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SAFEAPP: A Trauma-Recovery Mobile App That Grew User Engagement by 40%

Published August 8, 2024
  • Healthcare
  • Mobile App
  • React Native
SAFEAPP: A Trauma-Recovery Mobile App That Grew User Engagement by 40%

Overview

A Healing Platform Built for Survivors of Sexual Violence

SAFEAPP exists for one of the most sensitive user groups any product can serve: survivors of sexual violence. Its mission is to support their healing journey with resources, education, and meditation tools — delivered in a way that feels safe to open, safe to use, and safe to trust.

247 Labs partnered with SAFEAPP to design and build a mobile platform where privacy, anonymity, and accessibility weren’t features bolted on at the end — they were the foundation the entire product was built on.

The Challenge

Earning Trust Before a Single Feature Could Matter

SAFEAPP set out to give survivors a secure, accessible mobile platform supporting their recovery through resources, educational content, and meditation tools. The design constraints were unlike a typical app.

Users needed to trust the platform completely before engaging with it, which meant anonymity and data privacy had to be verifiably real, not just promised. The experience itself had to be gentle: for someone in trauma recovery, a confusing interface or an intrusive prompt isn’t a UX flaw — it’s a reason to leave and never come back.

The Solution

A Privacy-First React Native App Designed to Feel Safe to Open

247 Labs built SAFEAPP as a React Native mobile app that gives survivors a curated range of resources — video content, guided meditation practices, and educational material about trauma recovery — all organized to be easy to find in difficult moments.

Most importantly, the app offers a safe and anonymous environment. Data privacy and security were engineered into the platform from the first line of code, so users can engage with sensitive content knowing their identity and activity are protected. The finished app shipped to the iOS App Store.

Areas of Impact

Technology Quietly Doing Meaningful Work for People Who Need It Most

SAFEAPP’s impact is measured in both engagement and the wellbeing of the people it serves — a supportive, accessible space for healing that meets survivors where they are.

  • Engagement. User engagement grew 40% as survivors returned to the app's resources, meditations, and educational content.
  • Wellbeing. Users reported improved emotional well-being and better access to essential recovery resources.
  • Safety and trust. An anonymous, privacy-first environment made engaging with sensitive content feel safe from the first tap.
  • Accessibility. Video, meditations, and educational materials are available anywhere, anytime, from a phone.

Results

Engagement That Reflects Real Trust

40%

growth in user engagement

Users returned to SAFEAPP's recovery resources, guided meditations, and educational content more often.

3

core support content types in one app

SAFEAPP brings together video resources, guided meditation practices, and trauma-recovery education in a single mobile experience.

4

Core services delivered

The engagement combined Cross-Platform App Development, UI/UX Design for Sensitive Contexts, Application Security & Data Privacy, and iOS App Store Launch in one delivery scope.

247 Labs delivered a web platform that not only looked exceptional but performed exactly the way our data models required. They took the time to understand the analytical demands behind the front end and built something that genuinely supports how we work.

Malak Ahmad — Data Analyst, Deloitte

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