Comparison

SmartPanics vs HelpySafe

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

Head to head
About

SmartPanics

This safety monitoring platform provides personal and group emergency alerts with location, photos, and audio. It includes features for panic buttons, virtual guardians, vehicle tracking, and security camera visualization.

Highlights
  • Panic buttons with location, sound, and images
  • Virtual guardian with route and time control
  • GPS tracking for vehicles
  • Security camera visualization and control
  • Family group tracking with geofencing
  • External Bluetooth SOS button support
Features
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SmartPanics is the ideal platform to provide you with personal monitoring safety, either individually or as a family or corporate group. The App is connected to a service provider with a monitoring center, in a private security company or in a public government organization and sends alerts with map location, photos, audios and video clips as evidence of the event. The app provides you: - Police, fire and medical panic buttonswith geographic position notification, soundand images of your emergency (MY ALARMS) - Management of your alarm panels including activations and deactivations (MY ACCOUNTS) - Virtual guardian that accompanies you from one place to another with route and time control. (ON MY WAY) - GPS Tracking of all your vehicles (MY VEHICLES) - Visualization and control of your video security cameras (MY CAMERAS) - Reception of all your events and alerts by PUSH messages (MY MESSAGES) - Tracking and monitoring of your family group, geofence entry and exit, monitoring of maximum speeds, inactivity and cell phone battery status (MY GROUP) - Programmable alerts report to the control center (MY ALERTS) - Cell phone location if it has been stolen, from the SmartPanics of another member of your group. - Use of an external bluetooth SOS button connected to the cell phone Your chosen service provider will give you a QR code to activate the APP in the monitoring center or you will be able to choose a provider if you do not have one yet, from the same APP. Once your APP is activated you will be able to add all the members of your group from there by creating your own QRs for them SmartPanicsis free, it has no extra charge note even the APP. To test the full functionality we recommend you to download TrySmartPanics For additional information please contact us at https://monitoringsoft.com/portfolio/smartpanics/

About

HelpySafe

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HelpySafe es una app que sirvíendose de un dispositivo BlueTooth (Helpy), comunica a las personas detectan un ataque a su integridad con sus protectores de forma rápida y fiable, transmitiendo toda la información relevante como grabaciones en tiempo real (en versiones anteriores a iOS 13), ubicación, hora, identidad, etc. para que puedan atenderlas o auxiliarlas. Caso de uso: 1) A través de la App vinculas y configuras tu dispositivo 2) Designas a tus protectores, que deberán descargarse la app y aceptar tu petición para poder recibir tus alertas. 3) Tienes un problema, como un intento de robo, asalto, situación peligrosa, ... 4) Activas manualmente el dispositivo HelpySafe 5) La app recibe la señal del dispositivo, recopila la información necesaria y envía la alerta. 6) Tus protectores reciben la alerta con todos los datos, incluyendo ubicación y grabaciones en tiempo real. 7) Se te envía una confirmación para que sepas que tu alerta ha sido recibida por tus protectores. 8) Tus protectores tratarán de ponerse en contacto contigo o incluso podrán movilizar los medios necesarios para atenderte. HelpySafe ofrece una opción de suscripción de renovación automática premium GOLD: - 0.99 €/mes - Hasta cinco protectores personales Con HelpySafe la seguridad personal avanza a otro nivel. Con HelpySafe los problemas se convierten en soluciones. Condiciones de uso: https://apps.kaps.es/#/helpysafe-condiciones-de-uso/

Screenshots

SmartPanics4 screens
HelpySafe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SmartPanics at none against HelpySafe's 1. SmartPanics also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. HelpySafe sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. SmartPanics asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SmartPanics ships an update monthly, HelpySafe every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
SmartPanics versus HelpySafe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmartPanicsHelpySafe
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.6
Further details — not scored
Size105 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSoftGuard Technologies LLCKaps Management Group

In-app purchases

None

SmartPanics

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

HelpySafe

Subscriptions1
  • Premium GOLD$0.991 Month

Questions

Is SmartPanics free?
SmartPanics is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HelpySafe free?
HelpySafe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SmartPanics or HelpySafe have ads?
Neither SmartPanics nor HelpySafe shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SmartPanics or HelpySafe?
SmartPanics ships an update monthly, and HelpySafe every 2 months. Most recently, SmartPanics was updated on September 24, 2026 and HelpySafe on October 5, 2026.

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