112 India vs Canvas & Crowd
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
112 India
This app connects individuals in distress with local emergency services and volunteers. It sends alerts with your location and details to control rooms and emergency contacts, facilitating a swift response from police, health, and fire departments.
- Single panic app for emergencies
- 24/7 efficient response system
- Involves local citizen volunteers
- Dispatches police, health, fire resources
- Integrates with existing emergency systems
- Citizen profile and feedback management
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The 112 SOS Mobile App is a part of the Emergency Response Support System (ERSS), a Govt of India initiative. The application is functional in most of the states in India. Visit https://112.gov.in/states * Currently launched in Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Nagland, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu only. The App will be launched soon in the rest of the states. In an emergency situation, a person in distress may seek for the assistance of local emergency service delivery departments and volunteers through the App. The App will send emergency alerts with the user's details(name, age, emergency contacts) and location information, along with a generated call to ‘112’ - to the State Emergency Control Room and the person’s emergency contacts. The system forwards the emergency alert to nearby online local volunteers if available. The emergency alert is notified with an audible sound/ visual alert on the volunteer smartphones. The volunteers can mark their consent to help and the volunteer details along with photo and contact number will be forwarded to the person in distress. Highlights * Providing single panic app across the country for addressing citizen emergency. * Providing 24 x 7, efficient and effective response system, which can involve local volunteers from citizens to provide efficient emergency response service * Timely dispatch of field resources (police, health, fire & disaster management) to the location of incidence using the system. * Integration with existing emergency response systems. * It aims to make the operations citizen-friendly, more transparent, and efficient and provides citizen profile management and feedback mechanisms. * It will also help to keep track of the progress of incidents and the services delivered taking emergency services to the next level.
Canvas & Crowd
This app allows artists to share their creative process, from initial sketches to finished pieces. It fosters a community for artists to receive and give feedback, track their progress, and discover inspiring work.
- Public sketchbooks for chronological art galleries
- Layered critique system with pinned comments
- Timelapse creation from progress shots
- Collections and discovery by medium
- Community interaction with likes and replies
- Private work-in-progress sharing
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Canvas & Crowd is where artists share the journey of their work; not just the final piece, but every stage along the way. Canvas & Crowd is built around the process: the rough sketch, the block-in, the moment it almost fell apart, and the finish. Share it all, and allow a community of artists help you grow. PUBLIC SKETCHBOOKS Build a chronological gallery of your work. Tag each piece by medium, sketch, charcoal, acrylic, oil, watercolor, gouache, pastel, ink, or digital, and let people follow your journey with art. LAYERED CRITIQUE Tap anywhere on a painting to leave a pinned comment, right on the spot. Tag feedback by what it's about: composition, color, value, edges, anatomy, mood, or technique. Artists can mark the critiques that helped, so useful feedback rises to the top. TIMELAPSE JOURNEYS Turn a series of progress shots into a timelapse of your painting coming to life. Share the whole arc from first stroke to final layer. COLLECTIONS & DISCOVERY Save the work that inspires you into collections. Follow artists you admire, search by medium, and browse a feed built for people who love watching art get made. A COMMUNITY THAT CREATES Like, comment, and reply. Follow your favorite artists and see their newest stages first. Keep any post private while you work, and share it when you're ready. Whether you're a student building a portfolio, a hobbyist looking for honest feedback, or a professional documenting your process, Canvas & Crowd gives your work-in-progress a home and a community to share it with. Post your canvas. Let the crowd support it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Canvas & Crowd at 5.0 against 112 India's 1.0. Canvas & Crowd also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 16 months) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). 112 India's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Canvas & Crowd holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.
112 India ships an update every 16 months, Canvas & Crowd every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 112 India | Canvas & Crowd |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 21.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | C-DAC TECHNOLOGY PROMOTION CENTRE | Swapnil Deshmukh |
Customer experience
112 India
Canvas & Crowd
In-app purchases
112 India
No in-app purchases
Canvas & Crowd
No in-app purchases









