Comparison

APS Panic Button vs TroubleNote

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

Head to head
About

APS Panic Button

This utility app enables alarm monitoring companies using specific software to receive panic alarms from subscribers. It allows dispatchers to contact users or send help to their GPS location. A 'follow me' feature can automatically send alarms at set intervals for GPS tracing.

Highlights
  • Receive panic alarms
  • GPS location tracking
  • Contact user or dispatch help
  • Follow me feature for interval alarms
  • Compatible with SECURITHOR software
Features
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*Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.* APS allows alarm monitoring companies using SECURITHOR software (Securithor - http://www.securithor.com) to receive panic alarms from their subscribers owning a compatible iOS device. When a panic alarm is received by the central station, the dispatcher can contact the user with the information they have on file or send help to the GPS location where the alarm was sent from. With the follow me feature, alarms are automatically sent at a user defined interval, allowing to trace the GPS route sent from the device.

About

TroubleNote

Features
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■ Stop saying "Wait, who's that kid?" — a note made for parents Another call from the school. Every time the name pops up on your screen, your chest tightens. Not again, not my child—. Who is it this time? The same kid as last fight, or someone new? You're already worn down before the conversation even starts. TroubleNote helps parents organize their children's troubles by "who" and "when." It doesn't judge or evaluate. It just lays things out clearly. That's all it's designed to do. Especially built for parents of children with ADHD, autism spectrum, or HSC traits, who face an unusually high volume of social incidents. ■ For parents who: · Feel their chest tighten every time the school calls · Want to keep records of apologies made to other parents · Can't match faces, personalities, or family info to their child's friends' names · Want to see whether the same trouble keeps repeating · Need to share clear records with teachers, counselors, or specialists · Don't want personal notes seen during interviews with their child ■ Organized by "people" and "time" 1. Calendar Trouble dates appear as dots on a monthly calendar. Filter by location (school, family, lessons) or tap a date to see only that day's records. 2. By-friend tally Each friend gets an automatic count: Victim / Aggressor / Reprimanded / Other. Sorted by frequency so trends jump out at a glance. 3. Location filters Manage friends and troubles separately by school, family, after-school activities, and more. Customize icons and colors freely. 4. Trouble records Date · your child's role (Aggressor / Victim / Reprimanded / Other, multi-select) · category (Words / Injury / Damage / Opposite-sex / Attitude / Other) · free text. Pick multiple people involved, and the same incident is logged for each one. 5. Multiple kids switch Register siblings together. Switch instantly from the header. Set a default child for the launch screen. ■ Parent-only notes — protected by Parent Gate Friends' personalities, parents' contact info, and free-form notes appear only after passing a mental-math Parent Gate. 3 wrong answers triggers a 30-second lockout, so they stay invisible during interviews with your child. "What was that mom's contact info again?" "This child's mom is cooperative — easy to talk to." Keep these honest, parent-only notes safe from your child's eyes. ■ Parent Gate and ads Ads appear once, immediately after passing the Parent Gate. They show only on parent-side screens (admin panel, friend info, adding friends). While you hand the phone to your child for an interview, no ads ever appear. The risk of children seeing harmful ad content is minimized. ■ What this app intentionally does NOT do · No cloud sync (saved on your device only) · No features for children to use (parent-only by design) · No social sharing or external integration · No automatic judgment or advice on trouble content · No targeted ads, no user tracking Focused only on "organize and visualize." ■ Privacy Your data is saved only on your device. Nothing is sent to any cloud or our servers. Record honestly, with peace of mind. ■ Sister apps "GrowthTrend" — daily records as a moving-average graph — see growth as a trend.

Screenshots

APS Panic Button3 screens
TroubleNote3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: TroubleNote at every 3 months against APS Panic Button's every 10 months. APS Panic Button's advantage is iOS requirement (6.1 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

APS Panic Button ships an update every 10 months, TroubleNote every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
APS Panic Button versus TroubleNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAPS Panic ButtonTroubleNote
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS6.1 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMCDI Security Products Inc.Tatsuro Saito

In-app purchases

None

APS Panic Button

No in-app purchases

None

TroubleNote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is APS Panic Button free?
APS Panic Button is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TroubleNote free?
TroubleNote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do APS Panic Button or TroubleNote have ads?
Neither APS Panic Button nor TroubleNote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, APS Panic Button or TroubleNote?
APS Panic Button ships an update every 10 months, and TroubleNote every 3 months. Most recently, APS Panic Button was updated on September 7, 2026 and TroubleNote on September 13, 2026.

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