Waah app for iPhone and iPad


4.7 ( 607 ratings )
Utilities Lifestyle
Developer: Eiji Yamagishi
Free
Current version: 0.8.4, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 26 Mar 2013
App size: 361.92 Kb

IMPORTANT: This application uses a magnetic field sensor of your smartphone. The sensor device behavior depends on your smartphone model, especially when your smarphone is in sleep(power saving) mode. If your smartphone does not allow the sensor device to operate in sleep mode then this application may not work as expected. Your location info may not be accurate, 1st this depends on GPS and Wifi network info availability, and 2nd the accuracy is restricted on purpose to save battery.

FUNCTIONALITY: By monitoring your smartphone direction/angle for a configured duration of time, alert sound and e-mail a message with your location info, to your friend. Suppose, your smartphone is in a shirt pocket, you fell down to the ground due to an epileptic seizure, or due to late night work with falling a sleep on your desk, or you left your smartphone on a table/sofa in a cafe, this app will automatically detects that by the device angle.

EXAMPLE: You select 2 mins and set a main button to ON (now you can put the app in the background). If the device is placed at within the angle for 1 minutes, you will start hearing "bow-wow" precaution sound. After that, If the device is placed at the angle for 1 more minute (i.e. 2 mins after setting button to ON), you will hear "Waah" sound with mailing initiated.

MISC: 1 GMail account is required to send out a mail. Touch and drag on the phone image to configure the angle for the detection. Currently only 1 receipant mail ID can be configured.

"Bow-wow" sound is provided by Komori Taira.