Help Bird vs Emerginet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Help Bird
This app allows you to quickly notify pre-selected contacts about an emergency situation. It sends an SMS or iMessage with your current location to ensure your message is seen by helpers.
- Emergency contact notification
- SMS/iMessage alerts
- Current location sharing
- Quick assistance request
- Pre-selected helper list
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In dangerous or unpleasant situations, it may be difficult to quickly summon assistance. Help Bird helps you to quickly inform several selected persons about your emergency. Thus, increases the chance that your help message is immediately read by a helper. Help Bird sends an SMS or iMessage to all your specified helpers when you request assistance. The message tells your helpers that you are in an emergency situation and also includes your current location.
Emerginet
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8E-Emergency+ is your revolutionary digital on-demand emergency app that connects you directly to first responders at one touch in times of critical situations such as fire, police, medical, disaster and terrorist threats. The app's GPS tracker enables first responders to accurately know your location, thereby you can expect help to arrive much faster than conventional rescue methods. The app also does not require to you to dial third party operators and your access to emergency services is available 24/7.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Emerginet at every 3 months against Help Bird's every 37 months. Help Bird's advantage is iOS requirement (9.2 vs 15.6). On price, ads, 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.
Help Bird ships an update every 37 months, Emerginet every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Help Bird | Emerginet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 37 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.2 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marcel Dittmann | FIRESECURITY CORPORATION |
In-app purchases
Help Bird
No in-app purchases
Emerginet
No in-app purchases
