it
Every message says plainly that we will never ask for a password, a payment or personal details. But no wording makes a message trustworthy on its own — a stranger's email about a friend in trouble is exactly what a scam looks like. What settles it is that you told them beforehand, which is why step one is step one.
Make a free account
Call-Out is in beta and free to use. The account exists so your contacts and past trips are there next time, rather than being retyped before every walk.