Comparison

CBW LockDown vs PanicButton SOS | Emergency

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

CBW LockDown

Instantly secure schools, campuses, and office buildings with a single touch. This app, paired with ControlByWeb™ hardware, enables rapid lockdown by triggering relays for door locks, alarms, and status lights. It also facilitates alerts to authorities via email and text messages.

Highlights
  • Instant lockdown activation
  • Trigger door locks and alarms
  • Send email and text alerts
  • Password-protected disable
  • Monitor lockdown triggers
  • No monthly fees or cloud services
Features
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Lock down schools, campuses, office buildings, and large complexes in LESS than a SECOND with the touch of a button! The CBW LockDown app combined with ControlByWeb™ products are the building blocks needed to create a customized lock down system for instant lockdown in the event of an emergency. Simply setup CBW LockDown to trigger a relay, variable, or register on a ControlByWeb™ device* to begin a chain of events to lockdown a building or complex. Relays can be connected to electric door locks, alarms, phone dialers, or lockdown status lights that tell others not to enter the building. In addition, many ControlByWeb™ devices allow you to send email and text messages** to alert authorities and others of an impending threat. ControlByWeb products are highly customizable, for example, once the lock down is enabled, you can configure it to only be disabled by a password-protected, web control panel. Using CBW LockDown with our X-600M industrial controller gives you additional features such as the option to monitor who has triggered the lock down for a quicker response time. CBW LockDown combined with ControlByWeb products is a reliable and cost-effective solution to lockdown schools, campuses, office buildings, and large complexes. Because ControlByWeb products communicate directly with one another, you do not need to use any outside cloud servers or services. There are no monthly fees, and no additional software to install. * Installation of ControlByWeb products requires a basic knowledge of electronics and computer networking. In some cases, a Systems Integrator or licensed Electrician may be required. ** Text messages are sent via email messages to the recipients wireless carrier and converted to text. See http://www.controlbyweb.com/applications/school-lockdown.html for more information.

About

PanicButton SOS | Emergency

This app provides a silent neighborhood alarm for your community or family. In emergencies, a single button press discreetly alerts your trusted contacts and neighbors with your real-time location. It functions even when the app is closed or the phone is locked.

Highlights
  • Silent emergency alerts
  • Real-time location sharing
  • Group creation (neighborhood, family)
  • Works with app closed or phone locked
  • Trusted contact alerts
  • Emergency categories
  • Test mode for drills
Features
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Personal alert system with real-time location. PanicButton SOS sends an alert to a user-defined response group in under two seconds, with the exact position and without the phone making a sound. It is designed for the critical interval: the time between an incident and the arrival of help. Personal, family and professional use. No cost, no ads, no subscription. HOW IT WORKS 1. Set up the response group: family, work team, field staff or neighbours of the same area. 2. Members join by username, code or QR code, with approval from the group administrator. 3. When the button is pressed, every member receives a priority notification with the sender’s live location. THREE LEVELS SOS. Emergency: the group and the emergency contacts receive the alarm and the live location from the first second. Heads-up. Advance notice: the user says what they are about to do and until when; if they do not confirm their status in time, it becomes an emergency. I’m OK. A reassurance signal for the group, with no alarm. FEATURES Discreet activation. The device sending the alert neither rings nor vibrates. Hardware trigger. Side button or Action button, without unlocking the screen or opening the app. Real-time location. Sent when the alert is triggered, never before, with map tracking during the event, even with the screen locked. Priority delivery. The notification arrives even if the recipient has every other notice muted. Wellness checks. Periodic verification with an automatic notice if there is no answer. Automatic escalation. Without a status confirmation, the system widens the notification according to the configured policy. Emergency contacts. Each one chooses when to be told: from the first second, after the first unanswered check, or as a last resort. They receive the notice without belonging to a group, also via Telegram if they do not have the app. Phone book. Each person with their number and how they receive alerts; they can stay in the book without being an emergency contact. Medical card. Blood type, allergies, medication and contacts, available during the event. Drill mode. Tests the full circuit without generating a real alert. Group management. Adding, removing and approving members under the administrator’s control; each group with its area and its members. Multilingual coverage. Interface in ten languages and notifications in eighteen, each in the recipient’s language. USE CASES Trips and journeys home at night. Field work and shifts without direct supervision. Passenger transport and deliveries. Shops and premises open to the public. Technicians working in other people’s homes. Older adults and people who live alone. Meetings with strangers. Coordinated safety among neighbours of the same area. Medical emergencies where the medical card is decisive. PRIVACY AND DATA CONTROL Location is sent only when an alert is triggered. There is no continuous tracking and no history of routes. No data is sold and no advertising is shown. The account and all the information linked to it can be deleted from within the app. DEPLOYMENT IN ORGANISATIONS Companies, cooperatives, municipalities and security providers can deploy PanicButton SOS as an alert system for their staff, with managed groups and their own protocols. Enquiries: contact@atseacode.dev SCOPE OF THE SERVICE PanicButton SOS complements public emergency services and does not replace them. Its role is to cut the time it takes to reach the people who are in a position to help immediately. Developed by atSeaCode. More at panicbuttonsos.app

Screenshots

CBW LockDown4 screens
PanicButton SOS | Emergency4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: PanicButton SOS | Emergency at 100% against CBW LockDown's 33%. PanicButton SOS | Emergency also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.0). CBW LockDown's advantage is iOS requirement (6.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PanicButton SOS | Emergency holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of CBW LockDown's written reviews are positive against 100% of PanicButton SOS | Emergency's.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
CBW LockDown versus PanicButton SOS | Emergency: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCBW LockDownPanicButton SOS | Emergency
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5 — better2
Update frequency—Every 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperXytronixMaximiliano Filsinger

Customer experience

CBW LockDown

All ratings5 ratings
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

PanicButton SOS | Emergency

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

CBW LockDown

No in-app purchases

None

PanicButton SOS | Emergency

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CBW LockDown free?
CBW LockDown is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PanicButton SOS | Emergency free?
PanicButton SOS | Emergency is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CBW LockDown or PanicButton SOS | Emergency?
PanicButton SOS | Emergency is rated higher. CBW LockDown averages 2.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while PanicButton SOS | Emergency averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do CBW LockDown or PanicButton SOS | Emergency have ads?
Neither CBW LockDown nor PanicButton SOS | Emergency shows ads.

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