Comparison

HeyOnCall 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

HeyOnCall

Manage on-call schedules and receive important alerts directly on your device. This utility app is designed for teams of any size, offering a cost-effective solution for managing critical communication.

Highlights
  • On-call rotations
  • Alerting system
  • Escalation management
  • Push notifications
  • Affordable for all team sizes
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HeyOnCall offers on-call rotations, alerting, and escalation at a price that is affordable for teams of all sizes. Download this app to receive push notifications directly to your phone.

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 transmits 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 built for the critical interval: the time between an incident and the arrival of assistance. 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 in the same area. 2. Members join by code or QR code, subject to approval by the group administrator. 3. When the button is activated, every member receives a priority notification with the sender's live location. 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. Transmitted when the alert is activated, never before, with map tracking during the event. Priority delivery. The notification arrives even when the recipient has muted everything else. Automatic escalation. Absent a status confirmation, the system widens the notification according to the configured policy. Wellness checks. Periodic verification with an automatic notice when there is no response. Medical card. Blood type, allergies, medication and contacts, available during the event. Drill mode. Tests the full circuit without generating a real alert. Group administration. Adding, removing and approving members under the administrator's control. Multilingual coverage. Each recipient receives the alert in their own language. Trusted contacts. People who receive the notice even without belonging to a group. APPLICATIONS Night-time journeys and commutes home. Field work and shifts without direct supervision. Passenger transport and delivery. Shops and premises serving the public. Technical staff working in third-party homes. Older adults and people who live alone. Meetings with people not previously known. Security coordination among neighbours in the same area. Medical emergencies where the clinical record is decisive. PRIVACY AND DATA CONTROL Location is transmitted only when an alert is activated. There is no continuous tracking and no historical record of journeys. No data is sold and no advertising is shown. The account and all associated information 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 personnel, with managed groups and their own escalation protocols. Institutional enquiries: contact@atseacode.dev SCOPE OF THE SERVICE PanicButton SOS complements public emergency services and does not replace them. Its purpose is to reduce the time it takes to notify the people in a position to assist immediately. Developed by atSeaCode. More information at panicbuttonsos.app

Screenshots

HeyOnCall1 screens
PanicButton SOS | Emergency4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: PanicButton SOS | Emergency at every 5 days against HeyOnCall's every 2 months. 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

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 — 5.0 for HeyOnCall against 5.0 for PanicButton SOS | Emergency. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HeyOnCall ships an update every 2 months, PanicButton SOS | Emergency every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
HeyOnCall versus PanicButton SOS | Emergency: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHeyOnCallPanicButton SOS | Emergency
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCircuitLab, Inc.Maximiliano Filsinger

Customer experience

HeyOnCall

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

PanicButton SOS | Emergency

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

HeyOnCall

No in-app purchases

None

PanicButton SOS | Emergency

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HeyOnCall free?
HeyOnCall 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, HeyOnCall or PanicButton SOS | Emergency?
HeyOnCall and PanicButton SOS | Emergency are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do HeyOnCall or PanicButton SOS | Emergency have ads?
Neither HeyOnCall nor PanicButton SOS | Emergency shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HeyOnCall or PanicButton SOS | Emergency?
HeyOnCall ships an update every 2 months, and PanicButton SOS | Emergency every 5 days. Most recently, HeyOnCall was updated on June 1, 2026 and PanicButton SOS | Emergency on September 18, 2026.

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