Comparison

Smart Button Panic Button vs Doorman

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

Doorman

This app helps educational institutions create focused learning environments by restricting access to non-educational content during class. It offers customizable solutions for schools to manage student device usage and enforce policies, promoting academic productivity.

Highlights
  • Distraction-free learning environments
  • Securely restrict non-educational content
  • Enhance student focus and productivity
  • Uninterrupted class time for teachers
  • Easy-to-manage policy enforcement
  • Customizable to school requirements
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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 class time, and administrators enjoy a transparent, easy-to-manage solution to enforce cell phone policies. Doorman is tailored to your school's requirements, adapting to factors such as bell schedule, state law, and even campus culture. Whether your school uses Focus vs. Lockdown mode and bell-to-bell vs. class-to-class restriction periods, Doorman provides simple onboarding and a refreshing user experience, enabling schools to continue fostering academic excellence in their students.

Screenshots

Smart Button Panic Button4 screens
Doorman4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Smart Button Panic Button at 40% against Doorman's 4%. Smart Button Panic Button also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.6). Doorman's advantage is update cadence (every 3 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Smart Button Panic Button ships an update every 2 months, Doorman every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Smart Button Panic Button versus Doorman: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmart Button Panic ButtonDoorman
PriceFreeFree
Rating—1.2 (720 ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews — better4.3% of reviews
Number of ratings—720 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB97 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnonymous Alerts, LLCDoorman Labs Inc.

Customer experience

Smart Button Panic Button

Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%

Doorman

All ratings720 ratings
Positive4.2%
Neutral1.3%
Negative94.6%
Written reviews140 reviews
Positive4.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative95.7%

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

None

Smart Button Panic Button

No in-app purchases

None

Doorman

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Smart Button Panic Button free?
Smart Button Panic Button is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Doorman free?
Doorman is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Smart Button Panic Button or Doorman have ads?
Neither Smart Button Panic Button nor Doorman shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Smart Button Panic Button or Doorman?
Smart Button Panic Button ships an update every 2 months, and Doorman every 3 days. Most recently, Smart Button Panic Button was updated on November 2, 2026 and Doorman on November 8, 2026.

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