SCAAN vs BEACON Safe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SCAAN
This app provides field staff with real-time, location-aware updates and communication tools during emergencies. It features a panic button for instant alerts and allows users to report safety threats and manage travel clearances.
- Contextualized, geo-localized threat updates
- One-touch panic button for instant alerts
- Report security and safety threats
- Expedite staff head count during emergencies
- Optional geolocation for enhanced response
- On-the-go travel clearance submission
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SCAAN is a digital platform and mobile application designed to deliver timely, effective and efficient communications and assistance to field staff in any situation, especially during an emergency or crisis. Staff can download and use the SCAAN app to interface with security personnel. The SCAAN mobile app: - Provides contextualized and geo-localized updates on emerging threats and critical incidents - Alerts security personnel instantly during a crisis through a one-touch "panic button" - Enables staff to quickly inform security management about threats to security and safety - Expedites head count of staff during an emergency - Enhances security warning and response through optional geolocation service - Facilitates submission of UN-required TRIP travel clearance on the go
BEACON Safe
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BEACON empowers your organization to effectively and efficiently safeguard you and your colleagues. Using proactive communication, direct access to assistance, and rapid response capabilities, it enhances situational awareness and safety in dynamic environments. BEACON supports you and your organization in managing emergencies with clarity and control, keeping teams informed, streamlining response efforts, and accounting for staff safety. BEACON acts as a reliable lifeline by supporting organizations in protecting you and fulfilling their duty of care. The BEACON mobile app: • Duty of Care: During a crisis, you can notify your organization by using a “panic button”, immediately sending an alert to request assistance. • Advisories: Keeping you informed with relevant information on emerging threats and critical incidents tailored to where you are. • Staff Headcounts: Prior to and during an incident, BEACON facilitates headcounts to account for your status and current location, giving you the ability to mark yourself as OK or Not OK. • Geolocation: You can opt-in to share your location with your organization to enhance situational awareness. It helps with coordinating responses, especially during an incident. • Instant Messaging: Shortening the lines of communication between you and your organization. • Structured Reporting: Allowing you to report security risks and incidents to your organization. BEACON leverages industry standards technologies and methods to always ensure the security of your data.
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Verdict
SCAAN and BEACON Safe are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
SCAAN ships an update every 3 weeks, BEACON Safe every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SCAAN | BEACON Safe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | International Organization for Migration (IOM) | Sheffield Hallam University |
In-app purchases
SCAAN
No in-app purchases
BEACON Safe
No in-app purchases









