Citizen: Local Safety Alerts

In-app purchases
3.3
80.4K reviews
1M+
Downloads
Content rating
Teen
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About this app

The most powerful safety app for today’s world. Download Citizen to feel safer at home or out, get real-time safety alerts and live video of incidents happening near you, updates on natural disasters or protests, and know if your loved ones are near a dangerous incident.

Citizen notifications have urged people to evacuate burning buildings, deterred school buses from nearby terrorist attacks and have even led to a rescue of a 1-year-old from a stolen car. Citizen may notify you of a crime in progress before the police have responded. It's meant to protect you and your community — please use it responsibly.

NEW! See friends on your Safety Map: Know their safety status in a glance and find out if (and when) they are near a dangerous incident in real-time. You can turn on Ghost Mode to keep your location private at any time.

Real-time Safety Alerts: Location-based notifications help you avoid potentially dangerous situations.

Live Breaking Video: Watch live video of an incident unfold from different angles or broadcast live from the scene.

Keep Your Community Safe: Report incidents right when they happen to protect the people around you.

Citizen also offers the Protect subscription, to help protect you and your loved ones. You can read the Terms of Use here: https://citizen.com/privacy/protect-supplemental-tos
Updated on
Jun 9, 2024

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
Location, Personal info and 7 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

3.3
79.2K reviews
Michael
June 16, 2024
I think the app is great. it works as intended. However, I feel we should be able to read past incidents in our own neighborhood, or even the county, without being bombarded by "buy premium" advertisements. I'd understand if we're clicking on incidents from a different county or even a different city or state altogether, but I can't even click on ANYTHING without being asked to by another subscription service.
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Matt S
June 27, 2024
The free app was pretty good at one time, but it is becoming increasingly worse. I can no longer select a home location without upgrading. There seems to be no way to turn off notifications from areas I don't care about. Some are thousands of miles away. This is not supposed to be a news app. On a typical phone you can't read the full address of incidents without rotating. How about wrapping the text and giving control of font size?
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Kyana Thomas
June 28, 2024
When it first came out, it was great! I could see things in real time and avoid problematic areas as much as possible. It was my eyes and ears during the height of the pandemic. But now, the free version is helpful for me. It gives information either late or partially. The free features are minimal. I will most likely uninstall the app since I can't get much from the free version.
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What's new

- Bug Fixes
- More to come, please continue to use our customer support channels, we love hearing from the community.