Comparison

Derive vs Awêh Panic Button

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Direction and distance guidance
  • Spontaneous route discovery
  • Shareable custom adventures
  • Surprise destination mode
  • Focus on local exploration
  • Privacy-focused data handling
Features
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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.

About

Awêh Panic Button

Features
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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

Screenshots

Derive4 screens
Awêh Panic Button4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Derive versus Awêh Panic Button: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDeriveAwêh Panic Button
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB87 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperHeretiqueAizatron Pty Ltd

In-app purchases

None

Derive

No in-app purchases

None

Awêh Panic Button

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Derive free?
Derive is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Awêh Panic Button free?
Awêh Panic Button is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Derive or Awêh Panic Button have ads?
Neither Derive nor Awêh Panic Button shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Derive or Awêh Panic Button?
Derive ships an update every 2 months, and Awêh Panic Button every 2 weeks. Most recently, Derive was updated on September 4, 2026 and Awêh Panic Button on September 11, 2026.

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