Hour vs Loyno Alert
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hour
This app facilitates quick texting of notifications to contacts for fundraising campaigns. It helps users manage and track responses from their phone's address book.
- Quickly text notifications
- Contact management
- Response tracking
- Fundraising campaign support
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The Hour-A-Thon Quicktext app is designed for users of Hour-A-Thon fundraising campaigns to quickly text notifications to specified contacts in their phone and track responses.
Loyno Alert
Enhance organizational safety with tools like a panic slider, tip submission, and a safety timer. This application provides an extra layer of security for your community.
- Panic Slider
- Submit Tips
- Safety Timer
- Organizational Protection
- Enhanced Security
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Use Loyno Alert to add an additional layer of protection to your organization by utilizing tools such as: Panic Slider, Submit Tips and Safety Timer.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Loyno Alert at 5.0 against Hour's 3.0. Loyno Alert also leads on iOS requirement (13.2 vs 15.3). Hour's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (150 vs 3). 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.
Loyno Alert holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hour has 150 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Hour ships an update every 3 weeks, Loyno Alert every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hour | Loyno Alert |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (150 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 150 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.3 | 13.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Buynow AF, LLC | Loyola University New Orleans Marketing Communications |
Customer experience
Hour
Loyno Alert
In-app purchases
Hour
No in-app purchases
Loyno Alert
No in-app purchases
