Alarm Free vs Red Panic Button
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Alarm Free
This app provides a personal safety alarm with advanced motion detection. It can trigger an alert with sound and light when rapid movement or free-fall is detected, or with a simple screen tap.
- Rapid-movement detector
- Free-fall detector
- Screen tap alert
- Synchronized alarm sound
- Flashlight activation
- Apple Watch integration
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Alarm is a self-defence/emergency alarm application with a rapid-movement and free-fall detector. You can also touch the screen to give a warning. Not only a red screen blinking but also an alarm sound and a flash light are synchronized if the device has such functionalities. The Apple Watch app also blinks but it's limited for a few time only to save the battery.
Red Panic Button
This app provides a one-touch solution for emergencies. Upon activation, it sends your location and a customizable alert message via SMS or email to pre-set contacts. It also offers features like voice recording and emergency number dialing.
- Send Panic SMS
- Send Panic Email
- Record voice message
- Customizable alert text
- Emergency Number feature
- Works with Apple Watch
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**Red Panic Button is now a universal app** When you are in trouble press the Red Panic Button! You just have to set a panic number or mail address and the phone will send a message which contains your address and location, determined using the fine GPS based or coarse GSM based coordinates. Features: - Send Panic SMS (works only on iPhone and iPad 3G) - Automatically send Panic email to designated email list - Retina display ready - Uses GPS/Network (where available on iPhone and iPad 3G) to determine your location or Wifi (on the iPod touch and iPad Wifi) - Emergency Number feature! You can now set the Emergency Number that is called at the press of the Red Panic Button. The number can be set from app settings. - Record voice feature! You can now send a recording to designated email list - Alert text customization Free features: -Send Panic SMS -Send Panic Email - Photo/video alert message - Audio alert message - One Secondary Alert - Works with Apple Watch - Works with BLE Alert Button Single User Subscription features: - No ADS - Unlimited panic contacts (We don't upload your contacts to server) - Unlimited Secondary Alerts Terms of use - https://www.redpanicbutton.com/legal/terms-of-use/ Privacy Policy - https://www.redpanicbutton.com/legal/privacy-policy/ Tips: - To reach more friends, multiple email addresses and phone numbers can be added - Stay tuned for more features ___ Red Panic Button requires internet connection in order to display the current address and send the email message. The Panic SMS feature does not work on iPod touch and iPad Wifi! Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Alarm Free at 3.3 against Red Panic Button's 2.5. Alarm Free also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Red Panic Button's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 48 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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. Red Panic Button sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Alarm Free asks for nothing beyond the download.
Alarm Free holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 17 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 35% of Alarm Free's written reviews are positive against 29% of Red Panic Button's.
Alarm Free ships an update every 48 months, Red Panic Button every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Alarm Free | Red Panic Button |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (13 ratings) — better | 2.5 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 35.4% of reviews — better | 29.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 17 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 48 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Masayuki Akamatsu | ULTIMATE COMMUNICATION SOFTWARE LTD |
Customer experience
Alarm Free
Red Panic Button
Bugs and requests
Alarm Free
Reported bugs
2 issues- Doesn't work when phone is locked or in sleep mode
- Causes iPhone to freeze and require restore
Requested features
4 requests- Louder alarm sound
- Ability to run in the background
- Sensitivity adjustment
- Password protection to prevent deactivation
Red Panic Button
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Alarm Free
No in-app purchases
Red Panic Button
- Single User Full Version$0.991 Month
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