APS Panic Button vs PanicButton SOS | Emergency
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Receive panic alarms
- GPS location tracking
- Contact user or dispatch help
- Follow me feature for interval alarms
- Compatible with SECURITHOR software
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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.
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.
- 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
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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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: PanicButton SOS | Emergency at every 5 days against APS Panic Button's every 10 months. APS Panic Button's advantage is iOS requirement (6.1 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for APS Panic Button against 5.0 for PanicButton SOS | Emergency. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
APS Panic Button ships an update every 10 months, PanicButton SOS | Emergency every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | APS Panic Button | PanicButton SOS | Emergency |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.1 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MCDI Security Products Inc. | Maximiliano Filsinger |
Customer experience
APS Panic Button
PanicButton SOS | Emergency
In-app purchases
APS Panic Button
No in-app purchases
PanicButton SOS | Emergency
No in-app purchases
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