Comparison

Play Trails vs Emergency Big Red Button

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

Head to head
About

Play Trails

Engage in outdoor adventures with interactive scavenger hunts. Visit trail locations to complete challenges, answer quizzes, and earn points. New trails are added regularly to keep the exploration fresh.

Highlights
  • Location-based scavenger hunts
  • Activity challenges
  • Quiz questions
  • Score points
  • Regularly updated trails
Features
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Play Trails take traditional scavenger hunt games to a whole new level. Using the app, players visit trail locations to unlock activity challenges, solve quiz questions and score points. New trails will be launched regularly so keep checking back for the latest updates! About Nature Play WA Nature Play WA is a collaborative not-for-profit organisation promoting and supporting children's unstructured play outdoors ('nature play') for the benefit of their health and happiness. The organisation's primary role is to spread the nature play message and to work to increase access to nature play resources, events and programs.

About

Emergency Big Red Button

This app provides a quick and easy way to contact emergency contacts with a single tap. It sends an SMS with your GPS location and initiates a group call to up to five pre-configured numbers.

Highlights
  • One-tap emergency contact
  • SMS with GPS location
  • Group call initiation
  • Up to five emergency contacts
  • Customizable SMS message
  • Easy contact configuration
Features
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The Emergency Big Red Button app gives you an emergency button on your phone that will allow you to reach your emergency contacts with the press of a button. It will send an SMS text message with a GPS location. The Big Red Button also opens up a group call with up to five emergency contacts. Configure your emergency numbers in Settings. You never know when an emergency will arise. When something does happen, you don’t want to be stuck not able to contact someone in your contact list. That is why the Big Red Button was designed to contact up to four people at the same time. The quickest way to reach someone is usually through SMS text messages. The BRB will send your custom message to your emergency contacts with GPS location. It’s quick. It’s easy! The BRB also opens up a group call with your emergency contacts. So, you can reach one or all of your contacts instantaneously. Easily add up to four numbers in the emergency contact group. Create a custom message to personalize the contact. Privacy Policy - https://www.termsfeed.com/live/aa0ff8f0-3838-47ec-ab42-7a132e73e9d2 Terms & Cnditions - https://www.termsfeed.com/live/54037ca8-c8a0-4e0e-a743-43264c57a832

Screenshots

Play Trails4 screens
Emergency Big Red Button2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Play Trails at 100% against Emergency Big Red Button's 0%. Play Trails also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.9). Emergency Big Red Button's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (7 vs 1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Play Trails holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Emergency Big Red Button has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Play Trails's written reviews are positive against 0% of Emergency Big Red Button's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Play Trails ships an update every 5 months, Emergency Big Red Button every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Play Trails versus Emergency Big Red Button: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlay TrailsEmergency Big Red Button
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better1.9 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings17 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNATURE PLAY WA INC.JebteK, LLC

Customer experience

Play Trails

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Emergency Big Red Button

All ratings7 ratings
Positive14.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative85.7%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Play Trails

No in-app purchases

None

Emergency Big Red Button

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Play Trails free?
Play Trails is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Emergency Big Red Button free?
Emergency Big Red Button is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Play Trails or Emergency Big Red Button?
Play Trails is rated higher. Play Trails averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Emergency Big Red Button averages 1.9 from 7 ratings.
Do Play Trails or Emergency Big Red Button have ads?
Neither Play Trails nor Emergency Big Red Button shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Play Trails or Emergency Big Red Button?
Play Trails ships an update every 5 months, and Emergency Big Red Button every 9 days. Most recently, Play Trails was updated on October 20, 2026 and Emergency Big Red Button on September 29, 2026.

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