Smart Button Panic Button vs Doorman
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.
Doorman
This app helps educational institutions create focused learning environments by blocking non-educational content on student devices during class. It enhances student productivity and allows teachers to conduct uninterrupted lessons, while administrators can easily manage device access.
- Distraction-free learning environments
- Restrict non-educational content
- Enhance student focus and productivity
- Uninterrupted teaching sessions
- Transparent policy enforcement
- Easy-to-manage solution
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Doorman helps schools create distraction-free learning environments by securely restricting access to non-educational content during class time. Students benefit from enhanced focus and productivity, teachers gain uninterrupted teaching sessions, and administrators enjoy a transparent, easy-to-manage solution to enforce cell phone policies. With simple onboarding and a refreshing user experience, Doorman enables schools to continue fostering academic excellence.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Smart Button Panic Button at 40% against Doorman's 5%. Smart Button Panic Button also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.6). Doorman's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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, Doorman every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smart Button Panic Button | Doorman |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 1.2 (666 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews — better | 4.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 666 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Anonymous Alerts, LLC | Doorman Labs Inc. |
Customer experience
Smart Button Panic Button
Doorman
Bugs and requests
Smart Button Panic Button
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Doorman
Reported bugs
2 issues- Doesn't work properly
- Causes phone to be locked by school administration
In-app purchases
Smart Button Panic Button
No in-app purchases
Doorman
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Smart Button Panic Button free?
Is Doorman free?
Do Smart Button Panic Button or Doorman have ads?
Which is updated more often, Smart Button Panic Button or Doorman?
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