Comparison

Red Panic Button vs Pagem

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

Pagem

This app provides a reliable and private mobile paging system. It ensures message delivery even in silent modes with gradually increasing volume and offers group notification features to streamline responses. An integrated API allows for flexible integration with third-party systems.

Highlights
  • Gradual volume increase for alerts
  • Group hunting for prioritized responses
  • Page activity history
  • Snooze function for temporary unavailability
  • Privacy-focused, no data harvesting
  • REST API for third-party integration
  • Web console access
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Pagem is SIMPLE because it's just a free pager app with no frills. Pagem is PRIVATE because it doesn't harvest data off your phone. Pagem is FLEXIBLE through its group hunting and simple API. Pagem is RELENTLESS by working in silent modes to ensure delivery. INTRODUCTION Pagem works like an Amber Alert - just not as scary. Our free pager app gradually gets your attention by slowly increasing the volume of the page over a set time, even with phones in silent or do not disturb modes. It's the ideal mobile paging app to track down your colleagues, friends and family when you really need them in an emergency. HIGHLIGHTS Pagem is a reliable MOBILE PAGING APP that respects privacy. We only require push notifications to create this simple paging app. We never harvest, collect or resell private data from your phone. All data is encrypted for a GDPR and HIPAA compliant paging application. Pagem is a powerful GROUP NOTIFICATION SYSTEM that keeps teams in sync. With flexible group hunting, you configure the priority ordering within your groups so only one person responds. No more disrupting your entire team. All the while keeping everyone in the loop in one simple mobile paging system. Pagem is a flexible AUTOMATED ALERT SYSTEM that integrates with anything. With our simple REST API you can integrate our free pager app with any number of third party systems and online services, including IOT devices, and more. Use it to create a custom alerting application for your people and groups. FEATURES 1. Gradual Paging We built Pagem to work like an Amber Alert - just not as scary. Pagem gradually gets your attention by slowly increasing the volume of the page over a pre-set paging time you choose. 2. Group Hunting Pagem offers powerful group hunting features that you can setup with simple drag and drop. When you trigger a group page (manually or through the API) - the Pagem system starts paging the first (priority 1) group member. If they don't answer it moves on to the next, and so on. 3. Page Activity Pagem keeps a comprehensive history of all activity in the system that's easy to review. Any time you get a page (or miss one!) visit the activity screen to determine what happened and when. When it's a group page, it's easy to determine who took the page during the hunting cycle. 4. Snooze Function With Pagem you have the option to snooze pages for a spell. People trying to get hold of you will receive a busy signal, and you'll still get a notification (albeit a quiet one). It's a great way to relay you're temporarily unavailable. 5. Privacy Typical pager apps ask for all sorts of permissions. They want to read messages, access your phone, listen on your microphone, report your location, and more. No thanks! Pagem never harvests anything off your phone, and Pagem requires no extra permissions. 6. Web Console In addition to the mobile phone pager app, you can use the Pagem web application to access the same great features. Register your business or organization with Pagem (no mobile phone number required) to setup a dispatch board for your staff, employees, associates, etc. ABOUT OPEN SKY SOFTWARE, INC. Open Sky provides custom software development and engineering services. We specialize in secure high performance web, mobile & embedded applications written by the world's best software engineers and programmers. For over 20 years, Open Sky Software has been designing and building custom applications for finance, accounting, education, medical, workflow automation, technical engineering, and more.

Screenshots

Red Panic Button4 screens
Pagem3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pagem at 75% against Red Panic Button's 29%. Pagem also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Red Panic Button's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and device support 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. Pagem asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pagem holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 24 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of Red Panic Button's written reviews are positive against 75% of Pagem's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Red Panic Button ships an update every 5 weeks, Pagem monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Red Panic Button versus Pagem: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRed Panic ButtonPagem
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (17 ratings)4.8 (24 ratings) — better
Positive reviews29.2% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1724 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksMonthly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperULTIMATE COMMUNICATION SOFTWARE LTDOpen Sky Software, Inc.

Customer experience

Red Panic Button

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

Pagem

All ratings24 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Red Panic Button

Subscriptions1
  • Single User Full Version$0.991 Month
None

Pagem

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Red Panic Button free?
Red Panic Button is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pagem free?
Pagem is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Red Panic Button or Pagem?
Pagem is rated higher. Red Panic Button averages 2.5 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while Pagem averages 4.8 from 24 ratings.
Do Red Panic Button or Pagem have ads?
Red Panic Button shows ads; Pagem does not.
Which is updated more often, Red Panic Button or Pagem?
Red Panic Button ships an update every 5 weeks, and Pagem monthly. Most recently, Red Panic Button was updated on October 14, 2026 and Pagem on October 10, 2026.

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