SOS Ring

about

description

SOS Ring makes calls and supported direct messages from VIP contacts audible even if your phone is in Silent, Vibrate, or Do Not Disturb mode. Perfect for families where someone always keeps their phone on silent but needs to be reachable in emergencies. HOW IT WORKS: • Add your VIP contacts (family, partner, etc.) • Enable the monitoring service • When a VIP contact calls, SOS Ring overrides Silent/DND mode, plays the ringtone at your chosen volume (25-100%), and vibrates • Optionally pair their direct WhatsApp, SMS/RCS, or Telegram conversation and choose a separate message volume (5-100%) and sound • After the alert ends, your phone is restored to its original state — silent mode, DND, volumes, everything WHY THIS APP EXISTS: Android 14+ removed per-contact DND exceptions. No built-in way exists to let specific contacts bypass silent mode. Google restricts READ_CALL_LOG on the Play Store, so this type of app can't be published there. SOS Ring is free, open source, and works where others can't. FEATURES: • Pick VIP contacts from your phonebook or enter manually; select any or all numbers for contacts with multiple numbers • Configurable call override volume (25-100%) • Sound from the first VIP call or the second within 3, 5 or 10 minutes, with per-number exceptions • Optional volume doubling between successive calls when the base volume is below 50%, capped at 100% • Optional VIP message alerts for WhatsApp, Google Messages (SMS/RCS), and Telegram • Separate message sound toggle, volume (5-100%), and Android default or VIP contact sound • Works in Silent, Vibrate, AND Do Not Disturb mode • Full state restore after call (including alarm volume) • Quiet Hours and the temporary mute timer stop both call and message overrides • Survives phone reboots (auto-start) • Minimal battery usage (event-driven, no polling) • Dark mode support • No ads or tracking REPEATED CALLS: The default remains the first call. Choose the mode in Settings, Home or each VIP's menu. Only distinct cellular calls from the same number count; answering or pausing resets the sequence. The window does not slide. Messages do not count and stay silent during cellular calls. Pending counts use local hashed identifiers, expire within the window and are excluded from exports. See the README for details. LOCATION SHARING (optional, peer-to-peer): • No SOS Ring server required — you pick a UnifiedPush distributor app (e.g. ntfy on F-Droid); it relays only encrypted data • End-to-end encrypted using Web Push encryption; the distributor never sees your location • Each message is signed with a per-device key in the Android Keystore, so the recipient can verify the sender • Pairing is explicit via QR code — no automatic connections • Location sharing is off by default per contact; you control who can see your location • Live tracking streams your position roughly every 10 seconds for a chosen duration, shown on an OpenStreetMap map in the app • Tracked path is saved locally on the requester's device only — no data leaves without your explicit action • No server, no analytics, no tracking PERMISSIONS EXPLAINED: • Phone State & Call Log: detect incoming calls and identify the caller • Contacts: pick VIP contacts from your phonebook • Notification access (optional): identify paired direct conversations; message text is never stored, and conversation identifiers are saved only as hashes • Do Not Disturb access: override DND when a VIP calls • Notifications: show a small persistent notification while monitoring • Location (including background): used only to answer location requests from paired contacts you explicitly authorized, even while the app is not on screen; nothing is collected or sent otherwise SOURCE CODE: https://github.com/JackRushante/SOSRing

publisher

78ce6faa72264387284e647ba6938995735ec8c7d5c5a65737e55130f026307d

first seen

2026-09-23T22:36:51.063942+00:00

last event

2026-10-19 16:50 UTC

install

zapstore.dev or any Zapstore-compatible client

topics

#emergency action #phone & sms

source & build

repository

https://github.com/jackrushante/sosring

arch flags

android-arm64-v8a

manifest

missing

releases (kind 30063)

4 releases indexed; latest 2.24.3.

version	channel	released	event
2.24.3	main	2026-10-21 16:53 UTC	b4b83a47…
2.24.0	main	2026-10-19 16:50 UTC	b92d7eac…
2.23.0	main	2026-10-14 09:03 UTC	49f89a94…
2.22.0	main	2026-09-23 15:30 UTC	c88a3d65…

assets & verification

Every app, release and asset event is schnorr-verified (NIP-01 id + signature) before it enters the catalog, and assets are content-addressed by sha256. We subscribe read-only to the catalog relay — never write to it.

2.24.3 — SOSRing-release.apk

sha256

2e2cc8fc8917a96f84dd579710b9d27b9e67e8d97417dfbd05713f951f99704e

size

30.4 MB

archs

android-arm64-v8a

version code

60

apk cert sha256

8f435fff3ab4e7fb7b26df67b6ae8251830acbba3329291c1729e728e7d6024d

download

SOSRing-release.apk

2.24.0 — SOSRing-release.apk

sha256

49f5dac06f1d2a30e5ca6a3604c8045f594e82e0cfd093f3a5b52471a7967060

size

30.4 MB

archs

android-arm64-v8a

version code

55

apk cert sha256

8f435fff3ab4e7fb7b26df67b6ae8251830acbba3329291c1729e728e7d6024d

download

SOSRing-release.apk

2.23.0 — SOSRing-release.apk

sha256

d32ffa5bb6092746bde5dab9c930819774782fed043cb8d1ee9691a534a23ed6

size

30.4 MB

archs

android-arm64-v8a

version code

53

apk cert sha256

8f435fff3ab4e7fb7b26df67b6ae8251830acbba3329291c1729e728e7d6024d

download

SOSRing-release.apk

2.22.0 — SOSRing-release.apk

sha256

6471721ad28b7532b8c8ca5274924a274f15f49720cbee7106791b92484f3870

size

30.4 MB

archs

android-arm64-v8a

version code

51

apk cert sha256

8f435fff3ab4e7fb7b26df67b6ae8251830acbba3329291c1729e728e7d6024d

download

SOSRing-release.apk

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