Help Bird vs Help Alert
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ 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.
Help Alert
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Streamlined automatic care and safety communication, in one powerful inexpensive app for the well-being of your loved ones and lone workers. It can also be used as a Medication reminder for those you are caring for. This App automatically calls loved ones or lone workers with your pre-recorded message. If no response โ it will call again after 15 minutes. If no response from second call the App will automatically notify the emergency contact person requesting a check on the well-being of their loved one or lone worker A notification is sent each weekend as a sensitive reminder to make a live call to your loved one. The receiver of the welfare call does not need to download any app whatsoever. The app is only downloaded on the mobile phone of the person who is making the welfare call. This app can make a call to either a mobile/cell phone or a landline-based phone Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Help Bird at none against Help Alert's 5. Help Bird also leads on iOS requirement (9.2 vs 15.6). Help Alert's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 37 months). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Help Alert sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.00 per month. Help Bird asks for nothing beyond the download.
Help Bird ships an update every 37 months, Help Alert every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Help Bird | Help Alert |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | โ |
| Update frequency | Every 37 months | Every 3 weeks โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No โ better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | โ |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.2 โ better | 15.6 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marcel Dittmann | SAFETY ELECTRICAL SERVICES PTY LTD |
In-app purchases
Help Bird
No in-app purchases
Help Alert
- Add People For Care$3.001 Month
- Add Forth People For Care$4.001 Month
- Add People For Care$5.001 Month
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- 1 person $7.99 USD3 Days trial$7.991 Month
- 2 persons $15.98ย USD$13.991 Month









