How it works

From a scan to a happy return.

HaloTag connects a QR code to a private profile. It does nothing until someone scans the tag, and then it moves fast.

Before

Set it up once

Create a free account
Sign in with a code sent by email, or with a passkey. There is no password to remember.
Describe what you protect
Give it a private name only your household sees, and choose what the public page may show: a first name, a short message, the languages understood.
Add your contacts
Add the people to alert, in order. Each one confirms their address or number before receiving anything.
Attach a tag
Print a free QR code, or activate a HaloTag tag with the code on its card. Each tag also carries a short code that can be typed if the QR code is damaged.
Send a test alert
Check that every contact receives it. HaloTag reminds you to test again every few months.

When it matters

The finder scans the tag
With the phone camera. The page opens in the finder’s language, with no app and no account.
They press one button
They do not need to give their name or number. For a person, the page also shows the local emergency number.
You are alerted
Your first contact at once, then the next ones a few minutes later if nobody answers: by notification on your phone, by email, and by text message where available.
You answer privately
From your phone, you let the finder know you have seen the alert and write to each other through HaloTag.
You close the alert
Once it is sorted, you close it. The conversation is deleted 7 days later.

Good to know

Tags you control
Pause a tag, move it to another profile, or replace it if it is lost: the profile stays the same.
Notifications on your phone
Turn on notifications in the browser. On iPhone, add HaloTag to your Home Screen first.
Protection against abuse
Alerts are limited per tag, and a household can report an abusive alert.

Create a profile, print a QR code and send yourself a test alert.