Smart Button Panic Button vs BigBlueButton
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smart Button Panic Button
This app allows users to quickly report emergencies and share important information within their school or organization. It provides instant notifications to emergency contacts with location data and stores emergency plans for easy access.
- Instant emergency reporting
- GPS location sharing
- Emergency plan access
- Multi-language support (English/Spanish)
- Notifications to emergency contacts
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The Smart Button is a communications and panic button app that can be used by faculty, employees, students, and/or parents to report emergencies and other important information. This mobile application is now available in English and Spanish. The Smart Button® is a revolutionary tool for school administrators, teachers, and professors to instantly report credible threats, dangerous situations with students, medical emergencies, health, and other safety issues that warrant immediate attention. Organizational emergency plans and procedures are stored in the app for quick access on smartphones and tablets. When the Smart Button® is pressed, emergency contacts at your school, district, university or organization are immediately notified with your information and/or GPS map location. This innovative app is free to download.
BigBlueButton
This application provides a comprehensive virtual classroom experience, enabling users to participate in live sessions with features like chat, a shared whiteboard, audio, video, and screen sharing capabilities.
- Virtual classroom access
- Real-time chat
- Interactive whiteboard
- Two-way audio
- Camera sharing
- Screen sharing
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The BigBlueButton app lets you join virtual classrooms and enjoy a full-featured experience, including chat, whiteboard, two-way audio, camera, and screen sharing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Smart Button Panic Button at 40% against BigBlueButton's 17%. Smart Button Panic Button also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Smart Button Panic Button ships an update every 2 months, BigBlueButton every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and September 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smart Button Panic Button | BigBlueButton |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 1.4 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews — better | 16.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Anonymous Alerts, LLC | BigBlueButton |
Customer experience
Smart Button Panic Button
BigBlueButton
In-app purchases
Smart Button Panic Button
No in-app purchases
BigBlueButton
No in-app purchases
Questions
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