'A condom for your phone': New app stops you drunk-calling your ex If you think people would laugh at the idea of being told what to do by their phone, you'd be wrong. Drunk Mode is already proving a hit. Despite only launching on Apple's App Store and Google's Play store earlier this year, Drunk Mode now has 150,000 users. Mr Anton, who has developed Drunk Mode while studying at University of Virginia with friend Justin Washington, told The Telegraph that the app was about allowing people to have fun but keeping them safe at the same time. In fact, the app is described on the App Store as "fun without the drama," above a suggestion that people don't get drunk "24/7." It's like a condom for your phone. A condom allows you to have sex and have fun but not get pregnant. It keeps you safe," he said. You want to know your friends are safe. People tend to go crazy [when they go out] but we want then to have the information to keep safe. They might not listen to their parents or teachers. But is there a risk that an app that stops people doing stupid things while drunk encourage them to drink more? "People will drink whether they have their phone with them or not, their friends motivate them to do that," Mr Anton said. The app doesn't promote drinking, but it doesn't diminish it either. It isn't about that. The 'drunk quiz' to disable the app and Breadcrumbs, which shows you where you went the night before Drunk Mode, which can be disabled by solving a maths puzzle (tricky when you've had a few too many), is gearing up to give its users even more information when it releases updates early next year. New features will include the ability to recover and delete any Snapchat photos you managed to send, see any Uber or Lyft ride shares around you and look at the male/female ratio at a party. The ability to delete Snapchat images could prove handy after thousands of explicit pictures taken with the photo sharing app were leaked online last month in a hacking event dubbed The Snappening. Drunk Mode's new features appear to be taking the app away from being a personal tool and making it more social. "It's a motivation for keeping your friends safe," Mr Anton said. Girls will be able to see how many guys are at a party, you can use the app to see how long the queues are at a club, or where there are deals. We give you information when you go out that allows you to make decisions. There does seem to be one flaw with the business, however. What if you get so drunk you lose your phone?