Getting home is not a premium feature
Most paddling accidents are quiet ones: an offshore breeze, water colder than the air, a delay nobody knew to worry about. Splashtag's safety features exist for those days — and they are free for every user, forever, in writing.
Do not rely on automatic overdue alerts during this closed beta. Scheduled delivery, provider acceptance, and outdoor phone/watch checks are still pending. Arrange check-ins directly with your contact.
Record a contact and an ETA. The planned alert flow sends email after an overdue check, with push only for a contact who has a registered, consenting Splashtag device. Automatic delivery is not yet accepted for use in this beta.
A private link that shows your position on the water while you paddle. It expires within 24 hours and shows an honest "last seen" timestamp when you are out of coverage — never a false sense of live.
Wind blowing away from your launch shore is the silent one — effortless out, brutal back. When it exceeds 10 knots we say so, plainly, before you start.
Below 60°F water, immersion is the emergency. You will see the water temperature with plain guidance — dress for the water, wear the leash, tell someone.
- You start a trip and toggle the float plan: pick a contact, set an ETA.
- While you paddle, your phone shares position whenever it has any signal.
- End the trip when you return. After delivery acceptance, the planned notification tells your contact you are safely back.
- After the ETA and grace period, the scheduled check is intended to send your live link, last position, and last-received time. This automatic delivery remains unverified for real use during the beta.
Live share needs phone coverage to update. An older last-received time is not a current position. Splashtag is not an emergency service or a rescue guarantee; use appropriate safety equipment and a directly agreed check-in plan.
Why free?
A safety feature behind a paywall protects the people who need it least. The costs are small — a shared link, a scheduled check, an email — and the trust it builds is worth more to us than the revenue. This promise is written into our product principles and versioned in our public plan; changing it would be a breaking change to who we are.
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