Prepare for Impact vs ReLIVe Responder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Prepare for Impact
Experience realistic aircraft emergencies from a passenger's perspective in this 3D simulation game. Learn critical safety procedures by making real-time decisions and observing their consequences. Navigate various emergency scenarios to achieve the fastest and safest evacuation.
- Realistic 3D aircraft emergency simulation
- Passenger's viewpoint experience
- Interactive decision-making with consequences
- Multiple emergency scenarios
- Threat simulation (fire, smoke, water)
- Level editor for custom scenarios
- Global leaderboards
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This 3D game has been developed in the context of an international, aviation safety research project (http://hcilab.uniud.it/aviation), aimed at exploring possible new approaches to safety education, and featured on important media such as TIME, Popular Mechanics, Discovery Channel, and Fox News (see http://hcilab.uniud.it/aviation/media.html). Prepare for Impact is the world-first game that reproduces the experience of real aircraft emergencies from the passenger’s viewpoint, with the highest fidelity allowed by today’s mobile devices. In each virtual emergency experience, the player can try first-hand right and wrong actions that a passenger can take, and see the positive or negative consequences those actions have. Your goal is to take all the right decisions to come out from the plane unharmed as fast as possible. The different levels of "Prepare for Impact" depict major types of emergencies, such as in-flight decompression, ground collision, runway overrun, water landing, crash landing, rejected take-off, and fumes in the cabin. Moreover, they are able to simulate the different threats that can make aircraft evacuation more complex, such as fire, smoke in the cabin, water, unusable exits, and others. The latest version of the app also includes a level editor that allows players to create personalized evacuation scenarios. The game also offers the option of publishing your best evacuation results on world leaderboards.
ReLIVe Responder
Practice responding to cardiac arrest emergencies and learn critical life-saving steps. This simulation helps you recognize cardiac arrest, call 911, communicate vital information, and understand basic CPR techniques.
- Recognize cardiac arrest
- Learn to call 911
- Communicate with dispatch
- Understand hands-only CPR
- Transfer care to EMS
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Over 350,000 incidents of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest occur every year. Are you prepared? Practice responding to cardiac arrest so you aren’t caught off guard. Play ReLIVe Responder! Emergency situations are hectic and scary if you are unsure of what to do, and sometimes CPR means the difference between life and death. Any help that a cardiac arrest victim can get before EMS arrives can increase the chances of survival. -ReLIVe Responder: Cardiac Arrest will help prepare players to: -Recognize cardiac arrest -Know to call 911 -Communicate concise, condition-specific info to 911 dispatch -Understand the basics of hands-only CPR -Know how to transfer care to EMS and disengage 911 dispatch This app was developed by ReLIVe, the University of Pittsburgh Resuscitation Logistics and Informatics Venture, a project funded with generous support from the Henry L. Hillman Foundation, and based in the University of Pittsburgh Department of Emergency Medicine. For more information about all of ReLIVe’s projects, visit www.pittrelive.org. Disclaimer: ReLIVe Responder: Cardiac Arrest is designed to inform the player of the importance of responding to cardiac arrest and communicating concise, condition-specific information to 911 dispatch. This app does not replace formal CPR training. The game recognizes the player’s in game performance and has no merit upon real life aptitude. For more information about responding to cardiac arrest, visit: www.pittrelive.org
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: ReLIVe Responder at none against Prepare for Impact's shown. ReLIVe Responder also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 82%) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Prepare for Impact's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 15 months) and ratings volume (2K vs 6). On price, rating, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Prepare for Impact against 4.2 for ReLIVe Responder. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Prepare for Impact has 2K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 82% of Prepare for Impact's written reviews are positive against 100% of ReLIVe Responder's.
Prepare for Impact ships an update every 2 months, ReLIVe Responder every 15 months. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.
| Parameter | Prepare for Impact | ReLIVe Responder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (2K ratings) — better | 4.2 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 82.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2K — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 15 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 198 MB | 108 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica - Universita' degli Studi di Udine | Simcoach Games |
Customer experience
Prepare for Impact
ReLIVe Responder
Bugs and requests
Prepare for Impact
Reported bugs
4 issues- Passengers blocking exits
- Incorrect feedback on actions
- Inability to complete certain levels
- Crashes and freezes
Requested features
8 requests- More levels and scenarios
- Ability to choose aircraft type
- Option to play as cabin crew or pilot
- Customizable crash settings
- Improved graphics and animations
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- Dialogue and announcements from crew
- Ability to board the plane and go through pre-flight
- Multiplayer or co-op modes
ReLIVe Responder
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Prepare for Impact
No in-app purchases
ReLIVe Responder
No in-app purchases
Questions
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