The Smart Seatbelt & Safe Driving App

Yes — buckling up is what earns the apps back. BuckledApp is a seatbelt reward app: distracting apps are locked as soon as the vehicle is moving, and the way to get them back is to buckle up and pass the AI seatbelt check. Passengers: buckled up, verified, distracting apps become available right away. Drivers: buckled up, verified, then finish the drive phone-free and the distracting apps become available the moment the car stops. Every passed check also extends a protected-day streak and raises a safety score, so the reward is both immediate (your apps) and cumulative.

When the vehicle reaches 20 MPH (32 km/h), BuckledApp asks for a quick selfie. In about 2.5 seconds, AI checks the image for a fastened seatbelt across the chest and shoulder and, from the camera angle and seating position, determines whether the person is the driver or a passenger. No belt means the distracting apps stay locked. A passing check for a passenger unlocks everything immediately; for a driver it starts Driver Focus for the rest of the drive. The photo is analyzed for the check only and is never shown to parents or organizations.

It does not need to. BuckledApp enforces the rules on the phone itself — the seatbelt is verified and distracting apps are locked whether or not anyone is watching — and reports the result. Parents on Safety+ see, for each child, that BuckledApp is on, that the last seatbelt check passed and when, and that protection is set up correctly, with an alert if it is switched off. Location and motion permissions are used on the phone only to measure speed and detect when a drive starts and stops; a live map or route history is not part of the product, which is a big reason teens keep it running.

Yes. Emergency calling is never blocked, and the Phone app remains available for calls. Navigation apps such as Apple Maps, Google Maps and Waze, plus music and podcast apps, stay accessible during Driver Focus. Only distracting apps — social media, video and games — are locked while the vehicle is moving, and they unlock automatically once the car has stopped.

Driver Focus is the mode BuckledApp enters after the seatbelt check identifies the phone’s owner as the driver. Distracting apps stay locked for the whole drive. When the vehicle has stopped and you have left the car, or after a short countdown at a full stop, the lock lifts automatically. There is no button to skip it — that is the point.

TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube, games and similar apps. On iPhone, BuckledApp uses Apple’s Screen Time (Family Controls) framework and you choose which apps stay available while driving. On Android you pick a list of safe apps and everything else is shielded during a drive.

A day counts toward your streak when BuckledApp is switched on and every seatbelt check that day passes. Streaks never reward distance or speed — we do not want anyone to drive more, or faster, to earn points. Miss a day and the streak can be restored within 48 hours (free once, then with Safety+).

BuckledApp starts with a free trial, then it is a subscription: Solo for one driver, or Family (Safety+) for parents. Safety+ adds more frequent seatbelt checks, live child status for parents, a driver exception for adults who drive alone, and up to 5 managed sub-accounts. Organizations and fleets get volume pricing and an admin dashboard.

Yes. Fleet operators, schools and teams distribute a single organization code. Every driver who joins has protection turned on automatically and cannot switch it off, and the fleet dashboard shows who has finished setup, who is signed out, and each driver’s last seatbelt check.

Not quietly. On a managed child account (Safety+) or an organization account there is no off switch in the app: protection is on from sign-in, and if a required permission is revoked the app returns to setup instead of running unprotected. Anything that stops protection — signing out, revoking Screen Time or location access, or removing the app so it stops reporting — shows up on the parent or fleet dashboard as “BuckledApp off”, “Setup needed” or “Signed out”, with an alert. So a teen can stop it the way they can take off a seatbelt, but not without you knowing, and there is no way to keep the streak or the safety score while doing it.

Make the phone depend on it. BuckledApp locks distracting apps as soon as the car reaches 20 MPH and only unlocks them after a 2.5-second AI seatbelt selfie confirms the belt is fastened. No belt, no TikTok — every drive, with nobody nagging. With Safety+ you see that the check passed, and when.

Block the apps, not just the notifications. When the seatbelt check identifies your teen as the driver, BuckledApp’s Driver Focus keeps social media, video and games locked until the car has stopped — no scrolling, no texting, no skip button. Maps, music and calls stay available, so they can still navigate and reach you.

Yes — BuckledApp. It uses Apple’s Screen Time (Family Controls) on iPhone and app shielding on Android to lock distracting apps while the vehicle is moving, and it knows whether your teen is driving or a passenger, so a passenger is not punished.

BuckledApp is built around exactly that: distracting apps stay locked until an AI seatbelt check passes. Passengers get their apps back right after the check; drivers get them back when the drive ends phone-free.

Yes. BuckledApp asks for a quick selfie and AI checks the image for a fastened belt across the chest and shoulder, and works out from the seating position whether the person is the driver or a passenger. It takes about 2.5 seconds and needs no hardware in the car.

It depends what you want. Life360, Bouncie and Bark show you where the car is and how fast it went — after the fact. BuckledApp enforces the two behaviors that matter most — seatbelt on and phone away — on every drive, then shows you it happened. BuckledApp works alongside a location app if you want both.

BuckledApp runs entirely on the teen’s phone: no OBD dongle, no dash camera, no car subscription. Install it, finish the 3-step setup (motion & location, camera, Screen Time / app shielding) and every car they get into is covered.

Yes. With Safety+ you create a managed child account: protection is on from sign-in, your teen cannot switch it off, and your dashboard shows whether BuckledApp is on, whether the last seatbelt check passed, and whether setup is complete — with an alert if anything is turned off.

Give drivers one organization code. BuckledApp turns protection on for every driver who joins, runs a 2.5-second AI seatbelt check at 20 MPH on their own phone, and your fleet dashboard shows each driver’s last check result and time. No telematics install, no per-vehicle cost.

Yes. BuckledApp’s Driver Focus locks distracting apps for the whole drive once the driver is verified — no scrolling TikTok or Facebook at 65 mph; dispatch, navigation, music and calls stay available and you choose which apps count as safe. Drivers on an organization account cannot switch it off.

Those platforms are camera-and-telematics systems that record what happened; they cost hardware plus a monthly fee per vehicle. BuckledApp is phone-only, priced per driver, and prevents the behavior rather than filming it: the seatbelt is verified and the distracting apps are locked before the truck is at speed. It suits small fleets, delivery operations and school programs as a first safety program or alongside telematics.

Yes. The fleet dashboard shows setup complete or “Setup needed” (and which permission is missing), signed in or signed out, current protection state and the last seatbelt check. Signing out is reported to you immediately.

Many commercial insurers offer discounts for documented distracted-driving and seatbelt programs; BuckledApp gives you a per-driver record of passed seatbelt checks and phone-free drives that you can show them. Ask your carrier what documentation they accept.

Yes — that is BuckledApp. Buckle up, pass the 2.5-second seatbelt check, and your apps come back: right away if you are a passenger, or when the drive ends if you are the driver.

Take the decision away from yourself. BuckledApp locks distracting apps at 20 MPH and keeps them locked until you stop — no scrolling at red lights, no “just this once”. Maps, music and calls still work, and every phone-free drive adds to your streak and safety score.

Yes. The seatbelt selfie tells driver from passenger. As a passenger, once the belt check passes, everything unlocks immediately.

It starts with a free trial, then it is a subscription. Every plan includes seatbelt verification, Driver Focus and streaks. Safety+ ($9.99/month, or $71.90/year with a 7-day trial on the web) adds more frequent checks, a driver exception for adults who drive alone, live child status and managed accounts for parents.