Comparison

Kio Staff Safe Alerts vs ePaper Tool

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

Head to head
About

Kio Staff Safe Alerts

This mobile tool connects to a cloud-based system to deliver instant audio and visual alerts for staff safety. Responders can view real-time staff locations, acknowledge alerts, and manage incidents from anywhere.

Highlights
  • Instant staff alert notifications
  • Real-time staff location tracking
  • Acknowledge and resolve alerts
  • Campus/building-specific alerts
  • Audio and visual notifications
Features
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The Kio Staff Safe app is a mobile companion of Kontakt.io's Kio Staff Safe cloud-based app. This app is designed for use with an iPad set to Kiosk mode and delivers both audio and visual alert notifications. The app seamlessly connects to your organization's Kio Cloud account, providing responders with a mobile tool they can access from anywhere, at anytime. From Kio Staff Safe, responders can: • Receive instant notifications when an alert is activated by staff • View the live, real-time location of staff that activated alerts - even when they’re on the move • Acknowledge and resolve active alerts • Get notified of alerts for a campus or building location they’re responsible for

About

ePaper Tool

Features
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This app is specifically designed for ePaper displays, enabling features such as setting up ePaper WiFi, managing image playlists, registering ePaper devices, and obtaining device information via Bluetooth.

Screenshots

Kio Staff Safe Alerts4 screens
ePaper Tool4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: ePaper Tool at 13.0 against Kio Staff Safe Alerts's 17.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

Kio Staff Safe Alerts ships an update every 3 weeks, ePaper Tool every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on July 21, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Kio Staff Safe Alerts versus ePaper Tool: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKio Staff Safe AlertsePaper Tool
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB36 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperKontakt Sp. z o.o.JiaZheng Huang

In-app purchases

None

Kio Staff Safe Alerts

No in-app purchases

None

ePaper Tool

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kio Staff Safe Alerts free?
Kio Staff Safe Alerts is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ePaper Tool free?
ePaper Tool is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Kio Staff Safe Alerts or ePaper Tool have ads?
Neither Kio Staff Safe Alerts nor ePaper Tool shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kio Staff Safe Alerts or ePaper Tool?
Kio Staff Safe Alerts ships an update every 3 weeks, and ePaper Tool every 4 weeks. Most recently, Kio Staff Safe Alerts was updated on July 21, 2026 and ePaper Tool on September 19, 2026.

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