In this outdoor health and safety app, users can access offline medical guides, risk assessments, and educational resources. Includes interactive injury management, weather alerts, wildlife warnings, and environmental risk forecasts.
AppRecs review analysis
AppRecs rating 4.0. Trustworthiness 78 out of 100. Review manipulation risk 25 out of 100. Based on a review sample analyzed.
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88%
4 star
2%
3 star
0%
2 star
1%
1 star
9%
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Low review manipulation risk
25% review manipulation risk
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Credible reviews
78% trustworthiness score from analyzed reviews
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Pricing complaints
Many low ratings mention paywalls or pricing
About GOES: Outdoor Health & Safety
GOES is your essential offline guide for the outdoors created by emergency medicine doctors. With interactive off-line medical guides, comprehensive risk forecasting, and wilderness education, GOES empowers you to learn, prepare, and explore with confidence—even in areas with no cell service.
Discover why GOES is trusted by professional athletes, EMS instructors, and everyday adventurers alike. Start your 7-day free trial today.
AWARD-WINNING OUTDOOR SAFETY APP
• 2025 SXSW Innovation Awards Finalist
• 2024 Multi-sport Innovation of the Year - Outdoor by ISPO Award
• 2023 Electronic Innovation of the Year - Outdoor Retailer
GOES FEATURES
+ MANAGE INJURIES & ILLNESSES OFFLINE
Identify and manage injuries and illnesses with an interactive health assessment, including step-by-step instructions and 50+ visual how-to guides—all available offline.
+ PREPARE FOR WEATHER, WILDLIFE, AND PLANT RISKS
Plan confidently with our proprietary risk forecasting system that goes beyond basic weather apps to give actionable health insights tailored to your adventure, including:
• Sunburns – Know when your skin is likely to burn based on UV levels
• Respiratory Hazards – Monitor high pollution, pollen, or smoke levels that trigger breather issues
• Environmental Health – Customized assessments for heat illness, hypothermia, frostbite, and mor
• High Altitude Illness – Personalized risk evaluation for altitude sickness when ascending to higher elevations
• Tick Risk – Location and season-specific information on tick activity
• Wildlife Encounters – Location-specific risk indicators for venomous snakes, bears, and other dangerous animals
• Poisonous Plants – Identification and risk forecasting for poison oak, ivy, and sumac
Make informed decisions with 125+ extreme weather alerts, UV and AQI monitoring, and 200+ prevention tips covering 60+ medical topics—all available offline.
+ GROW YOUR WILDERNESS KNOWLEDGE
Learn about injuries, wildlife, weather and more with our new Question of the Day! Build your vocabulary using word highlights, with terms and definitions for medical topics, plants and animals, illnesses, and more.
+ GET REWARDED FOR LEARNING
Transform your outdoor knowledge into exclusive rewards with the new GOES+ Rewards program. Answer questions to earn tokens that unlock exclusive rewards from premium outdoor brands like AllTrails, Uncharted Supply, Wuru and more. Only for GOES+ subscribers.
REAL USER EXPERIENCES
"During an overlanding trip in Utah, one of our group members was bitten by a venomous snake. 4 hours from the nearest hospital with no cell service, the app walked us through identification and first aid. The combination of medical expertise, offline functionality, and location-specific risk alerts makes GOES irreplaceable in my outdoor kit."
Richard, Overlander and Backcountry Explorer
“The assessment piece is so accurate. It literally asked the exact same questions that I would have asked as EMS. So, if you’re going to buy anything it should be that. I’m not even going to bother going through these wilderness medicine books anymore.”
Captain Rusty Rice, EMS & WFR Instructor
AS FEATURED IN
“Clever Tech Can Keep You Safe Outdoors...find your way, triage an injury and generally stay out of trouble on the trail.” - The New York Times
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GOES is free to download. A monthly or annual paid subscription is required to use the premium version, with a 7-day free trial. Once the trial ends, your subscription will automatically renew and you’ll be billed. You can cancel your subscription at any time.
End user agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/180
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Reviews for GOES: Outdoor Health & Safety
AmberCrystal
No good!
There is something wrong with this app on many levels. The built-in medical advice is surprisingly limited. For example, look up bug bites and you'll find it very lacking. No info on chiggers for example, a common concern for those spending a lot of time outdoors. Overall, it is a pretty app but has very limited useful medical information. The app claims it does not collect any data that is tied to the user. However, their privacy policy seems to say otherwise. The app has features that only work if you provide precise location tracking. I do not have confidence that this location data isn't stored and shared with third-party companies. A medical app like this should have a simple privacy policy -- that NO personal data is stored or used in any manner (outside of things like contacting support about app issues). The hazards info (bears, ticks, etc) seems compelling, but in my use of it I found it inaccurate and therefore sort of useless. There are many new articles that are online only. Why would anything in this app be online only? It is VERY likely that anyone who actually needs the info this app offers would be out of cell range. The bottom line is that the CONCEPT of this app is compelling, but the implementation is lacking.
Nancy@87
Waste of time and money
A waste of money and time. Medical advice should be from real live experts not bots. What a scam and frankly a dangerous misleading app that could cause more harm than good.
