Comparison

GridDown vs BugOut

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

Head to head
About

GridDown

Features
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GridDown is your personal emergency preparedness and survival planning app. Build your survival team, organize essential supplies, save bug-out locations, create emergency plans, and know exactly where to go when normal systems are unavailable. BUILD YOUR SURVIVAL TEAM Create your trusted emergency network and assign members to important roles including Leadership, Security, Medical, Food & Water, Shelter, Communications, and Morale. Add skills, contact information, notes, photos, and saved locations for each member. PLAN YOUR BUG-OUT LOCATIONS Save multiple bug-out destinations, rally points, supply locations, and other important places. Choose your primary destination and use Apple Maps to view locations and navigate when needed. TRACK FOOD & WATER Build an inventory of emergency food, water, and long-term storage items. Organize quantities, expiration dates, storage locations, and preparedness goals. ORGANIZE YOUR SUPPLIES Track medical supplies, power equipment, lighting, communications gear, tools, fuel, clothing, hygiene products, vehicle equipment, and other essentials. BUILD GO BAGS Create individual emergency bags for yourself, family members, vehicles, or specialized purposes. Use checklists to quickly see what is ready and what is missing. CREATE EMERGENCY PLANS Prepare plans for power outages, severe storms, evacuations, extended grid failures, communication outages, and other emergencies. Create rally points, assign responsibilities, and organize the actions your team should take. SEE YOUR READINESS GridDown brings your preparedness information together into a simple dashboard so you can quickly identify missing team roles, supplies, locations, and planning tasks. MAP YOUR PLAN View team member locations, bug-out destinations, rally points, medical locations, supply caches, and other important places using Apple Maps. OFFLINE-FIRST & PRIVATE Emergency information shouldn't depend on an internet connection or an online account. GridDown is designed around locally stored preparedness information so your essential plans remain available on your device. Whether you're preparing for a storm, extended power outage, evacuation, natural disaster, or simply want your family better organized, GridDown gives you one place to build your plan before you need it. Know your people. Know your supplies. Know where you're going. Be ready with GridDown.

About

BugOut

This app gamifies emergency preparedness with timed drills for various scenarios, scoring reaction speed and plan solidity. It helps users track gear, plan evacuation routes, and earn badges, ensuring they are ready for real-life emergencies.

Highlights
  • Gamified emergency drills
  • Timed scenario practice
  • Gear checklists
  • Evacuation planning
  • Badge and achievement system
  • Custom scenario builder
  • Encrypted document vault
Features
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BugOut turns emergency preparedness from a chore into a game — and makes sure you're actually ready when it counts. Run timed drills for real emergencies (house fire, earthquake, blackout, flood) or practice with the more... colorful scenarios. Get scored on reaction speed, how much of your gear is actually packed, and how solid your plan is. Earn badges. Build streaks. Know you're ready. FEATURES • 13 scenarios — 8 real emergencies, 5 darkly funny ones • Timed live drills with a countdown ring and scoring • Gear checklists per scenario — track what you own, what you need • Planning score — evac routes, emergency contacts, meeting points • Scheduled drill alerts — set it and forget it • Badge & achievement system — 8 unlockable badges • Drill history and streak tracker • Custom scenarios — build your own drills • Home Screen widget + Siri Shortcuts • Encrypted Document Vault for IDs, insurance, and passports • Evac Map with your routes and meeting points • Automatic iCloud Drive Backup — rolling snapshots to YOUR iCloud, not ours. Restore on a new device with one tap. We never see your data. • Optional Nearby Share — send checklists to family over local Bluetooth, no internet required NO ACCOUNTS. NO TRACKING. NO SUBSCRIPTIONS. No sign-up required. No analytics. Your emergency plans are yours alone. Your data backs up automatically to your personal iCloud Drive — Apple manages the keys, and only your Apple ID can access it. Whether you're a prepper, a parent trying to get the family on the same page, or someone who just realized they have no idea what they'd actually do in a disaster — BugOut is the fastest way to find out how ready you really are.

Screenshots

GridDown4 screens
BugOut4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GridDown at none against BugOut's 4. BugOut's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs every 6 months) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.5). On price, ads and device support 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. BugOut sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. GridDown asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GridDown ships an update every 6 months, BugOut every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
GridDown versus BugOut: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGridDownBugOut
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.517.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYOURFULLSTACK, LLCZIma Logistics LLC

In-app purchases

None

GridDown

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

BugOut

One-time4
  • BugOut: Small Tip$0.99
  • BugOut: Medium Tip$2.99
  • BugOut Pro$4.99
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  • BugOut: Large Tip$4.99

Questions

Is GridDown free?
GridDown is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BugOut free?
BugOut is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do GridDown or BugOut have ads?
Neither GridDown nor BugOut shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GridDown or BugOut?
GridDown ships an update every 6 months, and BugOut every 11 days. Most recently, GridDown was updated on September 30, 2026 and BugOut on October 12, 2026.

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