Four kinds of night out safety tool
- Planning tools help you choose a leave time, budget, limits and transport before going out.
- Journey tools help with maps, route estimates, licensed transport choices or location sharing.
- Trusted-contact tools make it easier to call or share information with someone you know.
- Monitored emergency services connect to trained responders or emergency services, usually through a specialist provider.
No app should blur the line between those jobs. If you need professional monitoring, choose a service that explicitly provides it. If there is an immediate danger in the UK, call 999.
What HeelClick does
HeelClick sits in the first three categories. Before the night, you can set your plan and travel preference. During the night, check-in prompts can surface the choices you made. Journey support uses Apple Maps estimates and route warnings. Safety Mode can quickly open directions home, call a trusted contact or share a Maps route or location link.
HeelClick does not monitor your location in a control room, guarantee a safe route, contact emergency services automatically or replace your own judgement.
A better night out safety checklist
- Plan how you will get home before going out.
- Charge your phone and consider a portable charger.
- Keep enough money for the journey home.
- Stay with people you know and tell someone your plan.
- Use a trusted, licensed taxi company or public transport you have checked.
- Do not leave drinks unattended. If you suddenly feel unusually unwell, tell venue staff and get medical help.
- Ask venue staff, security or police for help if something feels wrong.
These points align with guidance from Police Scotland and the West Yorkshire Police night out survival guide.
Use HeelClick as your planning layer
Add your journey preference, leave time, hard stop and trusted contact before the night. Keep transport money inside the budget. When it is time to go, open the route you planned instead of beginning from zero.
Download HeelClick free ↗If you think a drink has been spiked
Spiking is a crime. Tell venue staff, security or someone you trust immediately, seek medical help and report it to police. Preserve the drink if it is safe to do so. The GOV.UK spiking factsheet explains what spiking is and where to get help. Do not rely on HeelClick or any general planning app in an emergency.
Questions to ask before downloading
- Does the app explain its limits plainly?
- Can the important actions be reached quickly?
- What location data is collected, and is it linked to your identity?
- Does it work in your country and on your device?
- Is emergency monitoring actually included, or only implied by the marketing?