We Can't Wait vs CodeRED Public Alerts
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
We Can't Wait
This app helps individuals with Crohn's and colitis quickly find publicly accessible restrooms. It also provides educational resources on IBD and information about restroom access legislation.
- Locate public restrooms
- Identify sympathetic establishments
- IBD education and resources
- Restroom access legislation info
- Crowdsourced restroom data
- Business partnerships for restroom access
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The “We Can’t Wait” app offers Crohn’s & colitis patients and others a simple and fast way to locate publicly accessible restrooms and helps identify sympathetic establishments. Patients with Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis (collectively known as inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD) can have unexpected, urgent needs to find an open restroom at a moment’s notice. This app also provides education and resources for those looking for IBD support and information, and information on the status of restroom access legislation in each state. How do we collect our restrooms? Unlike most toilet-finder apps, we have two primary methods for collecting restrooms: • Businesses/establishments that have directly contributed restrooms to our app – they’re aware of and sympathetic to the needs of IBD patients • Crowdsourced restroom information (contributed by users) By partnering with businesses and other locations with publicly available restrooms, we hope to help patients and others feel welcomed when they urgently need a restroom away from home. We hope you will use and enjoy this app. Please feel free to contribute any restrooms that you think are missing from our map!
CodeRED Public Alerts
Receive critical public safety alerts directly on your mobile device. Get location-based notifications for emergencies and community events with a simple, ad-free interface. Customize your warning radius for personalized alerts.
- Real-time public safety alerts
- Location-based notifications
- Ad-free interface
- Interactive map with color-coded icons
- Customizable warning radius
- Community event notifications
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Critical Alerts Straight To Your Phone - CodeRED With the CodeRED app, subscribers can sign up to receive public safety alerts directly to their mobile devices, whether at home, on the road, or traveling around the country. These mobile push notifications deliver relevant, location-based alerts based on GPS location to ensure you receive critical information when you are in a CodeRED client’s jurisdiction. CodeRED Benefits: Free download – Protects residents and visitors traveling across CodeRED communities. Real-time detailed alerts – Notifications feature details on the situation along with a map of the location impacted Simple interface – Ad-free, easy-to-use interactive map and color-coded icons for alerts Customizable settings – Establish a personal warning radius and opt to receive community event notifications as well as emergency alerts"
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: We Can't Wait at 53% against CodeRED Public Alerts's 7%. We Can't Wait also leads on rating (3.9 vs 1.6). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
We Can't Wait holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 1.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 42 and 23 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of We Can't Wait's written reviews are positive against 7% of CodeRED Public Alerts's.
We Can't Wait ships an update every 6 weeks, CodeRED Public Alerts monthly. The most recent releases landed on July 5, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | We Can't Wait | CodeRED Public Alerts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (42 ratings) — better | 1.6 (23 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 53.3% of reviews — better | 6.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 42 — better | 23 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 90 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Crohn's & Colitis Foundation, Inc | Crisis24 Inc |
Customer experience
We Can't Wait
CodeRED Public Alerts
In-app purchases
We Can't Wait
No in-app purchases
CodeRED Public Alerts
No in-app purchases
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