The only native bowtie risk assessment software for Mac, iPhone and iPad. A modern, Apple-style interface that's intuitive to pick up, with minimal training. Works offline, no account required, free to try.
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Files exchange easily between devices.
The tools your team needs to build, manage and report on bowtie risk assessments.
Tailor likelihood, severity and rating to your organisation's standards.
Detailed and Summary Reports — export to CSV, share with one tap.
Build a complete bowtie in minutes with ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini.
PDF, JPEG and CSV export. Import from CSV and text.
All data on-device. No cloud. No account. No tracking.
Use in the field, on site, or anywhere without internet.
BowTie Risk combines bow tie software, BowTie analysis and visual risk management in one native app. Build structured diagrams that connect threats, preventive controls, a central event, consequences and mitigating controls, then assess and communicate the risk in a format people can understand quickly.
BowTie Risk’s AI workflow enables you to create your first draft from a single risk event — threats, controls, consequences and mitigations — ready to review and refine.
Equipment failure risk assessment — generated in under 60 seconds using the AI workflow.
What used to take hours in a workshop can be drafted in minutes — giving your team more time to review, challenge and improve.
Already have a diagram? Use the AI workflow to check for threats or consequences you may have missed — a second opinion in seconds.
BowTie Risk is a native Apple app built to Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines. It uses the controls, gestures and layout conventions people already know from their device. It’s intuitive, so the training requirement is minimal. A site supervisor, a safety officer and a risk manager can open the same diagram and read it. The table below sets out some of the differences.
In 1956, psychologist George Miller demonstrated that the human brain can only hold 7 (±2) items in working memory at once. Overload that limit and decision-making breaks down. BowTie Risk is designed around this principle — the bowtie structure deliberately organises complex risk information into focused, bounded groups, so your brain can process each element clearly without becoming overwhelmed.
Threats, controls and consequences are each grouped separately, keeping each chunk within cognitive limits.
A single bowtie replaces pages of text — letting you see the full risk picture at a glance, not wade through it.
When risks are structured to match how the brain works, teams respond faster and more accurately in critical situations.
The technical and compliance details procurement and security teams ask for.
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Bowtie risk software is a digital tool for building bowtie diagrams — a visual risk assessment method that maps a risk event from its causes on the left to its consequences on the right, with controls shown in between. Bowtie risk software replaces manual drawing tools and spreadsheets with structured, exportable diagrams, risk registers and reports.
Yes. BowTie Risk is free to download with no account required, and lets you create fully editable bowtie diagrams and export them to CSV, PDF and JPEG. A premium subscription unlocks unlimited diagrams, the customisable risk matrix, compliance reports and the AI workflow.
Nothing functionally — "bowtie risk software", "bow tie software" and "bowtie app" describe the same category of tool. BowTie Risk is software in the traditional sense (it manages structured risk data, matrices and reports) delivered as a native app rather than a website, which is what lets it work fully offline.
Most cloud-based bowtie software and bow tie software does. BowTie Risk doesn't — it's designed to work fully offline, so you can build and edit diagrams in the field, on site, or anywhere without a connection. All data stays on your device.
Yes. BowTie Risk exports diagrams to PDF, JPEG and CSV, and can import structured data from CSV or text — including AI-generated content from ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini using the built-in AI workflow.
No. Many teams keep their existing system of record for enterprise reporting and use BowTie Risk alongside it — as the fast way to actually build and share a diagram with the people who need to understand the risk, whether that's a toolbox talk, a new starter, or a board briefing. It works well as a lightweight companion, not just a replacement.
Yes — including risk teams. Most bowtie software comes with per-seat licensing, a sales process and a learning curve regardless of team size. BowTie Risk is designed with the same clarity as a well-made Apple app, so it works just as well for a solo consultant as it does for a risk team or across a whole workforce — a site supervisor, a safety officer and a risk manager can all open the same diagram and understand it intuitively, with minimal training. Download it, open it, and start your first diagram in seconds, with no account and no procurement process.
Yes. BowTie Risk's risk matrix, ratings and reporting structure align with ISO 31000 risk management principles, and the bowtie methodology itself is widely recognised under HSE, NEBOSH and OSHA frameworks.
Free to start · No account or login required · All data stays on your device