Comparison

Ready24 vs Blackout Prepper

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

Head to head
About

Ready24

Prepare your emergency backpack quickly with a customizable checklist. Get free advice on how to act in various emergency situations and learn how to use your survival gear. Includes reminders for expiring products in your emergency kit.

Highlights
  • Customizable packing lists
  • Emergency situation behavior tips
  • Survival gear usage guides
  • Product expiry reminders
  • Emergency backpack preparation
Features
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In wenigen Minuten deinen Fluchtrucksack packen, dank der Ready24-Packliste. Kostenlos erhältst du Tipps zum Verhalten in verschiedenen Notsituationen. Außerdem gibt es nützliche Hinweise zum Gebrauch deiner Survival-Ausrüstung. Jetzt auch mit Erinnerungsfunktion, wenn Produkte in deinem Notfallrucksack ablaufen und du deine Notration oder andere Ausrüstung erneuern solltest.

About

Blackout Prepper

Prepare for emergencies like power outages with this app's comprehensive tools. Manage supplies, track family information, access offline guides, and utilize navigation features. Connect with a community for real-time updates and support.

Highlights
  • Emergency supply management
  • Offline guides and tools
  • Family profiles and document vault
  • Offline maps and GPS navigation
  • Community alerts and reporting
  • Preparedness score
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Blackout Prepper helps you prepare for power outages and other emergencies with supplies, maps, family planning and practical offline guides. Six clear sections organize the tools, with your preparedness score right on the home screen. ALERTS & COMMUNITY • Current alerts and practical response guides. • View and report power outages or fires on the original radar. Choose countries for community push notifications. • Public chat, direct messages and groups to connect with other users. SUPPLIES & PREPAREDNESS • Manage food, drinks, preserved food, medication and other essentials across multiple pantries. • Plan drinking water and calories for people and pets; track expiration dates and reminders. • Scan product barcodes, check supplies and hold and drag entries to sort them. • Checklists, emergency bag and vehicle preparation, plus a preparedness score. • Arrange the main menu and submenus to suit your needs. FAMILY & DOCUMENTS • Family profiles with blood type, allergies, medication and an emergency contact. • Create an offline medical QR code with the information you choose to include. • Store documents and photos on your device in an AES-GCM encrypted vault with a four-digit PIN, animated safe and recovery code. • Record and share family status manually; use a simple emergency guide for kids. • Create a household emergency plan with meeting points and locations of gas, water and electricity shutoffs. MAPS & NAVIGATION • Online maps, saved offline maps and topographic maps with contour lines. • Keep both standard and topographic offline maps and switch between them. • Save map markers and explore shelter information. • GPS backtracking: record a route while the GPS view remains open, follow your way back and export GPX. Matching maps already saved on your device are used automatically. • Barometer on devices with a pressure sensor. EMERGENCY TOOLS & GUIDES • 20 offline guides and step-by-step emergencies, including outages, flooding, storms, fire, heat and evacuation. • Emergency contacts and a location-based SOS message draft you confirm before sending. • CPR metronome, Morse code and SOS signals using the screen, sound and supported flashlight. • Emergency radio frequencies and support for compatible Meshtastic LoRa radios over local Wi-Fi: send text, status and location without cellular service or internet. A properly configured external radio is required. Offline tools require the relevant content to be saved in advance. Alerts, community reports, online maps and chat need internet. Family status is not automatic live tracking. This app does not replace official warnings or emergency services. New installations include a seven-day app trial, followed by monthly or annual subscription options. Local prices appear in App Store before purchase. Existing access and previous terms are retained. Manage subscriptions through App Store. Alternatively, lifetime access is available as a one-time purchase. The local price is displayed in App Store before purchase. Questions or suggestions? Send me a private message in the app chat. I usually respond the same day. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://goldapps.de/datenschutz/ CONNECT FAMILY & CLOUD • Your own account with email, a password of at least eight characters and email verification. Create a family or accept an invitation. • Choose to share supplies, profiles, status, contacts, home plans, saved GPS trails and selected documents. Optional automatic sync while the app is open and online; downloaded shared content remains available offline. • Separate personal cloud backup preserves existing local data. Offline map files stay on your phone. Health information is uploaded only with explicit consent.

Screenshots

Ready244 screens
Blackout Prepper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ready24 at none against Blackout Prepper's 9. Ready24 also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). Blackout Prepper's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). On price, review sentiment 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Blackout Prepper sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Ready24 asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ready24 ships an update every 2 months, Blackout Prepper every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 3 level
Ready24 versus Blackout Prepper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReady24Blackout Prepper
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB261 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperOrgidea Ready24 UG (haftungsbeschrankt)christian kohler

Customer experience

Ready24

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Blackout Prepper

Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Ready24

No in-app purchases

9 purchases

Blackout Prepper

Subscriptions4
  • Zugang – monatlich$0.991 Month
  • Zugang - monatlich$2.991 Month
  • Zugang – jährlich$8.991 Year
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  • Zugang - jährlich$12.991 Year
One-time5
  • Werbung dauerhaft entfernen$4.99
  • Blackout Prepper Lifetime$8.99
  • Blackout Prepper Lifetime$12.99
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  • Blackout Prepper Lifetime$22.99
  • Lifetime access$24.99

Questions

Is Ready24 free?
Ready24 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Blackout Prepper free?
Blackout Prepper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Ready24 or Blackout Prepper have ads?
Both Ready24 and Blackout Prepper show ads.
Which is updated more often, Ready24 or Blackout Prepper?
Ready24 ships an update every 2 months, and Blackout Prepper every 3 days. Most recently, Ready24 was updated on October 9, 2026 and Blackout Prepper on October 25, 2026.

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