Stranger Things to Do Seattle vs Smart911
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stranger Things to Do Seattle
Discover curated local events like live music, theater, and food. Get event details, buy tickets, and save favorites. Never have a boring weekend again with suggestions for last-minute activities.
- Curated local event calendar
- Event details and reviews
- Ticket purchasing
- Save favorite events
- Last-minute suggestions
- Event sharing
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The easiest way to decide what to do tonight or this weekend. Pick from events curated by local experts—including live music, theater, concerts, art, movies, food, and drink—or search our calendar. Get tickets, too! With Stranger Things To Do, you can: • Get easy access to Seattle’s most comprehensive events calendar, curated and edited daily by local experts who live, work, and go out in Seattle (we really know what we’re talking about). • Browse upcoming events individually or see filtered lists of daily suggestions. • See recommendations and read reviews from trusted arts critics at The Stranger, Seattle’s Pulitzer Prize–winning newspaper. • Discover quirky, offbeat, and unusual events. • Never have a boring weekend again, with suggestions for last-minute things to do for weekends and holidays. • View details about events all in one place, including price, time, maps, and directions, plus real descriptions written by Stranger Things To Do editors. • Buy tickets for the hottest upcoming events before they sell out. • Save favorite events in the app and get reminders, or save events to your phone calendar. • Easily share events with e-mail, messages, Facebook, Twitter, and more, because events are better with friends. • Search every event on our extensive online calendar to find exactly what you’re looking for. Stranger Things To Do: Going out made easy.
Smart911
Enhance emergency preparedness by creating a Safety Profile to share vital household information with 9-1-1. Receive targeted emergency alerts for weather, traffic, and public safety events.
- Create Safety Profiles
- Share household information with 9-1-1
- Receive emergency alerts
- Customize notification types
- View medical and contact details
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Be better prepared for any emergency with Smart911. By signing up, you can share lifesaving information about your household with 9-1-1 and receive targeted emergency alerts. When you call 9-1-1, your Smart911 Safety Profile displays on the 9-1-1 screen. The 9-1-1 call takers can view your addresses, medical information, home information, pets and vehicles, and emergency contacts. You can provide as much or as little information as you like. This additional information enables 9-1-1 and first responders to send help fast. Smart911 can also keep you informed of weather, traffic, and other emergencies by sending emergency alerts from the National Weather Service and local public safety agencies. You can select the types of notifications you want and how you want to be notified. Smart911: Information worth sharing. Sign up today.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Smart911 at 4.7 against Stranger Things to Do Seattle's 2.2. Smart911 also leads on ratings volume (6.8K vs 14). Stranger Things to Do Seattle's advantage is review sentiment (47% vs 37%) and iOS requirement (8.1 vs 16). 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.
Smart911 holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Smart911 has 6.8K ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 47% of Stranger Things to Do Seattle's written reviews are positive against 37% of Smart911's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Stranger Things to Do Seattle ships an update every 5 months, Smart911 every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stranger Things to Do Seattle | Smart911 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.2 (14 ratings) | 4.7 (6.8K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 47.4% of reviews — better | 36.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 6.8K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.1 — better | 16 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Noisy Creek, Inc. | Rave Mobile Safety |
Customer experience
Stranger Things to Do Seattle
Smart911
Bugs and requests
Stranger Things to Do Seattle
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Smart911
Reported bugs
4 issues- Unable to confirm phone number and get verification code
- Keeps signing users out and unable to log back in
- Incorrect address formatting and inability to update location
- Delayed or missing emergency alerts and notifications
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to adjust pin location on map
- Option to select specific areas for alerts
- Improved notification settings and customization
- Support for apartment/building entry details
In-app purchases
Stranger Things to Do Seattle
No in-app purchases
Smart911
No in-app purchases
Questions
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