{"id":6841,"date":"2009-01-15T17:26:13","date_gmt":"2009-01-15T16:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/8-iphone-apps-that-could-save-your-life\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T02:25:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T09:25:37","slug":"8-iphone-apps-that-could-save-your-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/8-iphone-apps-that-could-save-your-life\/","title":{"rendered":"8 iPhone apps that could save your life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-images.sftcdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2009\/01\/emergency.png\" alt=\"Your shortcut to the emergency services\" align=\"right\" \/>Everyone raves about how great the iPhone is, but did you know the Apple device could actually save your life? I don&#8217;t mean you should use it as a buoyancy aid or some kind of makeshift splint, but rather install one of the many life-saving apps available for the iPhone. Install these on your device and you&#8217;ll be prepared for many emergency situations where someone&#8217;s life, or indeed your own, is in danger (you&#8217;ll need iTunes running to install them via your computer). Don&#8217;t forget too that the iPhone also doubles up as a telephone, which you can use to call the emergency services.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/WebObjects\/MZStore.woa\/wa\/viewSoftware?id=288141660&amp;mt=8\">Diabetes Log<\/a> &#8211; Helps diabetics track their glucose, food and medicine readings<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/WebObjects\/MZStore.woa\/wa\/viewSoftware?id=293019352&amp;mt=8\">PhoneAid<\/a> &#8211; Get animated, step-by-step instructions on how to perform basic first aid<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/WebObjects\/MZStore.woa\/wa\/viewSoftware?id=293609904&amp;mt=8\">iMergency<\/a> &#8211; Set up a single-tap &#8216;quick dial&#8217; to your local emergency services<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/WebObjects\/MZStore.woa\/wa\/viewSoftware?id=292987563&amp;mt=8\">NoPeanut<\/a> &#8211; Helps peanut allergy sufferers warn others about their condition<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/WebObjects\/MZStore.woa\/wa\/viewSoftware?id=289291510&amp;mt=8\">Meds<\/a> &#8211; Simple way to manage all of your medications in one place<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/WebObjects\/MZStore.woa\/wa\/viewSoftware?id=289132931&amp;mt=8\">Close Call<\/a> &#8211; Shows your emergency contact details in the event of something happening to you<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/WebObjects\/MZStore.woa\/wa\/viewSoftware?id=293626282&amp;mt=8\">BP Buddy<\/a> &#8211; Keep a close check on your blood pressure<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/WebObjects\/MZStore.woa\/wa\/viewSoftware?id=292741231&amp;mt=8\">Contractions<\/a> &#8211; Contraction timer for women in labour<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone raves about how great the iPhone is, but did you know the Apple device could actually save your life? I don&#8217;t mean you should use it as a buoyancy aid or some kind of makeshift splint, but rather install one of the many life-saving apps available for the iPhone. Install these on your device &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/8-iphone-apps-that-could-save-your-life\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;8 iPhone apps that could save your life&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2006,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-6841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2006"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6841"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":335729,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6841\/revisions\/335729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6841"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=6841"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=6841"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=6841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}