Comparison

Red Panic Button vs SmartPanics

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Send Panic SMS
  • Send Panic Email
  • Record voice message
  • Customizable alert text
  • Emergency Number feature
  • Works with Apple Watch
Read full description

**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.

About

SmartPanics

This safety monitoring platform provides personal and group emergency alerts with location, photos, and audio. It includes features for panic buttons, virtual guardians, vehicle tracking, and security camera visualization.

Highlights
  • Panic buttons with location, sound, and images
  • Virtual guardian with route and time control
  • GPS tracking for vehicles
  • Security camera visualization and control
  • Family group tracking with geofencing
  • External Bluetooth SOS button support
Features
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SmartPanics is the ideal platform to provide you with personal monitoring safety, either individually or as a family or corporate group. The App is connected to a service provider with a monitoring center, in a private security company or in a public government organization and sends alerts with map location, photos, audios and video clips as evidence of the event. The app provides you: - Police, fire and medical panic buttonswith geographic position notification, soundand images of your emergency (MY ALARMS) - Management of your alarm panels including activations and deactivations (MY ACCOUNTS) - Virtual guardian that accompanies you from one place to another with route and time control. (ON MY WAY) - GPS Tracking of all your vehicles (MY VEHICLES) - Visualization and control of your video security cameras (MY CAMERAS) - Reception of all your events and alerts by PUSH messages (MY MESSAGES) - Tracking and monitoring of your family group, geofence entry and exit, monitoring of maximum speeds, inactivity and cell phone battery status (MY GROUP) - Programmable alerts report to the control center (MY ALERTS) - Cell phone location if it has been stolen, from the SmartPanics of another member of your group. - Use of an external bluetooth SOS button connected to the cell phone Your chosen service provider will give you a QR code to activate the APP in the monitoring center or you will be able to choose a provider if you do not have one yet, from the same APP. Once your APP is activated you will be able to add all the members of your group from there by creating your own QRs for them SmartPanicsis free, it has no extra charge note even the APP. To test the full functionality we recommend you to download TrySmartPanics For additional information please contact us at https://monitoringsoft.com/portfolio/smartpanics/

Screenshots

Red Panic Button4 screens
SmartPanics4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: SmartPanics at 4.8 against Red Panic Button's 2.5. SmartPanics also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Red Panic Button's advantage is ratings volume (17 vs 4) and device support (4 vs 2). On price and update cadence 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. Red Panic Button sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. SmartPanics asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SmartPanics holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 28% of Red Panic Button's written reviews are positive against 50% of SmartPanics's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Red Panic Button ships an update every 5 weeks, SmartPanics monthly. Both last shipped on August 26, 2026.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Red Panic Button versus SmartPanics: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRed Panic ButtonSmartPanics
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (17 ratings)4.8 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews28.2% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings17 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksMonthly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB105 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperULTIMATE COMMUNICATION SOFTWARE LTDSoftGuard Technologies LLC

Customer experience

Red Panic Button

All ratings17 ratings
Positive35.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative64.7%
Written reviews39 reviews
Positive28.2%
Neutral5.1%
Negative66.7%

SmartPanics

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Red Panic Button

Subscriptions1
  • Single User Full Version$0.991 Month
None

SmartPanics

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Red Panic Button free?
Red Panic Button is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SmartPanics free?
SmartPanics is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Red Panic Button or SmartPanics?
SmartPanics is rated higher. Red Panic Button averages 2.5 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while SmartPanics averages 4.8 from 4 ratings.
Do Red Panic Button or SmartPanics have ads?
Red Panic Button shows ads; SmartPanics does not.
Which is updated more often, Red Panic Button or SmartPanics?
Red Panic Button ships an update every 5 weeks, and SmartPanics monthly. Most recently, Red Panic Button was updated on August 26, 2026 and SmartPanics on August 26, 2026.

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