Your 911 vs DistantEmergency
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."
DistantEmergency
This app helps you send emergency services to distant locations when you witness an emergency and no one else can call for help. It allows you to find and call 911 or emergency dispatch agencies for U.S. locations.
- Find emergency dispatch agencies
- Call 911 for U.S. locations
- Send emergency services remotely
- Communicate with distant contacts
- Save emergency contact information
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DistantEmergency is a must for anyone who communicates with friends, family or colleagues in distant locations, especially by video. If you witness someone having a sudden emergency with no one on scene able to call for help, you could be their only hope…from hundreds of miles away. DistantEmergency lets you find, save and, if ever necessary, call the 911/emergency dispatch agency for U.S. locations. There is no faster way to send emergency services to a distant location.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: DistantEmergency at 5.0 against Your 911's 4.0. Your 911's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. DistantEmergency sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per year. Your 911 asks for nothing beyond the download.
DistantEmergency holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 3 respectively.
Your 911 ships an update every 2 months, DistantEmergency every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Your 911 | DistantEmergency |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.2 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 911Cellular | Keymaker Cyber LLC |
Customer experience
Your 911
DistantEmergency
In-app purchases
Your 911
No in-app purchases
DistantEmergency
- Create Multiple Contacts$4.991 Year
Questions
Is Your 911 free?
Is DistantEmergency free?
Which has better reviews, Your 911 or DistantEmergency?
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