Everbridge vs GoingOn
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Everbridge
Receive critical alerts and important community updates directly on your mobile device from public safety agencies and your employer or university. Stay informed about emergencies, crime advisories, and organizational announcements.
- Neighborhood-level alerts
- Emergency notifications
- Crime advisories
- Community updates
- Employer/university alerts
- SOS function
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In partnership with thousands of public safety agencies, Everbridge offers the most trusted information available at a neighborhood level to keep residents informed - all delivered directly to your mobile device. Messages range from emergencies and crime advisories to important announcements, reminders and community updates. You can also connect with your employer or university to receive vital information during critical events or while managing your response to an incident. Your workplace, school, or similar organization may also allow you to view your schedule or create your own alert to send an SOS when in need of assistance.
GoingOn
Discover local happenings and deals in Manhattan, Kansas, with a time-first feed that prioritizes what's happening now. Browse happy hours, live music, trivia, and more without an account. Save events, follow venues, and get directions easily.
- Time-first event feed
- Map view with color-coded pins
- Venue directory
- Save events and get reminders
- Add events to calendar
- Submit your own events
- Filter by event type
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GoingOn is the fastest way to find local events in Manhattan, Kansas. Happy hours, food and drink specials, trivia, live music, weekend markets, kids & family events, and the recurring local favorites that locals already know about and visitors wish they did. WHAT MAKES GOINGON DIFFERENT Time-first feed. Events are grouped by when they're happening, so you don't have to scroll past next month's gala to find tonight's best karaoke spot. Built for discovery, to get you out of the house. Free recurring events sit alongside ticketed ones. The trivia night down the street, the Tuesday $5 burger, the Thursday open mic: they're all here, and they're all free to browse. No account required. Open the app, browse the feed, tap a venue, get directions. Sign in only when you want to save events, follow venues, or submit your own. FEATURES - Time-first feed: Happening Now, Tonight, Tomorrow, then day by day - Filters right on the home screen - Deals tab for happy hours and specials, sorted by what ends soonest - Map view with color-coded pins by event type - Venue pages with hours, contact info, and upcoming events - Save events, follow your favorite venues, and get a reminder an hour before - Add events to your calendar with one tap - Submit your own events - Filter by event type: Happy Hour, Live Music, Games & Trivia, Food Specials, Drink Specials, Community, Kids & Family, Sports, Arts & Culture, and more - Light, skimmable design built for one-handed use FOR BUSINESSES Run a bar, restaurant, brewery, coffee shop, shop, music venue, or community space in Manhattan? Claim your venue page for free and post events and specials that go live right away. Manage it all from your business dashboard: update your page, duplicate past events to post them again, and request a promotion for the ones you want more eyes on. CITIES GoingOn started in Manhattan, KS and is built to expand. If you're a business in another college town and want GoingOn there, get in touch. PRIVACY GoingOn collects only what's needed to run the app: your account info, events you save, venues you follow, and the contact details you give when submitting an event. Location is used only when you open the map (and only with your permission). We don't sell data. Full privacy policy at https://goingonapp.com/privacy. QUESTIONS / FEEDBACK Email info@goingonapp.com or send feedback inside the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: GoingOn at 100% against Everbridge's 7%. GoingOn also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.0) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). Everbridge's advantage is ratings volume (1.3K vs 4) and device support (4 vs 1). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
GoingOn holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Everbridge has 1.3K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 7% of Everbridge's written reviews are positive against 100% of GoingOn's.
Everbridge ships an update every 2 months, GoingOn every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Everbridge | GoingOn |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (1.3K ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 6.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.3K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 197 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Everbridge, Inc. | GoingOn LLC |
Customer experience
Everbridge
GoingOn
Bugs and requests
Everbridge
Reported bugs
6 issues- Login issues
- Inability to subscribe to alerts
- Notifications not working as expected
- App crashing on launch
- Incompatibility with newer devices
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- Confusing and inconsistent user interface
Requested features
5 requests- Dark mode option
- Ability to delete notifications
- Streamlined user experience
- Better integration with existing services
- More customization options
GoingOn
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Everbridge
No in-app purchases
GoingOn
No in-app purchases
Questions
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