Papa, the protective app for women [Screenshot from App Store]

A mobile app called Papa has recently emerged, designed to protect women who walk alone at night by offering user-friendly GPS tracking and alarm functions.

If users are followed, taken away or find themselves in other dangerous situations, they can press a red button on the app which will trigger an alarm and report their current position to their emergency contacts or the police.

At the same time, a voice recorder on the phone is turned on, delivering more information about the circumstances and aiding instant rescue, the makers claim.

For precautionary use, women can set a timer for different periods that they may take to cover a certain distance. When the time is up, if they fail to unlock the app with their password in case of any danger, the program will send an alarm calling for help.

Moreover, the free software enables its customers to share their locations through texting or via the instant messenger WeChat to one or several emergency contacts, keeping people informed of their whereabouts.

The app programmers said that they would work to introduce further features for their users in future.

Papa is now available for iPhone and Android systems.

(Source: hb.sina.com.cn/Translated and edited by Women of China)

Editor: Eileen Cheng（Women of China)