(Old)Emergency Ready App User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience31.6% of reviews
Neutral5.3% of reviews
Negative experience63.2% of reviews

~ Based on 19 written reviews from the US App Store.

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Top reviews

So many apps ^^

먼저, 안전 앱을 만들어 주셔서 감사합니다!!!

한 가지 질문이 있습니다:
(1) Emergency Ready App,
(2) 긴급신고 바로,
(3) 안전 신고문
이 세 앱의 차이점이 무엇인가요?

기능이 같거나 겹치는 앱들이 많으면 혼란스러울 수 있다고 생각합니다.
가능하다면 하나로 합쳐서 관리하기 쉬운 앱이 되었으면 좋겠습니다.

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Firstly thank you for making a safety app!!!

I have one question: what are the differences between
(1) Emergency Ready App, and (2) 긴급신고 바로, and (3) 안전 신고문.

I think that many apps with the same / overlapped functions can be confusing. It would be great if they can be merged into one app - which can be easier to maintain.

Thank you for your answer.
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Response from developer

Thank you for your attention at the Emergency Ready App. This app provides safety information to help you prepare for emergency situations. We will continue to make efforts to make it more convenient for all. Thank you.

Great replacement for emergency alerts

This app is a great replacement for those phone emergency alerts. Some great things:

1. Can specify areas of interest. So you can get emergency alerts related only to your neighborhood, or other location, or both, etc. Good when family or workplace are spread out.

2. Respects phone mode settings So if phone is silent or vibrate, these alerts come silently or by vibration. No more blaring loud sounds in public

3. Better translations Previously the foreign language translations of Korean original messages was bad and sometimes incomprehensible. Now they use Google auto translation and they’re much more clear.

4. Alert history If you accidentally swipe away an alert, there’s a list of previous alerts to consult. That list is all alerts nationwide which sometimes makes it difficult to find yours but still it’s a good resource. Overall the app provides a good features set. I’m glad it is available and multilingual. Thank you.
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Response from developer

Thank you for your interest in our app.

중국어 버전 번체자 수정 요청

중국어 버전 쓰고 있지만 중국어(간체자) 아닌 번체자로 잘못 되어 있습니다.
언어 수정 필요해보입니다

Response from developer

Emergency Ready App 에 관심을 가져주셔서 감사합니다. 번역 내용을 검토하여 개선될 수 있도록 노력하겠습니다. 소중한 의견 참고하여 더욱 발전하는 Emergency Ready App 이 되겠습니다. 감사합니다.

Alerts for the whole country

I really like that the alerts I get notifications of are only for the areas I select. However, if I miss the notification and go into the app to search for it, I have to comb through every alert for the whole country. Even adding a search function would be really helpful.

Response from developer

Thank you for your interest in our app. We will try to resolve it after checking the function.

Slow & useless

Terrible programming. Slow response times. Bad interface. Incorrect English. A true disaster!

Response from developer

Thank you for your attention at the Emergency Ready App. We apologize for any inconvenience in the use of the service. Improved response time of disaster alert menu inquiry. we will try to provide a better translation service. Thank you.

지역별로 재난문자를 볼 수 있었으면 좋겠어요

모든 지역 재난문자가 한데 모여있어서 보기 불편하네요. 원하는 지역만 볼 수 있도록 개선바랍니다

Response from developer

Emergency Ready App에 관심을 가져주셔서 감사합니다. 재난문자 조회 관련하여 의견보내주셨는데요. 내용 검토하여 개선 조치될 수 있도록 노력하겠습니다. 소중한 의견 참고하여 더욱 편하게 이용하실 수 있도록 노력하겠습니다. 감사합니다.

Region Filter Doesn’t Filter

Any update on this? It’s been over a year and the region filtering still doesn’t work. The Korean version of the app allows filtering by region, and it works. But not the English version. Please please fix.

This is pretty useless to me because when I get an emergency alert in Korean for my city, ideally I would open this app and see the translated message. But despite setting the geographic region correctly, the app shows me ALL emergency alerts in the whole of Korea. It’s nearly impossible to identify the ones I want.
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앱 업그레이드 하셔야 할 것 같아요

디스플레이 크기 자체가 맞지 않고 그 때문에 신빈성이 떨어져 보여요. 여러모로 좀 더 깔끔하고 정갈해 보여야 (그리고 잘 정리되어 있다면..) 외국인들 사이에서 입소문이 나서 앱 으로 부터 도움을 더 많이 받게 되지 않겠나 싶습니다.

Response from developer

Emergency Ready App 에 관심을 가져주셔서 감사합니다. UI 검토하여 개선될 수 있도록 노력하겠습니다. 소중한 의견 참고하여 더욱 발전하는 Emergency Ready App 이 되겠습니다. 감사합니다.

What’s the use?

The automatic translations from korean to English are horrendous. The app is useless if all it’s feeding me is a string of indecipherable English nonsense.

Better than trying to translate emergency alerts

Korea sends out alerts using mobile networks which are difficult to translate. This app is slightly better. The app gives the same message translated to English usually a few minutes after the network emergency message. Looks like automated translation rather than human translation. You can configure it to show messages for your region only.
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Very poor and inaccurate translations

The whole point is supposed to be to provide non-Korean speakers with reliable information, but the auto-generated translations are so bad, they’re laughable. At times incomprehensible. You’re much better off taking a screenshot of the original Korean emergency alert and running it through google translate. It’s an extra step, but you have a better chance of actually getting a clear understanding of what it says.
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Useful but not always clear translation

Useful app, I can follow the number of cases concerning the COVID-19, but sometimes the translation doesn’t mean anything at all. I am not an English native so it’s even more difficult to understand when it’s not clear at all (in a Coronavirus case, talking about earthquake? Does it mean a cluster?). I hope the new versions will have a better translation.
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Response from developer

Thank you for your attention at the Emergency Ready App. We apologize for any inconvenience in the use of the service. we will try to provide a better translation service. Thank you.

Needs Work

This app was terribly conceived and executed. There is some information on the coronavirus but it is way too small to read and it is impossible to pinch and zoom.

Response from developer

Thank you for your attention at the Emergency Ready App. We apologize for any inconvenience in the use of the service. We will modify it to enlarge when the COVID-19 safety guide content is selected. We will continue to make efforts to make it more convenient for all. Thank you.

Do better Korea

This app is too slow to provide “emergency” updates. The translations are terrible. Korea issues don’t many emergency alerts but unless you’re a native, don’t expect to know anything.

Mexico comes up as South America

Helpful resources here, for sure.

As noted in the title, Mexico doesn’t show up under North America when looking for embassy information. Although some may not think it is a big deal, the lack of accuracy made me rethink the validity of the information provided.

Response from developer

Thank you for your interest in the Emergency Ready App. We apologize for any inconvenience in the use of the service. We've modified it and Mexico show up under Latin America. We will continue to make efforts to make it more convenient for all. Thank you.

Great Help

This is really helpful for ex-pats who don’t understand what their phone is saying when you get an alarm (which by the way you can turn off so it doesn’t wake you up at three in the morning to tell you there was a 3.1 earthquake 15 minutes ago). It also has a way to call 911 and different emergency sites and the embassy.
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A little buggy, but so badly needed

Four stars because this is a sorely needed service. Minus one star because there is a notification badge on my home screen for this app and there is no indication in the app itself what it means or what I can do to clear it out. Hopefully future versions will iron out the kinks.

Finally a translation!

This app is now very useful. Those annoying (scary) emergency alerts from the government are translated in English.

FYI: South Korea Emergency App

No one knows this app exists. Why? Perhaps due to the lack of marketing. But, at least the app should mention Korea somewhere in the title or description.