Comparison

SEND HELP vs PanicButton SOS | Emergency

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

PanicButton SOS | Emergency

This app provides a silent neighborhood alarm for your community or family. In emergencies, a single button press discreetly alerts your trusted contacts and neighbors with your real-time location. It functions even when the app is closed or the phone is locked.

Highlights
  • Silent emergency alerts
  • Real-time location sharing
  • Group creation (neighborhood, family)
  • Works with app closed or phone locked
  • Trusted contact alerts
  • Emergency categories
  • Test mode for drills
Features
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Personal alert system with real-time location. PanicButton SOS sends an alert to a user-defined response group in under two seconds, with the exact position and without the phone making a sound. It is designed for the critical interval: the time between an incident and the arrival of help. Personal, family and professional use. No cost, no ads, no subscription. HOW IT WORKS 1. Set up the response group: family, work team, field staff or neighbours of the same area. 2. Members join by username, code or QR code, with approval from the group administrator. 3. When the button is pressed, every member receives a priority notification with the sender’s live location. THREE LEVELS SOS. Emergency: the group and the emergency contacts receive the alarm and the live location from the first second. Heads-up. Advance notice: the user says what they are about to do and until when; if they do not confirm their status in time, it becomes an emergency. I’m OK. A reassurance signal for the group, with no alarm. FEATURES Discreet activation. The device sending the alert neither rings nor vibrates. Hardware trigger. Side button or Action button, without unlocking the screen or opening the app. Real-time location. Sent when the alert is triggered, never before, with map tracking during the event, even with the screen locked. Priority delivery. The notification arrives even if the recipient has every other notice muted. Wellness checks. Periodic verification with an automatic notice if there is no answer. Automatic escalation. Without a status confirmation, the system widens the notification according to the configured policy. Emergency contacts. Each one chooses when to be told: from the first second, after the first unanswered check, or as a last resort. They receive the notice without belonging to a group, also via Telegram if they do not have the app. Phone book. Each person with their number and how they receive alerts; they can stay in the book without being an emergency contact. Medical card. Blood type, allergies, medication and contacts, available during the event. Drill mode. Tests the full circuit without generating a real alert. Group management. Adding, removing and approving members under the administrator’s control; each group with its area and its members. Multilingual coverage. Interface in ten languages and notifications in eighteen, each in the recipient’s language. USE CASES Trips and journeys home at night. Field work and shifts without direct supervision. Passenger transport and deliveries. Shops and premises open to the public. Technicians working in other people’s homes. Older adults and people who live alone. Meetings with strangers. Coordinated safety among neighbours of the same area. Medical emergencies where the medical card is decisive. PRIVACY AND DATA CONTROL Location is sent only when an alert is triggered. There is no continuous tracking and no history of routes. No data is sold and no advertising is shown. The account and all the information linked to it can be deleted from within the app. DEPLOYMENT IN ORGANISATIONS Companies, cooperatives, municipalities and security providers can deploy PanicButton SOS as an alert system for their staff, with managed groups and their own protocols. Enquiries: contact@atseacode.dev SCOPE OF THE SERVICE PanicButton SOS complements public emergency services and does not replace them. Its role is to cut the time it takes to reach the people who are in a position to help immediately. Developed by atSeaCode. More at panicbuttonsos.app

Screenshots

SEND HELP2 screens
PanicButton SOS | Emergency4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: PanicButton SOS | Emergency at 100% against SEND HELP's 29%. PanicButton SOS | Emergency also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.1) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 8 months). SEND HELP's advantage is ratings volume (12 vs 2) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

PanicButton SOS | Emergency holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SEND HELP has 12 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of SEND HELP's written reviews are positive against 100% of PanicButton SOS | Emergency's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SEND HELP ships an update every 8 months, PanicButton SOS | Emergency every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
SEND HELP versus PanicButton SOS | Emergency: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSEND HELPPanicButton SOS | Emergency
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (12 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews29.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings12 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKevin HuntMaximiliano Filsinger

Customer experience

SEND HELP

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

PanicButton SOS | Emergency

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

SEND HELP

No in-app purchases

None

PanicButton SOS | Emergency

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SEND HELP free?
SEND HELP is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PanicButton SOS | Emergency free?
PanicButton SOS | Emergency is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SEND HELP or PanicButton SOS | Emergency?
PanicButton SOS | Emergency is rated higher. SEND HELP averages 3.1 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while PanicButton SOS | Emergency averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do SEND HELP or PanicButton SOS | Emergency have ads?
Neither SEND HELP nor PanicButton SOS | Emergency shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SEND HELP or PanicButton SOS | Emergency?
SEND HELP ships an update every 8 months, and PanicButton SOS | Emergency every 5 days. Most recently, SEND HELP was updated on October 24, 2026 and PanicButton SOS | Emergency on October 24, 2026.

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