Smart911 vs Two Porch Lights
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Two Porch Lights
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Two Porch Lights is a calm, shared place for the two things co-parenting runs on: the calendar and the costs. One subscription covers both parents. Send your co-parent an invite link from your own phone, or pick them from your contacts, and they join free, so you both see the same calendar and expense history instead of comparing notes over text. SHARED CALENDAR The parenting schedule, holidays and handoffs in one place both parents can see. Events can repeat or run over several days, each one shows which kids it is for and who is driving, and either parent can comment right on an event. SPLIT EXPENSES Log an expense, attach a receipt photo or PDF, and the app reads the store, date and amount for you. Each cost splits by your percentages, and each month ends with a balance both parents can sign off on. Mileage for kids' activities is figured at the IRS standard mileage rate for business use and split 50/50. MESSAGES WITH SOFTEN Keep co-parenting logistics in one thread, separate from your personal texts. Every message sent in the app is time-stamped by our server when it is saved, and there is no way to edit, unsend or delete a single message. Imported messages keep their original date and are labeled as imported. (If a parent deletes their account, the app first says which of their messages stay, shown as from “Account deleted”, and which go. If a shared space's last member deletes theirs, the space is deleted.) Wrote it heated? Tap Soften for a calmer, child-focused version, and you choose which one sends. KID KITS AND KID INFO A shared checklist for the bag that travels between homes, and one place for sizes, allergies, medications, doctors and school details. YOUR PARENTING PLAN, ON FILE Add your court order or parenting plan as a PDF. A scanned PDF is read too, up to 40 scanned pages. Setup can fill in the names, children, schedule and cost split from it for you to check, and either parent can ask it a question and get an answer quoted from the plan. It is not legal advice. WIDGETS Whose night it is and the days ahead, on your Home Screen and Lock Screen. Lock Screen widgets never show money. On iOS 16.2 or newer you can also turn on a handoff countdown: in the 8 hours before an exchange, your Lock Screen shows the word Handoff and the time, and nothing else. PRIVATE TO YOU Your journal, your Tax Center and the home address you save for mileage are never shown to your co-parent. App Lock keeps the app behind Face ID or Touch ID on your phone. Notifications say what kind of thing changed, never the details. TAX CENTER Track daycare, medical costs and 529 contributions through the year, then build an accountant-ready packet in January. A parent who joined from an invite gets their own by adding their own subscription. UP TO 60 DAYS FREE A new shared space is free for 30 days from the day you sign up, with no credit card, plus 30 more when your co-parent joins (60 days total). After that, Premium is an auto-renewing subscription you buy in the app, yearly or monthly, and one subscription covers the shared space for both parents. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple ID account settings after purchase. Already use Two Porch Lights on the web? Sign in with the same account and everything is already there. Two Porch Lights helps co-parents communicate and keep organized, time-stamped records. We are not a law firm, and nothing here is legal or financial advice. Whether any record is accepted or given weight in a legal proceeding is up to the court. Follow your attorney's guidance and confirm details against your own court order. Terms of Use: https://twoporchlights.com/terms-app.html Privacy Policy: https://twoporchlights.com/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Smart911 at none against Two Porch Lights's 2. Two Porch Lights's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Two Porch Lights sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.00 per month. Smart911 asks for nothing beyond the download.
Smart911 ships an update every 4 months, Two Porch Lights every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.
| Parameter | Smart911 | Two Porch Lights |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (6.8K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 37.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6.8K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rave Mobile Safety | Centurion Blue Consulting LLC |
Bugs and 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
Two Porch Lights
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Smart911
No in-app purchases
Two Porch Lights
- Two Porch Lights Monthly$12.001 Month
- Two Porch Lights$99.001 Year









