Comparison

ERA Safety vs Kio Proximity

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

Head to head
About

ERA Safety

Features
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During an emergency, communication is vital. ERA gives wardens, occupants and site managers the tools to coordinate a fast, consolidated response to potentially life-threatening situations across commercial, residential and industrial sites. REPORT AND ALERT • Report an emergency in seconds — fire, gas leak, bomb threat, physical threat and more • Capture photos and video and tag the incident to a location on site • Wardens are alerted instantly with critical push notifications • Emergency SOS calls the right emergency number for your region COORDINATE THE RESPONSE • Live event dashboard and map for Chief Wardens and administrators • See wardens' locations as they sweep their areas • Build the Safe List as people reach assembly points — arrived, not arrived, unaccounted • Assign tasks, track progress and escalate automatically when nobody responds • Broadcast announcements and chat with your team KEEP WORKING WITHOUT SIGNAL • Photos and files wait safely offline and send in full when you're back online • Get a private, on-device summary of busy chats CAPTURE AND FOLLOW UP • Quick Capture for hazards, feedback and evidence, with on-camera measuring • Action items and hazards with photos, documents and chat on every item • Share PDFs, documents and audio from other apps straight into ERA • A full audit trail of every event, task and message PREPARE AND TRAIN • Warden roles, areas, assembly points and emergency plans in one place • Training modules, live drills and compliance tracking WORKS THE WAY YOU DO • Home Screen widgets for chats, your site and quick actions • Ask ERA keeps working in the background, with progress on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • Find chats from Spotlight ERA bridges industry best practice, existing technology and a quality app to put safety in your pocket.

About

Kio Proximity

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The Kio Proximity app provides the capability to locate nearby Kontakt.io IoT devices within Bluetooth range of your real-time location. The app determines the proximity of a Kontakt.io device by its RSSI signal strength to your current real-time location, so the closer or farther you move from a device the app will let you know.

Screenshots

ERA Safety4 screens
Kio Proximity4 screens

Verdict

The call

ERA Safety and Kio Proximity are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ERA Safety ships an update every 4 months, Kio Proximity every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
ERA Safety versus Kio Proximity: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterERA SafetyKio Proximity
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size121 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThe Trustee for AC Consulting family trustKontakt Sp. z o.o.

In-app purchases

None

ERA Safety

No in-app purchases

None

Kio Proximity

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ERA Safety free?
ERA Safety is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kio Proximity free?
Kio Proximity is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ERA Safety or Kio Proximity have ads?
Neither ERA Safety nor Kio Proximity shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ERA Safety or Kio Proximity?
ERA Safety ships an update every 4 months, and Kio Proximity every 7 months. Most recently, ERA Safety was updated on October 25, 2026 and Kio Proximity on October 27, 2026.

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