breakglass.app

What It Is

Break Glass is an encrypted emergency planning and instruction-delivery service. Users can prepare information in advance—password hints, accounts, insurance details, school contacts, digital-asset recovery procedures, server credentials, operating manuals, and more—and specify who should receive it in situations such as death, incapacity, or a digital security incident. It is not a day-to-day password manager; rather, it is a system for getting the right information to the right people in an emergency.

Core Features and Security

The product flow is straightforward: create an encrypted plan, add trusted contacts, and issue activation cards containing a URL and PIN. When an emergency occurs, a trusted contact initiates the process; after a configurable cancellation window, the system decrypts and sends the relevant information to the designated recipients. Different recipients can receive different content, avoiding an “all-at-once” full disclosure. Multi-person approval can also be enabled to reduce the risk of abuse by a single individual.

On the security side, the product description mentions AES-256-GCM, per-user keys, encryption at rest, Argon2id-hashed PINs, full-disk encryption, hardware-backed key protection, and an SSL Labs A+ rating. In addition, its safety check-ins can gradually remind the user via email, push notification, SMS, and voice call after they stop responding, and can automatically activate the plan if needed.

Pricing and Ease of Use

The free plan supports 1 emergency scenario and 1 trusted contact, with no credit card required. The paid plan costs $2.99/month plus taxes and unlocks unlimited scenarios, contacts, safety check-ins, and multi-channel notifications. Break Glass also offers a Live Demo that does not require registration, lowering the barrier to trying it.

For individuals and families, the value proposition is fairly strong. However, the terms note that if a subscription is canceled or a card payment fails, plans stop being triggerable immediately, with no grace period. This is an important point to keep in mind.

Pros, Cons, and Who It’s For

Its strengths are a focused product positioning, a simple workflow, and relatively comprehensive safeguards against accidental triggering. It is especially suitable for heads of household, crypto-asset holders, solo travelers, high-risk workers, independent founders, and freelancers.

The limitations are that we did not find information on APIs, third-party integrations, SSO, audit features, enterprise permission systems, or compliance certifications. Since it is built by an individual developer, its long-term service continuity and support capacity remain worth monitoring.

China Access and Alternatives

Availability from mainland China, as well as the reliability of SMS and voice notifications there, is not specified in the available text. Payment methods are also not listed; only subscription status and failed credit card payments are mentioned. Users in China should first test website access, email/SMS deliverability, and payment availability.

Possible alternatives include Bitwarden Emergency Access, 1Password family sharing/emergency kits, or document tools such as Feishu, Yuque, and Notion combined with permission management. However, these options generally require users to design their own triggering and notification workflows.