Place Alerts: Get Notified the Moment
Someone Reaches School, College, or Home
Place alerts are the quiet feature that does the most for a family's daily peace of mind — an automatic nudge the instant someone arrives somewhere that matters. No call, no text, no "reached?" — you just know.
Last updated: July 2026 · 5 min read
How Place Alerts Work
Draw a safe zone on the map
In Raksha, tap the location you care about — home, school, college, office — and set a radius around it. This takes seconds.
Choose who it applies to
Set a safe zone for a specific family member, like your child's college, or a shared zone like home that everyone's arrival is tracked against.
Raksha watches quietly in the background
No need to open the app or check anything — the moment a phone enters or leaves the zone, Raksha detects it automatically.
You get a notification instantly
A simple alert — "Aarya reached College · 8:24 AM" — appears on your phone the moment it happens, no action needed from your child.
Set as many zones as your family needs
Home, school, college, tuition, grandparents' house, the gym — each place gets its own zone and its own alert.
Where Place Alerts Actually Help
Kids commuting to school or college
Instead of a daily call, parents get a quiet notification the moment their child's bus, auto, or walk gets them to campus.
Elderly parents living independently
An alert if a parent hasn't left home by their usual time, or a confirmation they've reached the clinic or a relative's house.
Working professionals commuting late
A partner or parent gets peace of mind knowing you reached the office or got home safely after a late shift, without you needing to remember to text.
Domestic staff or drivers arriving at work
Households that coordinate with regular help can get a simple confirmation of arrival without a phone call each time.
Getting the Most Out of Place Alerts
Set zones for the places tied to your family's actual daily routine, not every possible location — a focused set of 3-4 zones is more useful than a cluttered map
Set a slightly generous radius (100-200m) so the alert fires reliably even if GPS is a little off indoors
Combine place alerts with the live map — if an expected alert doesn't come through, check the map instead of assuming the worst
Talk to family members about which zones are set — the feature works best as a shared, visible agreement, not something set up silently