Comparison

SEND HELP vs TrySmartPanics

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

Head to head
About

SEND HELP

This app provides a quick and simple way to send emergency alerts to pre-selected contacts via SMS and email. It can also post your location to social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter with a single tap, helping loved ones find you in dangerous situations.

Highlights
  • One-push alert sending
  • Pre-defined emergency messages
  • Separate contacts for SMS and email
  • Facebook wall posting
  • Twitter posting
  • Optional GPS location sharing
Features
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This app could get you out of trouble one day - maybe even save your life! Designed for simplicity, speed, and ease of use, this app will get your request for help out there FAST. Send SMS and emails to pre-selected emergency contacts and post your location to Facebook and Twitter, all with the click of a button. ******* Alert your loved ones can find you when you are in danger. Warn your friends and family of dangers or hazards near your area. Send Help is the ULTIMATE emergency SOS panic button for iPhone. ******* Features: -> Simple interface - one push starts sending alerts! -> Pre-define your emergency message and contacts -> Separate contacts for email and SMS -> Post to your Facebook wall -> Post to Twitter -> Today view extension to launch the app and send your alerts -> Settings page makes configuring contacts and social networking simple and easy -> Optionally include your GPS location as a Maps link -> Location link will even open the Maps app on supported Smart Phones! NOTE: Facebook posting functionality may be limited by FB’s new restrictions on pre-populating messages to be shared on your wall. This new update will HOPEFULLY be accepted by the Facebook review team and restore posting functions as soon as possible. DISCLAIMER: This app is intended to function as a panic button for legitimate emergencies. It is not to be used for pranks, jokes, or false alarms. Please read the Terms and Conditions before using this app. Stay safe, do not misuse this app, and do not break the law. * Email and SMS available on supported devices only. *

About

TrySmartPanics

This demo app simulates a personal monitored security platform. It allows users to test features like panic buttons, GPS tracking, and video surveillance before committing to a full service. Customize with your own branding for client demonstrations.

Highlights
  • Panic buttons with location, sound, and image evidence
  • Alarm panel management
  • Virtual guardian with route and time control
  • GPS tracking for vehicles
  • Video security camera visualization
  • Group tracking with geofencing and speed monitoring
  • SOS button integration
Features
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TrySmartPanicsis the demo APP version of SmartPanics, the ideal platform to provide you with personal monitored security, either individually or as a family or business group. This demo APP version is connected emulating a service provider with a monitoring center like a private security company or public government organization and send alerts with map location, photo, audios and and video clips as evidence of the event. Here we simulate accounts, vehicles, cameras and members of your group so that you can perform all functionality checks. Send us your logo and corporate colors and we will customize your APP to offer you demos with high loyalty power. TrySmartPanics provides you: - Police, fire and medical panic buttons with geographic position notification, sound and 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 TrySmartPanics of another member of your group. - Use of an external Bluetooth SOS button connected to the cell phone After testing TrySmartPanics you will be able to download the complete functional APP SmartPanics and you chosen service provider will give you a QR code to activate the APP in the monitoring center or 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 TrySmartPanics is 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

SEND HELP2 screens
TrySmartPanics4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: SEND HELP at 12 against TrySmartPanics's 1. SEND HELP also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.1 for SEND HELP against 3.0 for TrySmartPanics. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SEND HELP has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SEND HELP ships an update every 8 months, TrySmartPanics every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
SEND HELP versus TrySmartPanics: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSEND HELPTrySmartPanics
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (12 ratings) — better3.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews29.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 5 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB114 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKevin HuntSoftGuard Technologies LLC

Customer experience

SEND HELP

All ratings12 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral8.3%
Negative41.7%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive29.0%
Neutral6.5%
Negative64.5%

TrySmartPanics

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

SEND HELP

No in-app purchases

None

TrySmartPanics

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SEND HELP free?
SEND HELP is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TrySmartPanics free?
TrySmartPanics is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SEND HELP or TrySmartPanics?
SEND HELP is rated higher. SEND HELP averages 3.1 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while TrySmartPanics averages 3.0 from 1 ratings.
Do SEND HELP or TrySmartPanics have ads?
Neither SEND HELP nor TrySmartPanics shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SEND HELP or TrySmartPanics?
SEND HELP ships an update every 8 months, and TrySmartPanics every 5 months. Most recently, SEND HELP was updated on October 24, 2026 and TrySmartPanics on October 7, 2026.

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