A Friend Asks vs Safety Plan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
A Friend Asks
Learn how to recognize and respond to a friend who may be considering suicide. Access warning signs, helpful actions, and immediate contact information for support.
- Recognize suicide warning signs
- Learn do's and don'ts
- Access National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
- Support for friends and self
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Would you know how to respond if you recognized your friend may be thinking about suicide? Here you will have access to the warning signs, do’s and don’ts, and the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is a click away. Don’t be afraid to ask for help…for a friend or yourself.
Safety Plan
This app guides users through creating a personalized safety plan to manage suicidal thoughts and self-harm urges. It offers tools for crisis moments, mood tracking, and access to support resources for individuals and their loved ones.
- Step-by-step safety plan creation
- Shareable safety plans
- Crisis intervention tools
- Mood tracking
- Access to crisis support
- Informational resources
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Safety Plan is here to help you make a plan for dealing with thoughts of suicide and self-harm. The app will walk you through filling out the 6 steps of a safety plan, share your safety plan with your loved ones, and use your safety plan in a moment of crisis. The app also includes audio and interactive tools to help you calm down, information for you and your loved ones about safety plans and suicide, mood tracking, and ready access to crisis support. Safety Plan is a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs app, developed by the National Center for PTSD Dissemination and Training Division and the Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Safety Plan at 5.0 against A Friend Asks's 4.5. On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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.
Safety Plan holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 23 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
A Friend Asks ships an update every 27 months, Safety Plan every 22 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | A Friend Asks | Safety Plan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (23 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 23 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 27 months | Every 22 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Jason Foundation, Inc. | US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) |
Customer experience
A Friend Asks
Safety Plan
In-app purchases
A Friend Asks
No in-app purchases
Safety Plan
No in-app purchases
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