Comparison

TrySmartPanics vs Packet Power Node Manager

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

TrySmartPanics

This demo app simulates a personal monitored security platform. It allows users to test features like panic buttons, GPS tracking, and video surveillance before committing to a full service. Customize with your own branding for client demonstrations.

Highlights
  • Panic buttons with location, sound, and image evidence
  • Alarm panel management
  • Virtual guardian with route and time control
  • GPS tracking for vehicles
  • Video security camera visualization
  • Group tracking with geofencing and speed monitoring
  • SOS button integration
Features
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TrySmartPanicsis the demo APP version of SmartPanics, the ideal platform to provide you with personal monitored security, either individually or as a family or business group. This demo APP version is connected emulating a service provider with a monitoring center like a private security company or public government organization and send alerts with map location, photo, audios and and video clips as evidence of the event. Here we simulate accounts, vehicles, cameras and members of your group so that you can perform all functionality checks. Send us your logo and corporate colors and we will customize your APP to offer you demos with high loyalty power. TrySmartPanics provides you: - Police, fire and medical panic buttons with geographic position notification, sound and images of your emergency (MY ALARMS) - Management of your alarm panels including activations and deactivations (MY ACCOUNTS) - Virtual guardian that accompanies you from one place to another with route and time control. (ON MY WAY) - GPS Tracking of all your vehicles (MY VEHICLES) - Visualization and control of your video security cameras (MY CAMERAS) - Reception of all your events and alerts by PUSH messages (MY MESSAGES) - Tracking and monitoring of your family group, geofence entry and exit, monitoring of maximum speeds, inactivity and cell phone battery status (MY GROUP) - Programmable alerts report to the control center (MY ALERTS) - Cell phone location if it has been stolen, from the TrySmartPanics of another member of your group. - Use of an external Bluetooth SOS button connected to the cell phone After testing TrySmartPanics you will be able to download the complete functional APP SmartPanics and you chosen service provider will give you a QR code to activate the APP in the monitoring center or will be able to choose a provider if you do not have one yet, from the same APP. Once your APP is activated you will be able to add all the members of your group from there by creating your own QRs for them TrySmartPanics is free, it has no extra charge note even the APP. To test the full functionality we recommend you to download TrySmartPanics For additional information please contact us at https://monitoringsoft.com/portfolio/smartpanics/

About

Packet Power Node Manager

Access and monitor wireless nodes from Packet Power customers. View signal strength for nearby nodes assigned to your EMX account. Requires an existing Packet Power account.

Highlights
  • Access Packet Power wireless monitoring nodes
  • View signal strength information
  • Detect nearby nodes via BTLE
  • Requires EMX account assignment
  • Mobile node management
Features
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Provides access to Packet Power wireless monitoring nodes via BTLE for Packet Power customers. You can only access data from monitoring nodes assigned to your EMX account. The app will detect any nodes within the vicinity of the phone and display signal strength information.

Screenshots

TrySmartPanics4 screens
Packet Power Node Manager3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: TrySmartPanics at Free against Packet Power Node Manager's $0.99. TrySmartPanics also leads on update cadence (every 5 months vs every 23 months). Packet Power Node Manager's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

TrySmartPanics is free to download; Packet Power Node Manager costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Packet Power Node Manager holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TrySmartPanics ships an update every 5 months, Packet Power Node Manager every 23 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and August 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 4 level
TrySmartPanics versus Packet Power Node Manager: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrySmartPanicsPacket Power Node Manager
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating3.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 5 months — betterEvery 23 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size114 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSoftGuard Technologies LLCPacket Power, LLC.

Customer experience

TrySmartPanics

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Packet Power Node Manager

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

TrySmartPanics

No in-app purchases

None

Packet Power Node Manager

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TrySmartPanics free?
TrySmartPanics is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Packet Power Node Manager free?
Packet Power Node Manager costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TrySmartPanics or Packet Power Node Manager?
Packet Power Node Manager is rated higher. TrySmartPanics averages 3.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Packet Power Node Manager averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do TrySmartPanics or Packet Power Node Manager have ads?
Neither TrySmartPanics nor Packet Power Node Manager shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TrySmartPanics or Packet Power Node Manager?
TrySmartPanics ships an update every 5 months, and Packet Power Node Manager every 23 months. Most recently, TrySmartPanics was updated on September 23, 2026 and Packet Power Node Manager on August 25, 2026.

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