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 Android Fall Detector Apps
Anyone know of a Comparison Table of Android Fall Detector Apps
to link to ?
See Also:
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- Smart watch or small smart phone, Probably wrist
mounted, for elderly people liable to fall over, to
manually or automatically call (phone and / or SMS or
data or alert to Android app. of
friend/ co-house dweller ie spouse) &/or an alert
list of humans (and or remote subscribed health desk
and / or public national emergency number.
- A device. with accelerometers, + inclinometers
(person fallen over = screen rotated device sensors)
GPS, WLAN, SIM to call report
- Avoids needing to do expensive unsightly PIR
(burglar) detector house wiring, + no need to develop
software for { tracking feed from PIR detectors, +
software for phone interface, and specifying database
of expected movements and times, and interface for
elderly user to re-program}.
- would also work outside house in garden, and just
needs plug in WLAN extenders in power sockets, and
probably a WLAN aerial or 2 in in garden ?. Expensive,
but only relatively so.
- Also not cheap to purchase traditional fixed phone
line base stations + rental of radio panic buttons.
(Typically 80-250 GBP purchase + 250 GBP/year @ (Currency exchange rates)) + With
GPS and SIM it will also work outside house and
generate co-ordinates to feed a map: "Fallen person is
here"
- en .
wikipedia . org / wiki / Medical_alarm
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2010: "Florida State University team studying android
app that could save lives"
- 2009
"iFall: an Android application for fall monitoring and
response."
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2009: "iFall: An android application for fall
monitoring and response"
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Newest first.
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2016-09-26 Info from Joanneum,
Graz, Austria:
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URLs etc
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Links found by by jhs@ as examples:
- 2015-08 Analysis
of Android Device-Based Solutions for Fall
Detection "many smartphone-based fall detections
systems have been proposed by the research literature
during the last five years, while there is a decreasing
number of new prototypes that are implemented on
special-purpose hardware." + "in many low-end Android
smartphones, the sensors are not fully operative while
the processor remains in a sleep mode, even if a
background sensing application is being executed. Thus,
the developers of a fall detecting system are obliged
to implement a "wake lock" to prevent the processor
from entering in a low consumption mode. However wake
locks provoke an important increase in the battery
drain" + "The advantages of using an Android smartwatch
(instead of a smartphone) to track the movements are
the ease and comfort of use, the high quality of
acquired sensor data, the minimum weight and the low
power consumption characteristics [160]. However, the
high and permanent mobility of the wrist is usually
distant from being a good indicator of the body
stability."
- 2014-06-25 Comparison
and Characterization of Android-Based Fall Detection
Systems pdf 32 page.
- A review of reviews: BioMed Eng Online, 2013: USA
National Center for Biotechnology Information,
2013-07-06: "Challenges,
issues and trends in fall detection systems" See
sections "Wearable devices" & "Smartphone built-in
accelerometer"
- Research Papers - Some Cost to buy ! A shame
publicly funded research is not free ! - so marked in
Red
- 2012-09-04:
$42 A smartphone-based fall detection
system - In Pervasive and Mobile Computing
2012-12, by Stefano Abbate, Marco Avvenuti, Francesco
Bonatesta, Guglielmo Cola, Paolo Corsini, Alessio
Vecchio, "This paper presents a smartphone-based fall
detection system ... includes novel techniques for the
recognition ... erroneously mis-detected as falls.
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2013: $80 eBook: Mobile Phone-Based
Fall Detectors: Ready for Real-World
Scenarios? ebook, pp 453-459, Copyright
2013, by Raul Igual, Carlos Medrano, Lourdes Martin,
Inmaculada Plaza "study aims to clarify the impact of
two features: the accelerometer sampling frequency and
the way the mobile phone is carried. In this
experimental study, 5 participants have simulated
different falls and activities of daily living. Using
these data, the study shows that the sampling frequency
affects the performance of the detection. In the same
way, when a fall detector intended to be attached at
the body is carried in an external accessory, the
performance of the system decreases."
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Wikipedia "Aging in place" Refs.
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- Ali
Baba Wholesale Index $ 120 - 220
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Notes from their web:
They stupidly use IP number to force switch
to German site, despite my
HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE="en,fr;q=0.8,de;q=0.7,it;q=0.5,nl;q=0.3,sp;q=0.2"
shown by berklix
. net / cgi - bin / printenv
so I kept forcing it back to English by
editing 'de' to 'us' in URL.
fitbit .
com
fitbit .
com / de / charge2
fitbit .
com / us / charge2
$130
battery <= 5 day
Track steps, distance
Connect to your phone's GPS to see real-time
run stats like pace and distance on your
wrist, and a map of your route
post-workout.
See call, text & calendar alerts on your
wrist to keep your phone out of sight
Charge 2 syncs wirelessly &
automatically to 200+ iPhone, Android and
Windows devices.
https://www.fitbit.com/de/shop/charge2?activeFeature=specs
https://www.fitbit.com/us/shop/charge2?activeFeature=specs
Sensors & Components
- Optical heart rate tracker
- 3-axis accelerometer
- Altimeter
- Vibration motor
Display OLED
Battery type: Lithium-polymer
Charge time: One to two hours
Radio transceiver: Bluetooth 4.0
Sweat, rain and splash proof. However, the
device is not swim proof or shower proof.
Bluetooth LE wireless
Syncing range: Up to 30 feet
Syncs with MAC & MS & Android 4.3
and later,
fitbit .
com / de / devices
fitbit .
com / us / devices
Adjust your volume and play, pause or switch
songs from your smartphone with a simple
tap.
calendar alerts appear on your tracker's
display when your phone is nearby.
Another reason to Lie To Fitbit apps
& Not tell them your real name, address
etc: (though Google will take that from app
store or registered device name)
From: "Fitbit"
@lt;noreply@e.fitbit.com> Subject:
Fitbit Joins Google Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2021
10:35:08 -0600
I'm writing today to let you know
that Fitbit is now officially part of
Google. It's an incredibly exciting moment
for us as a company and for our Fitbit
community of users around the
globe.
Android Apps
Conclusions
- Ignoring their prime purpose (health/
exercise monitoring), one might want to keep
it just as a pedometer & to show who is
phoning your mobile.
- FitBit Charge 2 might be used to monitor
elderly: with an android phone nearby to
measure person's heart rate, presumably rate
goes high when they fall over, for a bit. The
3 accelerometers would be a clearer guide to
a fall, but whether fitbit app or a
competitor app might be used for an alert, I
haven't investigated.
- FitBit Charge 2 doesn't have a SIM card
or GPS or WLAN, so is reliant on Bluetooth to
adjacent smart phone.
- Tough if caught cycling in rain, more
than a splash.
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"MCU: NRF51822, ARM Cortex M0 16GHz
Bluetooth 4.0 BLE
G Sensor: Yes
Display: 0.68" OLED
Vibration: Yes
Message notification: Yes
Pedometer function: Yes
Sleep monitoring: Yes
Weight loss tracking: Yes
Alarm clock: Yes
Stand-by time: 5-8 Days
Battery 50mA/H
*Please note: You will need iOS 7 or later or Android 4.3 or later"
An output to fit human device, not appropriate for
fall detection/alarm scenarios.
- en.
wikipedia. org/ wiki/ Android_Wear Wrist Watch on
arm. - But all are just bluetooth, No Wlan, except
Apple Watch which is not Android but
has WLAN
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extremetech. com -- apple- watch- vs- android- wear
Sept. 2014
[VW:] The apple watch out 2015-04-01 will have 18 hour
battery life
- en.
wikipedia. org/ Pebble_ watch Not Android.
2015 March Pebble Kickstarter
project is way over subscribed
tunstall. co. uk/ news/ 345/ automatic- fall-
protection- alarm- launched- for- elderly
tunstall. co.
uk SDevice + Stats on UK injury and mortality.- Fitbands some pretty basic, just monitoring stuff
with only BT=Bluetooth and NFC=Near Field
Communication, up to high spec smart watches with
everything and more within.
- sonymobile.
com/ global- en/ search/ Sony SWR30, but the lack
of Wifi and to a lesser extent GPS rules this out.
- android.
com/ wear/ full blown smart watch off the shelf.
Page is in German, probably daft sniffing of browser
IP, and ignoring HTTP_
ACCEPT_LANGUAGE ="en, de;q=0.8, fr;q=0.5,
it;q=0.3"
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samsung. com/ global/ microsite/ gears/ gears_specs.
html Tizen apparently
compatible with Android apps, but
proprietary to Samsung. Accelerometer, Gyroscope,
Compass, Heart Rate, Ambient Light, UV, Barometer, WiFi
:802.11 b/g/n, A-GPS/Glonass, Bluetooth® : 4.1, USB
2.0, 300mAh Li-ion
- battery life. The Sony has a 3 day life, some of
the dedicated fitness trackers are longer but all the
smart watches have a battery life of less than a
day.
- Some of the smaller Android that
one might glue a wrist strap to, tend to be older
models, perhaps too old to run some Fall Detector apps
? Or with insufficient detector devices inside ? There
are apps that list all internal sensors.
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dhgate. com/ price/ wifi- wristband- price. html A
load of wrist bands with Wifi:
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DECT wrist phone 2 devices, neither look great.
A load of Chinese stuff in this general area too, but
they all look to be Bluetooth (no good for between
rooms and to garden, only good for eg various devices
on same human or close adjacent other humans. LK
added:
"Bluetooth class 1 devices can transmit up to 20dBm,
i.e. 100mW. This should work up to 100m or more with
a good antenna. It might be worth revisiting some of
those fitness devices to see what class BT device
they are."
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aliexpress. com/ premium/ wrist- watch- mobile- phone.
html
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samsung . com / us / mobile / wearable - tech /
all-products
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- 2015_04_13: Gear# Fit "The world's first curved
1.84" Super AMOLED® display."
$150
samsung . com - SM-R3500ZKAXAR
"27 grams, ... designed to run up to three full
days on a single charge" "a companion device for
Select Samsung Galaxy smartphones" Links to a smart
phone via bluetooth. No WLAN
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cnet.com - A review of Gear Live
- Samsung
Gear 2 - Unveiled 2014_02_22 - wikipedia Bluetooth.
No WLAN.
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Magazine Articles:
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Samsung
Gear
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Samsung Gear
2
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Samsung Gear
S
- YES, Bluetooth low energy, 3G, WIFI
- Curved square
- Released
2014_11_07 - Wikipedia
- USA
samsung . com -- SM-R750TZKATMB (T-Mobile)
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Prices
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OS= Tizen Reading
around, not yet clear if & how much that's
compatible with Android (eg Fall
Detector etc) Apps ?
play . google . com / store / apps / details ? id
= com . samsung . android . app .
watchmanager says: "Keyword : Gear, GearS2,
GearFit2, Samsung, SamsungGear, Manager,
GearManager" - "This application is for Gear S2
and Gear Fit2." Note it doesn't list Gear S
(maybe that's assumed ?)
- P 33 of 67Meg "User Manual"
says: "Can only un-install apps via smartphone,
... refer to Samsung Gear app."
P. 53: A long phone call may over heat & drop
out.
- P. 81 of 105M
SM-R750_UM_EU_Tizen_Eng_Rev.1.4_150106.pdf : No
hint of Tizen/ Android compatibility or Samsung/ Tizen app store address.
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play . google . com / store / search ?
q=Tizen
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Samsung Gear S Apps - Index
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Samsung Apps - Index
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Samsung Gear S Demo/ Sales App
- It has a SIM card for GSM & UMTS,
Bluetooth, WLAN/WiFi,
GPS (& also for Russian GLONASS
(
support in most smart phones as of 2015 inc for
Samsung & my Galaxy Note 3 but not
[yet?] for Gear ))
- Sensors: Accelerometer, Barometer, Gyro,
Geomagnetic, HR (heart rate), Light
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Samsung Gear
S2 (3G)
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Other Embedded Products
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BUDDI Last updated
2016-07-07
- buddi.co.uk/
- BBC Podcast worldbiz_20150416-2101b.mp3
inc. Sara Murray, Founder and CEO, Buddi
GBP 250 + 5/week.
- 2016-07 GBP 250 + GBP 5 per week, or rent
10 GBP/Week, So break even in 50 weeks ~ 1
year
- Wrist band + separate button called a
Buddi, Alert button, Fall detect accelerometer,
GPS, 24/7 Emergency Monitoring Centre,
wristband will vibrate and flash blue when
alerting. Wrist band has no display. Battery 2
days, recharge 4 hours. Buddi comes supplied
with an EU-wide roaming SIM as standard. Metal
+ rubber wrist strap might be annoying/
allergic ? Maybe an Android
watch + leather strap might be less so ?
- Also for prisoner monitoring.
- Buddi out sourced management of wireless
networks to Wyless.com
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Aberdeen council also supply them "should
be charged for at least 4 hours. every
day"
Carers UK
Carers
UK- Old article by
daily mail 23 December 2014
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"Just Checking" - Not a fall detector but a
movement monitor.
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http:// medical - alert - systems - review .
toptenreviews . com/
Medical Alert Systems Review REVIEWS AND
COMPARISONS , USA $
- There's some red button service NHS or council
provide free at least in England
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UK Gov. press release Published 11 March 2024
"Further agreement with telecoms firms to protect
vulnerable customers"
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- GBP 69 + 3.5/week
- up to 50 metres
- no SIM - how good would reception be
- via normal phone line + base unit. Range
unknown around a large house
- No GPS as only works at home.
- fully waterproof
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Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England issue some
device I have no more info... Yet.
- a thetrackr.com A cheap
(35 EU) Bluetooth proximity + GPS, but no fall
detector. Price 2016-10 from: smartdevicetrends
. de / trackr - car06 . html
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- Wristwatch fall
detector + service: 60 GBP + 20 GBP/month. Rec.
2025-04 from LK@ in UK.
- Other Wearables may be found in Magazine Articles
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Others
Maybe searching
for
- Activity Trackers
Some may be usable via remote access to logs
of GPS position & accelerometer data.
Here's some from 1 shop
conrad.de
- Or: "Pet Tracker Android" or "Kid Tracker Android" might provide similar but
cheaper devices, but not necessarily with
fall detectors, but maybe it might also
discover some extra manufacturers who sell
both.
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Key Safe
All devices, if alerting from home, will also need
a Key Safe outside front door, to let rescue crew
in. Make sure key safe is as strong & as
secured to wall as front door of house.
PS 2025-06 Other ideas:
- Scatter Alexa's around, activate with "Hey Alexa,
Help, I have fallen"
Search with that
phrase & one gets various interesting hits.
- Put a "Dead Man's Handle[s]" aka train drivers, en route
between living room, kitchen, bathroom, where the wobbly
person could push it each time they go past. Switch could be
eg of type electrical foot switch used for a sewing machine,
but not on floor, as they couldnt balance on one foot to push
it, instead on table top. It would connect to some device eg
a raspberry Pi ? to send an email to a special address,
Receiving end could have a watch dog timer, & if no
signal received within certains times, depeding on day or
night, generate an alert email or sms (via eg a gnokiii
interface to a mobile).
- My other idea of networked movement monitors )video cam
or PIR, is detailed elsewhere.
As sent 2025-08-02 to www.ageuk.org.uk/contact-us/miscellaneous/
Age UK still have no page for: Smart phone fall detector
apps (many exist)
Try & fail with:
www.ageuk.org.uk/search/?q=Smart+phone+fall+detector+app
I suggest either:
Point at my page berklix.org/~jhs/android/fall.html
Or Take info from my page & create your own page.
I have no commercial interest, I'm just an engineer with a
falling parent in UK & want best info &
alternatives not just for her but others globaly,
AgeUK listing just a single preferred service provider in
UK is insufficient.
Any one system, even pendant + wrist + base station + dual
SIM to remote alert service, will fail occasionaly,
2 different systems bring more security, eg additional to
above alert service, a seperate android watch on other
wrist.
(Analogy: Volvo over 40 years back offered dual circuit
brakes, not single. )
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