Your 911 vs accesSOS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Your 911
This safety application connects users with local safety forces during emergencies. It enables quick reporting of situations with text, photos, and videos, and offers a "Friend Watch" feature for location sharing with trusted contacts. Users can also access community resources and local news.
- Emergency contact with safety forces
- Send text, photo, and video tips
- Friend Watch location tracking
- Access community resources
- Receive community news
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Your 911 is the official safety app of many cities, townships and communities. If you're in a dangerous situation, use the Your 911 application to quickly contact safety forces and provide them important information about your situation. Your 911 also allows you to: -Send text messages, as well as photos and videos of crime tips and suspicious behavior, service needs, and other concerns directly to community officials. -Use the Friend Watch feature to create a peer-to-peer safety network. Walking to class alone and want some additional safety? Use Friend Watch to allow your friends and family to track your location during that activity. -Access community resources, such as garbage schedules, community events, and other news coming from city hall. And more! GPS disclaimer: "Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life."
accesSOS
This app provides a discreet way to contact emergency services and mental health resources when verbal communication is difficult. Its icon-based interface and automatic location detection ensure critical information is sent quickly to dispatchers.
- Icon-based interface
- Automatic location detection
- Silent emergency contact
- Connects to 911
- Mental health service access
- Language-independent
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AccesSOS app quickly and quietly connects you with 911 and mental health services, without the need to make a phone call. It is designed to bridge the gap when voice communication with emergency services is not possible. AccesSOS app is for everyone, including those who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing, survivors of domestic violence, and those who communicate in different languages. Main features: • Icon-based interface. Our language-independent interface removes language barriers for people who may be unable to communicate verbally. • Automatic location detection. We get your coordinates even if you don’t know where you are. • Easy steps. We collect the most important information for dispatchers, reducing the time needed for dispatch. • Free. AccesSOS app is free for everyone, forever. Visit accessos.io for more information about our app and accesSOS, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to bridge the gap in emergency accessibility.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: accesSOS at 4.5 against Your 911's 4.0. accesSOS also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (90% vs 80%). Your 911's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.2 vs 16). 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.
accesSOS holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 27 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Your 911's written reviews are positive against 90% of accesSOS's.
Your 911 ships an update every 2 months, accesSOS monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Your 911 | accesSOS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (8 ratings) | 4.5 (27 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 90.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 27 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.2 — better | 16 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | 911Cellular | accessos |
Customer experience
Your 911
accesSOS
In-app purchases
Your 911
No in-app purchases
accesSOS
No in-app purchases








