Comparison

StayReady vs PrepperApp

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

Head to head
About

StayReady

Features
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Know exactly what your household needs to survive any emergency. StayReady estimates your family's water, food, and supply needs, tracks what you have, and shows you what's missing. Now with Ask StayReady, an AI assistant that knows your kits. No account required. No subscription, no ads. Your data stays on your device unless you choose to sync it with iCloud or ask a cloud AI model. Most people know they should be prepared. Then the power goes out for four days. A wildfire evacuation gives you 15 minutes. A winter storm buries your road for a week. And "tomorrow" was yesterday. StayReady doesn't lecture you. It gives you a system. Start free with one kit and one threat scenario. Upgrade once to unlock everything. ASK STAYREADY (NEW) Ask in plain words. "What should I buy for a power outage?" "How ready is my car kit?" "I bought 6 cans of tuna." "What expires this month?" The assistant answers from your own kits and proposes changes you approve with a tap: add to your shopping list, log what you bought, tick off plan steps, set reminders. It runs privately on iPhones with Apple Intelligence, or connect your own Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or Grok account. Before anything reaches a cloud model, StayReady shows you exactly what is sent. Free for everyone. YOUR PLAN, WHERE YOU LIVE Choose your state, province, or country and see your biggest risks, the kits worth building, and the first things to buy. U.S. risks come from FEMA's National Risk Index. REAL READINESS, MEASURED Build purpose-specific kits (Home, Bug Out Bag, Car, Get Home Bag, Office, and more), each with tailored recommendations and its own inventory. Add your family members, ages, and pets: StayReady calculates daily water and calories for everyone, multiplied by your target days. Every kit gets a readiness score for water, food, and supplies, with essentials weighted more heavily, so you see exactly where your gaps are. KNOW WHAT TO DO, STEP BY STEP Threat plans for power outages, earthquakes, wildfires, floods, winter storms, and more, broken into before, during, and after, with actions and skills to track. And when it's happening, the Field Guide has step-by-step survival how-tos that work with no signal: shutting off utilities, flood water, carbon monoxide, getting lost, shelter, fire, water, and signalling. Free for everyone. SHOP AND TRACK WITHOUT THE CHORE Type "6 canned beans" and it lands in the right store section. Keep your regular groceries in Usuals. Bought items count toward your kit's readiness. Expiration dates are tracked across everything you store, with alerts before anything goes bad. Scan barcodes and nutrition labels to fill in food fast (Pro). BUILT FOR FAMILIES Share kits with family through iCloud (Pro). Everyone sees the same inventory, the same gaps, the same shopping list. Back up your whole setup and restore it on a new phone, free. FEATURES AT A GLANCE - Ask StayReady AI assistant, on device or with your own AI account - Your plan: regional risks, kits, and first things to buy - Field Guide: offline survival how-tos, illustrated - Water, calorie, and pet food estimates for your household - Readiness scores per kit and per threat - Kit types for home, car, office, bug out, camping, and more (1 free, unlimited with Pro) - Threat plans with actions and skills (1 free, all with Pro) - Expiration tracking with notifications - 80+ supply types plus custom items - Shopping list by store section, with Usuals and photos - Siri and Shortcuts: log what you bought, add to your list - Organize by container and by where things live at home - Barcode and label scanners (Pro) - Export shopping lists to Apple Reminders (Pro) - iCloud sync and family kit sharing (Pro) - Backup and restore - Imperial and metric units - One purchase unlocks everything Start with one kit. You'll know exactly where you stand in five minutes.

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PrepperApp

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PrepperApp helps you stay calmly prepared for a power cut, a storm, a flood or another emergency. One number shows how many days your household can manage, you make an emergency plan together, and SOS and first aid are always close at hand. TODAY One honest number: this is how many days your water and food will last. The app counts 3 litres of water and 2,000 kcal per person per day and compares that with your government's advice. You see your weakest point and your next step straight away. SUPPLIES Add products by scanning the barcode, photographing a receipt or taking a photo of your shelf. For each category you see what you have, what expires soon and what is past its date. The shopping list helps you fill the gaps. ONE EMERGENCY PLAN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY Write down what you will do in a power cut, a fire, a flood and other situations. Agree on meeting points, make an evacuation plan and work through the emergency checklists. Share your supplies, emergency plan and family card with your household. With "Are you safe?" you let them know you're fine in one tap. SOS AND FIRST AID One tap on the red SOS bar opens the emergency menu: call the emergency number, share your location, open guided first aid or text your emergency contacts. The app never calls by itself. The CPR timer gives the rhythm with a tick and tells you out loud when to give breaths. The first aid guide, tick bite help and emergency protocols are all in one place. SOS and first aid also work when you're not signed in. OUTDOORS Record your walks and look back at them on the map: your route in gold, the elevation profile, your pace per kilometre and your photos. Keep a trip day by day, with your stops, photos and walks on one map. Prepare a trip with a checklist, the country's emergency number and a reminder, and save country maps offline on your phone. The compass and the way-back arrow work without signal too. LEARN AND THE COACH A learning path of twelve lessons, guides and practice questions help you step by step. The Coach answers questions about your own preparation and always names its source. ON YOUR IPHONE AND APPLE WATCH While you record a walk, distance and time show on your Lock Screen, with Pause and Photo. Widgets for your Home Screen and Lock Screen, search in Spotlight, Siri shortcuts in four languages and Control Center buttons for SOS and Start walk. On your Apple Watch you have your days, a compass, SOS and your emergency contacts on your wrist. YOUR DATA You create a free account with your email address, so your supplies and household move safely to a new phone. Your medical profile, medication and document vault stay on your phone. New: with your own key and recovery code, your emergency plan, supplies, trips and what you share with your household are end-to-end encrypted, so only you and your family can read them. Family chat is end-to-end encrypted and works on all your linked devices. No ads, and our servers are in the EU. FREE, WITH PRO AS AN EXTRA The core of the app is free. Pro adds unlimited supplies, all emergency plan scenarios, the document vault and the Coach's AI help, among other things. You buy Pro once, with no subscription. In English, Dutch, German and Spanish, with government advice for the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia. PrepperApp does not replace the emergency services. In acute danger, always call the emergency number.

Screenshots

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PrepperApp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: PrepperApp at every 3 days against StayReady's every 2 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. StayReady sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and PrepperApp sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

StayReady ships an update every 2 weeks, PrepperApp every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
StayReady versus PrepperApp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStayReadyPrepperApp
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch โ€” better
Requires iOS17.0 โ€” better17.6
Further details โ€” not scored
Size12 MB78 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperOrlio IncMichael Stuut

In-app purchases

1 purchases

StayReady

One-time1
  • StayReady Pro$14.99
1 purchases

PrepperApp

One-time1
  • PrepperApp Pro$12.99

Questions

Is StayReady free?
StayReady is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PrepperApp free?
PrepperApp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do StayReady or PrepperApp have ads?
Neither StayReady nor PrepperApp shows ads.
Which is updated more often, StayReady or PrepperApp?
StayReady ships an update every 2 weeks, and PrepperApp every 3 days. Most recently, StayReady was updated on October 31, 2026 and PrepperApp on October 31, 2026.

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