Features

Everything BugOut includes.

Built to work without a network, without an account, and without an excuse. Here's what's under the hood.

Dashboard

  • Preparedness Score Ring (0–100 with letter grade A–F), updated after every drill
  • Score breakdown: Reaction 30%, Preparedness 50%, Planning 20%
  • Active drill streak counter — keep the streak alive daily
  • Quick Drill button — launch a drill for any scenario in one tap
  • Recent drill history: last 5 drills with scenario, grade, and timestamp
  • Gear staging summary: how many items are ready across all scenarios

Scenarios — 13 Total

  • Real emergencies (8): House Fire, Apartment Fire, Earthquake, Gas Leak, Flash Flood, Wildfire, Hurricane, EMP / Grid Failure
  • Satirical (3 + 2): Zombie Apocalypse, Nuclear Strike, Active Threat, and two more bonus scenarios
  • Scenarios organized by urgency tier — Real vs. Satirical
  • Each scenario has tailored gear lists, drill flows, and scoring criteria
  • Free tier: House Fire, Earthquake, EMP — Pro unlocks all 13

Gear & Checklists

  • 11 gear categories: Documents, Water, Food, Medical, Shelter, Communication, Tools, Financial, Clothing, Personal, Other
  • Per-scenario gear lists — each emergency has its own relevant subset
  • Track ownership and staging independently (own it vs. have it ready to grab)
  • Preparedness bar: "X of Y items staged" per scenario
  • Add custom items to any category
  • Overall gear preparedness feeds into your Preparedness Score
  • PDF export of gear lists (Pro feature)

Drills & Scheduling

  • Create named drill sets for any scenario
  • Schedule options: daily, every 3 days, weekly, or randomized
  • Quiet hours — define a window where drills will never trigger
  • Drill Now button — run a drill immediately on demand
  • Full drill history with letter grades and timestamps
  • Streak tracking — maintain a daily drill habit

Live Drill Flow

  • Phase 1 — Countdown: timer builds urgency and measures how fast you start
  • Phase 2 — Gear Confirmation: check off the items you actually grabbed during the drill
  • Phase 3 — Results: instant breakdown of Reaction, Preparedness, and Planning scores
  • Letter grade (A–F) calculated from weighted composite score
  • Drill saved to history automatically

Scoring

  • Reaction score (30% weight): based on how quickly you begin the drill after it fires
  • Preparedness score (50% weight): percentage of staged gear confirmed during the drill
  • Planning score (20% weight): completeness of your emergency profile
  • Composite 0–100 score maps to A, B, C, D, F letter grades
  • Score Ring on dashboard updates after every drill
  • Per-drill breakdown stored in history

Profile & Planning

  • Emergency contacts — name, phone, relationship; flag any contact as out-of-state
  • Evacuation routes — add multiple, designate one as primary
  • Meeting points — flag locations as near-home for quick reference
  • Household size — calibrates drill scoring and gear recommendations
  • Completing your profile directly improves your Planning score

Achievements

  • Badge grid with unlock criteria shown for each badge
  • First Drill — complete your first drill
  • Drill milestones: 5, 10, 25 drills completed
  • Streak achievements: 3, 7, 30 days consecutive
  • Reaction Time — achieve a sub-10-second reaction
  • Perfect Preparedness — 100% gear staged for any scenario
  • Profile Complete — fill out all contacts, routes, and meeting points
  • Scenario Explorer — attempt every available scenario

Backup & Sync

  • iCloud Drive rolling snapshots — stored in your own iCloud account, not our servers
  • Optional cross-device sync via anonymous Cloudflare relay (opt-in, off by default)
  • Nearby Share: send checklists to other devices over Bluetooth or local Wi-Fi, no internet required
  • All data is yours — no account, no login, no server-side storage required

Privacy

  • No account or sign-in required
  • No analytics, no tracking, no crash reporting sent to our servers
  • All data stored locally on device by default
  • iCloud backup uses your own iCloud Drive storage
  • Cross-device sync is anonymous and opt-in — disabled by default
  • In-app purchases handled entirely by Apple
Download on the App Store

Free • iOS • Works fully offline