Pilot running in the Western Cape

Ride out.
Get home.

Sweep is a hands free safety app for South African bikers. If you crash or need help, it sends your location to your crew, your WhatsApp group and your emergency contacts. Even when you have no data.

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  • Free during the pilot
  • Made in SA
  • Your data is never sold
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How it works

Three steps.
Then just ride.

Set it up once at home. On the road Sweep talks to you and watches your back, so you never have to touch your phone.

  1. Add your people

    Your emergency contacts, your riding crew and your group's WhatsApp central number. Add your blood group and allergies to your medical card.

  2. Slide to start your ride

    Sweep watches for a crash in the background. Your crew sees where you are, and a voice calls the bends and hazards ahead.

  3. If something happens, they know

    A crash or an SOS sends your pin, what happened, your bike and your medical details. Riders nearby are told there is a rider in trouble on their way.

Features

Built by a rider,
for riders.

Everything is made for gloves and a helmet: big, calm and hands free.

Crash alerts

Crash alerts that don't cry wolf

Sweep looks for a hard hit while you are moving, then checks that the bike has stopped and you are not getting up. A dropped phone, a robot or idling in traffic does not set it off.

  • A loud countdown you can cancel with one tap
  • Your pin, bike and medical card go out on their own
  • Falls back to SMS when there is no data
Sweep help request screen with a countdown and the riders alerted
Hands free HUD

A dash you never have to touch NEW

Mount your phone and ride. The HUD shows your speed, your lean on both sides, the road ahead and a small map of the whole route with every rider in their own colour.

  • Voice calls at least 50 metres before a bend
  • Police, trucks and hazards called out loud
  • Turns with the phone: portrait or landscape
Sweep HUD with speed, lean bars, the route map and crew colours
SOS

SOS for the small stuff too

Burst tyre, out of fuel, breakdown or something worse. Pick what happened and Sweep sends it with your location to riders near you and to your crew.

  • Riders on your route hear "Assist rider, fifty metres"
  • WhatsApp alerts go out by themselves
  • One tap to 112 from every alert
Sweep riding screen with the route ahead
Group rides

Group rides, the easy way

Plan a route with stops, avoid highways or tolls, and share a link. Riders tap to ask to join and you approve them. On the day, everyone can see who is where.

  • Open a Google Maps link straight in Sweep
  • Search suggests places as you type
  • Quiet rerouting when you miss a turn
Planning a group ride in Sweep with stops on the route
Medical card

A medical card on your lock screen

Save a QR code as your lock screen or print it as a sticker for your helmet. A paramedic scans it and sees your blood group, allergies and who to call. It works without signal.

Sweep medical QR lock screen for a sample rider
Track and road

Track mode at Killarney, and every road ride analysed

At Killarney Sweep times your laps in three sectors. On the road it draws the shape of every bend you rode, with your entry speed, lean, braking and throttle, so you can see how to ride it better.

Sweep track mode at Killarney showing lap times

Turn your phone

Landscape on the bars.
Portrait in your pocket.

Flip the phone and the HUD and map turn with it. Directions never cover the dash, and the speed glows so you can read it in the sun.

Sweep HUD in landscape: speed 79 km/h, lean bars, the road ahead and the route map with crew dots
Speed that keeps upLean, both sidesElevationCrew in colourRider in trouble ahead

No data? Still works.

Alerts fall back to SMS from your own SIM, and your medical card lives inside the QR code.

Knows a robot from a fall

Stopping, idling and a phone sliding off the seat are not crashes. A real hit while moving is.

WhatsApp, on its own

Your group's central number gets the pin and details straight away.

Through your intercom

Voice calls play like a maps app and turn your music down while they speak.

Riders nearby help

Sweep riders close to you see the alert and can say they are coming.

For clubs and groups

Your group becomes the call centre.

Most riding groups already have a WhatsApp group. WhatsApp does not let apps post into normal groups, so each group adds one central number: the person or phone that runs the group. When a member goes down, that number gets the alert, the pin and the details straight away.

Clubs in Joburg, Durban, PE and the Cape can each set their own central.

For bike businesses

Ads only from bike people.

Sweep stays affordable because motorcycle businesses can advertise inside the app. Dealers, workshops, gear shops and tyre fitters only. No random ads, and we never sell rider data to anyone.

Talk to us about advertising

Privacy

Your data
stays yours.

  • We never sell or share rider data with third parties.
  • Your live location is only shared while you ride with your crew, or when you send an alert.
  • Voice notes are deleted after 7 days.
  • Your medical card lives inside the QR code, not on our servers.
  • We follow POPIA.
Read the privacy policy

FAQ

Good questions.

Does Sweep work without data?

Yes. If there is no data, crash and SOS alerts go out as SMS from your own SIM. Your medical QR card works with no signal at all.

Do I have to touch my phone while I ride?

No. Sweep is built to be hands free. It speaks the bends, hazards and turns, and anything that needs a tap waits until you stop.

What happens after a crash alert?

You get a countdown with a loud tone. If you don't cancel it, Sweep sends your pin, what happened, your bike and your medical details to your contacts, your crew and your group's central number.

Is it on iPhone?

The pilot app is for Android. iPhone riders can use the web version of Sweep during the pilot.

What does it cost?

Sweep is free during the pilot. Bike businesses that advertise inside the app help keep it affordable after that.

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The pilot

Got a bike?
Help us test Sweep.

We are testing Sweep with real riders before it goes on the Play Store. The pilot is free. Android riders get the app, and iPhone riders can use the web version.

Every pilot rider signs a short agreement before they start, so their information and our work both stay safe.

Email us to join ↗

Tell us your name, your area and what you ride.

Sweep pilot agreement screen

Questions? Talk to us.

Riders, clubs, bike businesses and partners.

hello@sweeprider.co.za