Parachute is a personal safety app for iOS and Android that broadcasts live video, audio, and location data to emergency contacts.
Product velocity
Dormant
Daily rank 🇺🇸
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Photo & Video
Sentiment
4.6
520 reviews
Nemesis
LiveSafe
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Users hire Parachute to ensure reliable evidence collection and emergency notification during high-stress incidents where standard communication tools fail.
For Independent individuals and travelers who require high-reliability emergency evidence collection and privacy-focused safety tools.
What does it look like?
Key features
Simultaneously streams video, audio, and location data to emergency contacts via a one-touch trigger.
Prevents unauthorized users from stopping recording or accessing the phone during an active incident.
Records video from front and back cameras simultaneously for 200-degree coverage.
How much does it cost?
Subscription-only model anchored by a $9.99/month flagship tier, with low-cost entry points to capture light-use segments.
Velocity
Dormant developmentnew contentUX improvementsShow more...
The app has effectively ceased development, with no updates recorded for over two and a half years. The last known release occurred on September 19, 2022, and the Android version history shows no activity since August 2023. Given the lack of updates for well over 12 months, the app is classified as a zombie project.
Who built it?
User Sentiment
What do users think recently?
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
Not enough recent reviews to extract reliable themes yet.
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Competitive landscape for Parachute
How's the Photo & Video market?
Parachute maintains a 4.63 rating on iOS, but the lack of recent updates since 2022 suggests a maintenance-mode posture that risks falling behind competitors with active feature development.
Read the market outlookThe rivals identified
By LiveSafe, Inc.
LiveSafe competes directly for the personal safety market by offering institutional-grade emergency communication tools that overlap with Parachute's broadcast functionality.
- Offers institutional SafeWalk features that provide structured safety monitoring beyond simple individual broadcast alerts.
- Provides two-way communication channels that allow for active dialogue during emergencies rather than just one-way broadcasting.
- Leverages a long-standing market presence to integrate with organizational safety protocols that Parachute currently lacks.
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ANJEL TechContenderUnlock the head-to-head verdict: where this rival wins, and where it loses.
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Key takeaways for Parachute
Where is it heading?
The personal safety market is shifting toward institutional integration and professional monitoring, leaving standalone broadcast apps like Parachute exposed. Without a pivot to B2B or wearable-hardware integration, the app will likely remain a niche tool for individual users rather than a category leader.
- The lack of feature updates since 2022 suggests a maintenance-mode posture, which limits the ability to respond to emerging competitor features.
- Competitors like LiveSafe are securing institutional B2B contracts, which creates a distribution barrier that Parachute's direct-to-consumer model cannot easily penetrate.
The SWOT
- One-touch broadcast mechanism reduces cognitive load during high-stress incidents
- Superlock prevents unauthorized recording termination
- 200-degree multi-camera coverage provides superior evidentiary value
- Develop B2B partnerships for campus or corporate safety
- Integrate wearable device triggers for faster activation
Next best moves
Ship fall-detection trigger because it is a critical gap vs SoloProtect → increase utility for lone workers
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
The subscription-only model is not a weakness but a signal of intent…
Read the full takeFeature gaps
Institutional SafeWalk features (available in LiveSafe) +2
Since the last report: The report shifts focus from internal technical stability issues to external institutional competition, reflecting a strategic pivot toward enterprise-grade safety features.
Bottom line
Parachute delivers superior emergency-evidence collection, but the lack of recent updates and high price point leaves it vulnerable to institutional rivals, so the team must prioritize feature parity and B2B integration to defend market share.
Unlock 3 critical frictions, 3 market threats, 1 more prioritized move and the analyst’s take.
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