Comparison

Staying Alive vs Life Saver

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

Head to head
About

Staying Alive

This app alerts trained individuals to nearby cardiac arrest emergencies, enabling them to provide immediate CPR or locate defibrillators. It aims to significantly increase survival rates by mobilizing a community of volunteers and maintaining the world's largest AED database.

Highlights
  • Cardiac arrest alerts
  • CPR and life-saving guide
  • Global AED database
  • Add/edit defibrillator locations
  • First aid news and community stats
  • Volunteer community engagement
Features
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Staying Alive in a few words: Staying Alive is an app that allows anyone trained (or not) in CPR to help save a victim of cardiac arrest by being alerted by Emergency Medical Services (EMS). Our mission: In France, there are 50,000 sudden cardiac arrests per year. The survival rate from this scourge is less than 10%. Our mission is to respond to the life-threatening emergency of cardiac arrest by engaging a trained, committed and supportive community to create a safer world. Your role downloading Staying Alive: You directly help the victim by performing a CPR or by getting a defibrillator. Our app allows each citizen to help in the event of cardiac arrest by doubling the victim's chances of survival (1 minute lost is 10% less chance of survival). You actively participate in creating an AED database provided free of charge to EMS. What you will find in Staying Alive: → The largest AED database in the world: you can add, edit and report nearby defibrillators. → A practical and comprehensive guide to life-saving actions. → News about first aid and stats on the Staying Alive community. What you won't find: → intrusive ads; → unwanted notifications; → in-app purchases --- Disclaimer: - Continuous use of GPS in the background can significantly decrease battery life. - The location and list of defibrillators provided by Staying Alive are given for information purposes only. As a reminder, this is a collaborative app and the data shared by users is not verified by a dedicated organization. Unfortunately, we are not responsible for any errors that may appear on defibrillator locations. --- Awards and recognitions won by Staying Alive: - DEKRA Label Medappcare Certification - 2015 French eHealth Trophy, mHealth category - Prix des Entretiens de Bichat 2013 4 good reasons to download Staying Alive now: 1. You save lives (whether you are trained or not). 2. You join a community of more than 300,000 volunteers. 3. Registration is done in a few clicks and will only take you 2 minutes. 4. Why add a 4th reason when the first 3 are enough? Developed by Staying Alive - [www.stayingalive.org]

About

Life Saver

This app helps locate public defibrillators nearby to assist in life-saving emergencies. Users can view details, get directions, and contribute by adding new locations.

Highlights
  • Locate nearby defibrillators
  • View defibrillator details
  • Get directions to locations
  • Add new defibrillator locations
  • Read user reviews
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Life Saver localizes nearby public defibrillators to help save lives. When seconds matter the most the closest location is just a tap away. When details are more important you can view reviews and directions, or add new locations to help others in need.

Screenshots

Staying Alive4 screens
Life Saver4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Staying Alive at 55% against Life Saver's 0%. Life Saver's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Staying Alive versus Life Saver: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStaying AliveLife Saver
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews54.8% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB56 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperAssociation Le Bon SamaritainAndrea Carrara

Customer experience

Staying Alive

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive54.8%
Neutral11.9%
Negative33.3%

Life Saver

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Staying Alive

No in-app purchases

None

Life Saver

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Staying Alive free?
Staying Alive is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Life Saver free?
Life Saver is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Staying Alive or Life Saver have ads?
Neither Staying Alive nor Life Saver shows ads.

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