Comparison

Red Panic Button vs Whistle

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
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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.

About

Whistle

Features
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Notify, chat, and share location with your guards and admins in an emergency or suspicious situation. The safety of your family and friends is what matters the most. Whistle is a user-friendly alarm app that facilitates a higher level of security at home. It will efficiently contact your local security with a single tap of a button when you are in distress. Easily find your community’s account using your location. If you are a resident: You will be able to find and join your local community. Once a member, you can report if you experience anything extraordinary within or close to your community, you are in a security emergency, activate the alarm to notify all security personnel. If you are a guard: Find and join the community where you work or are going to work. You will be receiving alerts from the residents aiming to call your attention to suspicious activity or asking for help. With live chat & location data, you will gain more information, so that you will be able to make better decisions, and protect the community even better. If you are an administrator: You can join your community, or if you do not have an account yet, you can easily create one. Invite residents and guards, thus; making sure that everyone is using the app. With Whistle, you can see the history and details of past and active alerts, and manage members. Do you relate to more communities than one (e.g., resident in one, an administrator in another)? No problem. You can switch between accounts easily. Features: Create and manage a new community Search and join your local community based on geographical location Activate the alarm when in distress or suspicious Security contacts will be alerted immediately Chat and share location and photos in real-time when on an active alarm Deactivate alarm, once the problem is solved Have and change between multiple accounts See the history of alarms ** Approve an unlimited number of requests * Manage members of the community * Change your community’s logo, name and profile settings * * admins only ** guards and admins

Screenshots

Red Panic Button4 screens
Whistle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Whistle at none against Red Panic Button's shown. Whistle also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). Red Panic Button's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price and in-app purchases 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 and Whistle sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $21.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Red Panic Button versus Whistle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRed Panic ButtonWhistle
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (17 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews29.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings17 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB96 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperULTIMATE COMMUNICATION SOFTWARE LTDStrideCode OU

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Red Panic Button

Subscriptions1
  • Single User Full Version$0.991 Month
2 purchases

Whistle

Subscriptions2
  • Community Pro - Monthly$21.491 Month
  • Community Pro - Yearly$124.991 Year

Questions

Is Red Panic Button free?
Red Panic Button is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Whistle free?
Whistle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Red Panic Button or Whistle have ads?
Red Panic Button shows ads; Whistle does not.

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