GutChecks: Red Flags & Safety
The private app that helps you spot manipulation, red flags, and toxic behaviour in DMs, dating, friendships, at work, with family, or anywhere online and offline. No judgment. Just clarity.
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Built for red flags; everywhere
GutChecks does not give generic advice. It is built specifically to help users recognise manipulation, red flags, and toxic behaviour, even when disguised as friendship, love, or opportunity, across every interaction, online and offline.
Built for red flags; everywhere
GutChecks is designed specifically for spotting manipulation, pressure tactics, and toxic patterns across all interactions; dating, friendships, work, family, online, and offline.
Clear explanations, not just opinions
GutChecks breaks down what it sees and explains why something might be a red flag, so you can decide for yourself.
Remembers the bigger picture
GutChecks tracks patterns across your conversations over time, so you can see whether something is a one-off or a trend.
Works for your world
Whether it is DMs, group chats, dating apps, school, work, family, or strangers online, GutChecks understands different social contexts.
Support when you need it
If a situation sounds serious, GutChecks connects you to real helplines and resources in your area, including support for radicalisation concerns.
Keep a record if you need one
Save and organise your conversations so you have a clear timeline if you ever want to share with someone you trust.
AI you can trust. Built with professional safeguards
We know AI can get it wrong. When safety is involved, getting it wrong is not an option. That is why GutChecks is not a chatbot that gives life advice. It is a pattern recognition tool that helps users see red flags in their interactions and understand why something feels off. It does not tell users what to do; it helps them think more clearly and guides them to appropriate support. Responses are shaped by guidance from our advisory panel of mental health practitioners, social workers, and counsellors to help ensure the app aligns with professional safeguarding recommendations. GutChecks is designed to educate and empower; never to replace human judgement or professional help.
How GutChecks works in 3 simple steps
Get clarity on your interactions in three simple steps. No technical knowledge required.
Tell us what happened
Describe the situation in your own words, a message, a conversation, something at school, work, home, or online. You can paste screenshots or type it out.
See the red flags clearly
GutChecks identifies possible warning signs, pressure tactics, and unhealthy patterns, and explains what it found and why.
Decide what to do next
Use the insight to reflect, set boundaries, talk to someone you trust, or keep tracking patterns. GutChecks helps you think; it does not decide for you.
App analysis preview
Four app analysis demo screens.
Your space. Your privacy. No exceptions.
GutChecks is 100% private and anonymous. We do not collect your name, email, or any personal details. Conversation analysis runs on-device where possible, and conversation content is not stored by us. If AI guidance is used, content is processed only to generate your response and is not used to train models. Your data is never sold or shared with advertisers or third parties.
- No account required to start
- No personal data collected
- On-device processing where possible
- No conversation storage by us
- Encrypted transfer for supported AI guidance
- Delete your data anytime
- GDPR compliant
Use GutChecks when...
Use cases include the scenarios below, but GutChecks is not limited to these only.
- Someone's messages feel manipulative but you are not sure why
- A friendship or relationship feels toxic and you keep second-guessing yourself
- An online interaction feels off and you want a second opinion
- You are being pressured, guilt-tripped, or gaslit at school, work, home, or online
- Someone is trying to recruit you into extreme views or isolate you from people you trust
- You think you or someone you know is being groomed or exploited
- You want to track a pattern of behaviour over time
- You want to understand red flags in a scam, catfish, or financial manipulation
- A family member, landlord, or authority figure is behaving in a controlling way
GutChecks helps users understand what they are seeing in any situation, online or offline. It does not make decisions for them.
Simple pricing. Serious clarity.
- Unlimited conversations
- Pattern tracking over time
- Red flag breakdown with clear explanations
- Save and export your records
- Helpline links for your region
- 100% private and anonymous
3 days free, then £6.99/month
- Unlimited conversations
- Pattern tracking over time
- Red flag breakdown with clear explanations
- Save and export your records
- Helpline links for your region
- 100% private and anonymous
3 days free, then £59.99/year
Trusted by 1,000+ users • 100% private
Why people use GutChecks
Real experiences from people who needed a second opinion, and got clarity.
"I kept going back and forth on whether I was overreacting. GutChecks helped me see it was actually a pattern."
"Someone at school was being really manipulative and I didn't know how to explain it. GutChecks broke it down so I could see what was happening."
"I used it when an online conversation started feeling really off. It flagged things I hadn't even noticed."
"The privacy was everything. I wasn't ready to talk to anyone yet."
"The pattern tracking showed me it wasn't just a bad day, it was a habit. That made it so much easier to trust what I was feeling."
"I could finally put into words what had been making me uncomfortable for months. It gave me the clarity to do something about it."
More than an app. A movement.
GutChecks was built after a single moment. A Royal Navy veteran and former Goldman Sachs manager discovered her 11-year-old daughter was silently navigating manipulation, pressure, and confusing interactions alone. When asked why she had not come to her mum, she said: "You have a lot going on, Mum. I did not want to add to your stress."
She searched for a tool that could help her daughter recognise red flags before they became real harm. It did not exist. So she built it.
GutChecks is more than an app. It is a mission to educate and empower users to recognise manipulation, grooming, and toxic behaviour, even when disguised as friendship, love, or opportunity, and guide them to safer next steps.
Available on All Devices
Download GutChecks on iOS and Android now.
A helpful tool, not a replacement for real help
GutChecks is designed to help users reflect on interactions and spot possible red flags. It is not a crisis service, counsellor, legal authority, or clinical tool. If you are in immediate danger or need urgent support, please contact emergency services or a helpline in your area.
Advisory note: GutChecks is developed with guidance from mental health practitioners, social workers, and counsellors to help ensure responses align with professional recommendations.
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