Derive vs Awêh Panic Button
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Derive
This app offers a unique navigation experience by providing direction and distance without pre-set routes. It encourages spontaneous exploration and allows users to share custom adventures with friends, adding an element of surprise.
- Direction and distance guidance
- Spontaneous route discovery
- Shareable custom adventures
- Surprise destination mode
- Focus on local exploration
- Privacy-focused data handling
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Dérive, it is an address, a direction, a distance, and nothing more! Look up, turn your head, zigzag: Dérive is micro-adventure around the corner! The certainty of arriving at your destination, but without any suggested or imposed route. The arrow gives you the direction, but you are the one choosing your path according to your intention (avoiding crowded roads, discovering a new street, daring to get lost...) rather than always opting for the most optimised route. Intuition, surprise, confidence: rediscover what the algorithms try to make you forget. Dérives can be shared! A meeting point, a cool exhibition, a restaurant to try? Send a dérive to your friends and guide them to your favourites. Leave them a note to discover when they arrive at the place you chose! Surprise mode! Wanna play? Share a surprise dérive with your friends by hiding the exact address from them. Let them strive to discover the spot where you are taking them. On arrival, the address and your secret message will be revealed. Ideal for a first date, a birthday party or a little thrill in your daily life! So download the app, discover your city and share your adventures! Need more reasons to use Dérive? Dérive is committed to intimate, human, local and responsible travel: - Intimate: Dérive does not collect your personal data, because it does not need it to work, and because your private life is none of our business. Even if many other applications would say the opposite ;) - Human: Moving around all the time optimizing your way is for robots, not for humans. No need to look for speed and efficiency when you just want to enjoy the ride. Dérive just helps you rediscover the pleasure of strolling. - Local: London is not New York, Paris is not Los Angeles and Rome is not Atlanta. Our cities are not gridded and designed for cars. They are full of hidden spots and are a paradise for pedestrians. So why use the same navigation app to get around? - Responsible: Dérive is a lightweight application. It doesn't need to constantly optimize your journey time and display a map full of information to work. As a result, there is less CO2 emitted and less impact on your battery! Dérive requires a working compass on your smartphone. Dérive is a project created by Hérétique.
Awêh Panic Button
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Awêh is a personal safety system that enables you to alert your loved ones & the community when you are in danger. This solution was born in 2018 due to the rise of Sexual & Gender-Based Violence (SGBV). This App is proudly South African, built locally by the Aizatron group. You can connect the Awêh Panic Button to your smart phone by using Bluetooth connectivity. Signal for help by either using The Awêh Panic Button, when connected to the App or directly from the Awêh Panic Button App alone. When you raise an alert, the Guardians in your vicinity will be notified of your call for help and can navigate to your location. The Awêh Panic Button App also has a Guardian feature so that every person who registers as user becomes a Guardian and can respond to an alert. This app does not track your location unless you signal for help. We also do not save any location history & do not share user information or location unless a Guardian accepts a request. Sign up, create your profile on the Awêh Panic Button App & link (via Bluetooth) the Awêh Panic Button to your smart phone. If you already have an existing panic button, you can also link it to this app. Follow us on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/aweh_safety_app/ Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/AwehSafetyApp Questions? Visit aweh-app.com/ Privacy Policy at https://aweh-app.com/privacy-policy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Awêh Panic Button at every 2 weeks against Derive's every 2 months. Awêh Panic Button also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Derive ships an update every 2 months, Awêh Panic Button every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 4, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Derive | Awêh Panic Button |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Heretique | Aizatron Pty Ltd |
In-app purchases
Derive
No in-app purchases
Awêh Panic Button
No in-app purchases






