Duress vs Humdrum
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Duress
This safety app discreetly alerts authorities and streams live video and location data in emergencies. It bypasses the need to call emergency services, providing rapid notification to police.
- Discreet emergency alerts
- Live video streaming
- Real-time location tracking
- Direct police notification
- 24/7 Operations Centre
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Duress is now the #1 Protection app in Australia. It is the worlds first protection service that notifies Police. In an emergency, Duress notifies the Police, streams live video and tracks your location all in seconds, without the need to call 000. In an emergency, such as an assault, an attack or home invasion, there is not enough time to call 000. Duress lets you notify the Police and stream video in seconds, meaning you don't need to call 000 and explain who you are, where you are, or what is happening. Duress does all of this for you. Duress has a 24/7 Operations Centre in Australia, and as soon as you declare an emergency we notify the Police for you. You tap a button, we notify Police. As soon as you declare an emergency, the Operations Centre can see who you are, what is happening, and where you are. We then connect directly to Police in seconds, notifying them of where you are and what is happening. The Operations centre can also send the live video and location data through to the Police if needed. More information - www.duress.com. Privacy Policy - www.duress.com/legal/privacy-policy Terms and Conditions - www.duress.com/legal/terms-and-conditions
Humdrum
This platform connects individuals with support providers, offering tools to manage services, schedules, and teams. It aims to reduce isolation and boredom by facilitating various support activities and care plan management.
- Choose rates, travel, and budget limits
- Select and manage your support team
- Propose, manage, and accept sessions
- Emergency fill with experienced workers
- Care plan management and communication
- Incident and restrictive practice reporting
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Humdrum is a registered NDIS platform with a mission to combat isolation and boredom for those who give and receive support. • Choose your rates, travel limits and budget limits. • Choose your team. • Propose, manage, cancel and accept sessions. • We employ, insure and pay superannuation to all our workers on the platform. • Emergency Fill from our pool of experienced workers. • Registered provider servicing self, planned, NDIA and PACE managed participants. • Care plan management and communication. • Incident and restrictive practice reporting and management. • Free mainstream events and activities. • Choose your services from support work, trips, therapy and ILO. • Highly motivated service management team to assist you when you need it, while respecting your dignity of risk and independence. Download the app, create a profile and get started today! Still not sure what a Humdrum is? Learn more at https://humdrum.community
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Duress at every 5 weeks against Humdrum's every 8 months. Duress also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, review sentiment, 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.
Duress ships an update every 5 weeks, Humdrum every 8 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Duress | Humdrum |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 77.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 101 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Duress Pty Ltd | THE BASIC COMPANY PTY. LTD. |
Customer experience
Duress
Humdrum
In-app purchases
Duress
No in-app purchases
Humdrum
No in-app purchases
