Comparison

Red Panic Button vs SOS GPS Rescue

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

SOS GPS Rescue

This safety app helps you stay protected when hiking, running alone, or traveling. It offers one-touch emergency alerts with GPS location and health details, plus automatic fall and crash detection. Features include a rescue beacon, AR search, and a duress PIN for discreet alerts.

Highlights
  • One-touch emergency alert
  • Automatic fall and crash detection
  • Rescue beacon and AR search
  • Duress PIN for discreet alerts
  • Offline maps and breadcrumb trail
  • Mesh radar for group location
Features
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One button. Three seconds. The people who care about you know where you are. SOS Rescue is the personal-safety app for anyone who hikes, runs alone, walks home late or travels somewhere unfamiliar. Hold the red button: a countdown starts, and you can cancel it at any moment. If you don't, the app prepares an emergency message with your GPS position and your essential health details, ready to send to your trusted contacts. AUTOMATIC DETECTION • Falls — the accelerometer and barometer recognise a hard fall and start the emergency on their own • Crashes — high-energy vehicle impacts • Danger sounds — audio recognition entirely on device, nothing is ever recorded BEING FOUND • Rescue beacon: pulsed sound and high-intensity SOS flash • Morse strobe: SOS using only the LED and the screen, barely touching the battery • Augmented-reality search to guide you toward the meeting point • Mesh radar: finds the other phones in your group over the local network, even with no signal WHEN YOU CAN'T ASK FOR HELP • Duress PIN: a second PIN shows an innocuous screen while quietly preparing a silent SOS in the background • Hostage mode • High-intensity anti-assault siren • Dead Man's Switch: if you don't confirm you're safe, the countdown starts by itself ALWAYS READY • Offline maps and breadcrumb trail • Travel mode with local emergency numbers and embassies • Risk-zone map with location-based alerts • Power Freeze: shuts down everything non-essential to stretch the battery • Countdown and emergency state on the Dynamic Island and Lock Screen • Siri shortcuts PRIVACY No account, no sign-up, no server of ours. Your position, your contacts and your health details stay on your iPhone. iOS never lets an app send messages on your behalf: SOS Rescue prepares the message and you confirm the send. The app is free and contains advertising, with a consent prompt and the option to remove ads temporarily. Ads never appear during an active emergency. IMPORTANT SOS Rescue is a support tool and does not replace the emergency services. If you are in immediate danger, call your local emergency number.

Screenshots

Red Panic Button4 screens
SOS GPS Rescue4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: SOS GPS Rescue at 5.0 against Red Panic Button's 2.5. SOS GPS Rescue also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Red Panic Button's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 82 months) and ratings volume (17 vs 1). On price 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

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. SOS GPS Rescue asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SOS GPS Rescue holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Red Panic Button has 17 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Red Panic Button ships an update every 5 weeks, SOS GPS Rescue every 82 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Red Panic Button versus SOS GPS Rescue: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRed Panic ButtonSOS GPS Rescue
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (17 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews29.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings17 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 82 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperULTIMATE COMMUNICATION SOFTWARE LTDImmaginet Srl

Customer experience

Red Panic Button

All ratings17 ratings
Positive35.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative64.7%
Written reviews48 reviews
Positive29.2%
Neutral4.2%
Negative66.7%

SOS GPS Rescue

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Red Panic Button

Subscriptions1
  • Single User Full Version$0.991 Month
None

SOS GPS Rescue

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Red Panic Button free?
Red Panic Button is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SOS GPS Rescue free?
SOS GPS Rescue is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Red Panic Button or SOS GPS Rescue?
SOS GPS Rescue is rated higher. Red Panic Button averages 2.5 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while SOS GPS Rescue averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Red Panic Button or SOS GPS Rescue have ads?
Both Red Panic Button and SOS GPS Rescue show ads.
Which is updated more often, Red Panic Button or SOS GPS Rescue?
Red Panic Button ships an update every 5 weeks, and SOS GPS Rescue every 82 months. Most recently, Red Panic Button was updated on October 18, 2026 and SOS GPS Rescue on October 3, 2026.

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