SOS Alert vs PanicButton SOS | Emergency
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SOS Alert
This app sends urgent emergency alerts to trusted contacts, ensuring your message is heard even when a phone is on silent or Do Not Disturb. It can also share your live location for faster response.
- Send SOS alerts with one tap
- Alerts sound on silent/DND
- Share live location
- Home Screen widget alerts
- Back Tap activation
- Alert single contact or group
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Reach the people you trust when you need help. SOS Alert sends an emergency alert with your GPS location, and enabled Critical Alerts can sound through Silent mode and Do Not Disturb. Whether you're walking alone, checking on a loved one, or coordinating an on-call team, SOS Alert helps you get urgent attention with a simple tap. ONE-TAP SOS Send an alert to your chosen family members, friends, caregivers, or teammates. A short cancel window helps prevent accidental alerts. ALERTS THAT BREAK THROUGH SILENT MODE Give urgent messages a distinctive alert sound. With Critical Alerts enabled on the receiving device, the alert can play a sound even when the phone is muted or Do Not Disturb is on. GPS LOCATION SHARING Include your location with an SOS alert so your trusted contacts can see where you are on a map. SAFETY CHECK Set a check-in timer and choose a trusted contact or group. Tap "I'm Safe" to reset the timer. If you don't respond, Safety Check automatically sends an SOS alert, including when the app is closed. TRUSTED CONTACTS AND GROUPS Choose who receives your alerts and Safety Checks, from close family and friends to caregivers and on-call teammates. ALERT ACKNOWLEDGMENTS See when your alert has been seen, so you know a contact has acknowledged it. READY FOR EVERYDAY PEACE OF MIND • Stay connected with family and loved ones. • Share your location when you need help while out alone. • Reach caregivers with an urgent alert. • Get the attention of on-call colleagues during night shifts. GET SET UP BEFORE YOU NEED IT Configure your trusted contacts and allow notifications, Critical Alerts, and location access as needed. Sound through Silent mode and Do Not Disturb requires Critical Alerts permission on the receiving device. Alert delivery depends on connectivity and device settings. Make it easier for the people you trust to know when you need them. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://primesos.app/privacy
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 in-app purchases: PanicButton SOS | Emergency at none against SOS Alert's 2. SOS Alert's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 2). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. SOS Alert sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. PanicButton SOS | Emergency asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for SOS Alert against 5.0 for PanicButton SOS | Emergency. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
SOS Alert ships an update weekly, PanicButton SOS | Emergency every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.
| Parameter | SOS Alert | PanicButton SOS | Emergency |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gaby Awad | Maximiliano Filsinger |
Customer experience
SOS Alert
PanicButton SOS | Emergency
In-app purchases
SOS Alert
- Premium Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Premium Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
PanicButton SOS | Emergency
No in-app purchases
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