DistantEmergency vs Flock Safety
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DistantEmergency
This app helps you send emergency services to distant locations when you witness an emergency and no one else can call for help. It allows you to find and call 911 or emergency dispatch agencies for U.S. locations.
- Find emergency dispatch agencies
- Call 911 for U.S. locations
- Send emergency services remotely
- Communicate with distant contacts
- Save emergency contact information
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DistantEmergency is a must for anyone who communicates with friends, family or colleagues in distant locations, especially by video. If you witness someone having a sudden emergency with no one on scene able to call for help, you could be their only hope…from hundreds of miles away. DistantEmergency lets you find, save and, if ever necessary, call the 911/emergency dispatch agency for U.S. locations. There is no faster way to send emergency services to a distant location.
Flock Safety
This app provides law enforcement and security personnel with real-time alerts and insights. It offers instant License Plate Recognition and audio detection, along with tools for vehicle lookup and hot list verification. The app ensures users receive critical information precisely when they need it, tailored to their duty shifts and locations.
- Real-time LPR alerts
- Real-time audio detection alerts
- License plate lookup
- Shift mode for duty-specific alerts
- Notifications by radius
- Hot list verification via image upload
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Flock Safety empowers officers and security personnel to be at their best, wherever duty takes them. In a job where precision and timeliness are paramount, the Flock Safety mobile app delivers quick, reliable information to stay a step ahead. Get instant LPR (License Plate Recognition) and audio insights, specifically tailored to your location and shift timings. No more outdated information; get the data you need, right when you need it. Real-Time Hot List Alerts: Receive immediate, clear images of vehicles and their plates, ensuring rapid and accurate identification of vehicles of interest. Real-Time Audio Detection Alerts: Instantly access and replay crime-related audio clips such as gunshots or sideshow sounds, pinpointing the exact location directly within the app for timely response. License Plate Lookup: Gain quick access to vital information with our efficient license plate lookup. Know more about a vehicle of interest from the convenience of your mobile device. What else you can do with Flock Safety: • Shift Mode: Ensure that critical alerts reach you only when you're on duty. Stay focused, stay informed. • Notifications by Radius: Select the distance to be alerted by, so that no matter where you go, the alerts you receive are pertinent and actionable while you are on shift. • Hot List Verification via Image Upload: Snap. Upload. Confirm. Eliminate guesswork by simply taking a photo of a vehicle to determine its relevance to ongoing investigations.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Flock Safety at none against DistantEmergency's 1. Flock Safety also leads on ratings volume (7.6K vs 3) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). DistantEmergency's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ads 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
Both are free to download. DistantEmergency sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per year. Flock Safety asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for DistantEmergency against 4.9 for Flock Safety. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flock Safety has 7.6K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
DistantEmergency ships an update every 5 weeks, Flock Safety fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DistantEmergency | Flock Safety |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.9 (7.6K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 60.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 7.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 188 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Keymaker Cyber LLC | flock group inc |
Customer experience
DistantEmergency
Flock Safety
Bugs and requests
DistantEmergency
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Flock Safety
Reported bugs
1 issue- No way to hotlist a vehicle through the app
Requested features
4 requests- Option to input miss-reads
- Ability to change alert types from app
- Suppress hit option
- Search by vehicle description
In-app purchases
DistantEmergency
- Create Multiple Contacts$4.991 Year
Flock Safety
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is DistantEmergency free?
Is Flock Safety free?
Which has better reviews, DistantEmergency or Flock Safety?
Do DistantEmergency or Flock Safety have ads?
Which is updated more often, DistantEmergency or Flock Safety?
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