Every survival guide and emergency app I tried needed a connection at the exact moment you're least likely to have one. A guide that needs a cell tower is just a poster. So I built the opposite: everything useful lives on the phone. Download the library and a map region while you have Wi-Fi. After that it keeps working in airplane mode, in the backcountry, or during a blackout. What's inside: • 7,000+ field guides across 18 topics: water, fire, shelter, navigation, field care, sea & boats and more • Offline maps with GPS, routing, waypoints and typed coordinates • Ask the Manual: on-device AI that answers from the guides on your phone and links the source. No cloud chatbot. • Bluetooth chat (beta): message, share your location and send SOS to nearby Last Manual users with no SIM, Wi-Fi or server • 8 "I need help now" playbooks: earthquake, flood, grid down, nuclear fallout and more • 12 field tools: SOS torch, compass, Morse encoder plus a camera decoder, knot trainer, clinometer and more • Red-light mode for night vision, Panic mode with bigger buttons, and a battery saver Two things I cared about: • No account and no login. Bookmarks, checklists and waypoints stay on your device. • No subscription. Pro is a one-time purchase: $19.99 for launch week, then $39.99. The free tier (ad-supported) includes ~100 starter guides, the core tools and 2 PDF exports. Honest limits: Bluetooth chat only reaches phones nearby (a room, a street, a clearing) and isn't end-to-end encrypted. The AI can miss things, so it always points you to the guide. And this is an educational reference, not a replacement for emergency services or first-aid training. Android is live today, and iOS is coming. What's the first thing you'd want on your phone if the network went down for a week?

The Last Manual

Offline survival guide, maps and AI for when signal is gone

Offline survival guide, maps and AI for when signal is gone