Comparison

Blackout Prepper vs MorseMe

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

Head to head
About

Blackout Prepper

This app helps you prepare for emergencies by managing supplies, tracking expirations, and providing offline guides. It includes communication tools, family safety features, and navigation aids for various disaster scenarios.

Highlights
  • AI-powered preparedness assistant
  • Supply and expiration tracking
  • Offline emergency guides
  • Community alerts and reporting
  • Encrypted document vault
  • Offline maps and GPS backtracking
  • Emergency communication tools
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THOR β€” YOUR AI ASSISTANT Ask about preparedness and survival, explore app features, or check your pantry with your permission. Use text or your microphone. Thor can highlight upcoming expiration dates, possible gaps, and relevant products. Optional expiration reminders and direct developer contact are included. Internet required. Processing runs on the Blackout Prepper server, with no forwarding to external AI providers. Data is encrypted in transit; AI questions and pantry summaries are not permanently stored. No cloud account or extra fee is required for Thor. AI answers can be incorrect. ALERTS & COMMUNITY β€’ Current alerts and practical response guides. β€’ View and report power outages or fires on the original radar. Choose countries for community push notifications. β€’ Public chat, direct messages and groups to connect with other users. SUPPLIES & PREPAREDNESS β€’ Manage food, drinks, preserved food, medication and other essentials across multiple pantries. β€’ Plan drinking water and calories for people and pets; track expiration dates and reminders. β€’ Scan product barcodes, check supplies and hold and drag entries to sort them. β€’ Checklists, emergency bag and vehicle preparation, plus a preparedness score. β€’ Arrange the main menu and submenus to suit your needs. FAMILY & DOCUMENTS β€’ Family profiles with blood type, allergies, medication and an emergency contact. β€’ Create an offline medical QR code with the information you choose to include. β€’ Store documents and photos on your device in an AES-GCM encrypted vault with a four-digit PIN, animated safe and recovery code. β€’ Record and share family status manually; use a simple emergency guide for kids. β€’ Create a household emergency plan with meeting points and locations of gas, water and electricity shutoffs. MAPS & NAVIGATION β€’ Online maps, saved offline maps and topographic maps with contour lines. β€’ Keep both standard and topographic offline maps and switch between them. β€’ Save map markers and explore shelter information. β€’ GPS backtracking: record a route while the GPS view remains open, follow your way back and export GPX. Matching maps already saved on your device are used automatically. β€’ Barometer on devices with a pressure sensor. EMERGENCY TOOLS & GUIDES β€’ 20 offline guides and step-by-step emergencies, including outages, flooding, storms, fire, heat and evacuation. β€’ Emergency contacts and a location-based SOS message draft you confirm before sending. β€’ CPR metronome, Morse code and SOS signals using the screen, sound and supported flashlight. β€’ Emergency radio frequencies and support for compatible Meshtastic LoRa radios over local Wi-Fi: send text, status and location without cellular service or internet. A properly configured external radio is required. Offline tools require the relevant content to be saved in advance. Alerts, community reports, online maps and chat need internet. Family status is not automatic live tracking. This app does not replace official warnings or emergency services. Questions or suggestions? Send me a private message in the app chat. I usually respond the same day. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://goldapps.de/datenschutz/ CONNECT FAMILY & CLOUD β€’ Your own account with email, a password of at least eight characters and email verification. Create a family or accept an invitation. β€’ Choose to share supplies, profiles, status, contacts, home plans, saved GPS trails and selected documents. Optional automatic sync while the app is open and online; downloaded shared content remains available offline. β€’ Separate personal cloud backup preserves existing local data. Offline map files stay on your phone. Health information is uploaded only with explicit consent.

About

MorseMe

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MorseMe is a calmer way to talk to one person. You exchange a six-digit ID. They call. You answer. From that moment, every tap on your screen turns their screen white. Every tap of theirs turns yours white. There are no messages to scroll, no inbox to check, no notifications stacking up. Just two screens that light up when someone is there. The whole thing runs on real International Morse code. A short tap is a dot. A long tap is a dash. The app reads the timing and shows you the letters as they form. If you don't know Morse yet, that's fine β€” most people don't. You'll pick up SOS in a minute and your own name in a week. Train solo, anytime. Receive mode shows you a pattern and asks you to tap the letter. Send mode asks you to tap a letter and checks your timing. No partner needed. No streaks, no scoreboards, no dopamine machine β€” just the alphabet, until it sticks. Why bother? β€” Because in a real emergency, Morse can save your life. A flashlight, a car horn, a tapped fingernail on a pipe. SOS works when nothing else does. β€” Because you are over-stimulated. Talking to one person, slowly, with your full attention, is a different kind of conversation than the ones you've been having. β€” Because nothing is saved. No transcripts. No screenshots-to-be. No "memories." When the call ends, the call is gone. That used to be how talking worked. MorseMe is small on purpose. No feeds, no ads, no algorithm, no AI writing for you. Just a light, a tap, and the person on the other end. Slow form communication. Try it.

Screenshots

Blackout Prepper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MorseMe at none against Blackout Prepper's 9. Blackout Prepper's advantage is device support. On price and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Blackout Prepper sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. MorseMe asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 6 level
Blackout Prepper versus MorseMe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlackout PrepperMorseMe
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsβ€”
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysβ€”
AdsYesβ€”
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesβ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad β€” betterβ€”
Requires iOS17.616.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size294 MB3 MB
Age rating17+4+
Developerchristian kohlerMarcus Ivarsson

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Blackout Prepper

Subscriptions4
  • Zugang – monatlich$0.991 Month
  • Zugang - monatlich$2.991 Month
  • Zugang – jΓ€hrlich$8.991 Year
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  • Zugang - jΓ€hrlich$12.991 Year
One-time5
  • Werbung dauerhaft entfernen$4.99
  • Blackout Prepper Lifetime$8.99
  • Blackout Prepper Lifetime$12.99
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  • Lifetime access$17.99
  • Blackout Prepper Lifetime$22.99
None

MorseMe

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Blackout Prepper free?
Blackout Prepper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MorseMe free?
MorseMe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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