Comparison

PrepperApp vs Strongstead

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

Head to head
About

PrepperApp

Features
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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. 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. Family chat is end-to-end encrypted. 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.

About

Strongstead

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Strongstead is a crisis-preparedness app for your household. Pantry inventory, bug-out bags, emergency contacts, offline maps, medical profiles and an encrypted document vault — in one place, all of it working with no signal. WORKS OFFLINE. ALWAYS. Everything runs on your device. No account, no sign-up, no e-mail. There is no Strongstead server holding your data. Optional sync goes through your own iCloud, and only if you switch it on. SUPPLIES • Scan barcodes (EAN-8 / EAN-13 / UPC) to add food and water fast • See how many days your household is covered for • Expiry warnings, so you rotate stock before it spoils • Sort and filter by category, place or shelf life BUG-OUT BAGS AND PLANS • Starter templates: 24h, 72h, winter and summer evacuation • Photo, quantity and weight for every item • Re-check reminders — has that flashlight battery leaked? • Plans with destination and waypoints, plus a guided run: Grab, Notify, Move, Arrive CRISIS DASHBOARD • One screen: emergency call, SOS text with your location, ICE contacts • Flashlight, strobe and siren • Medical QR code for first responders • Works with zero connectivity; a map link is added only when GPS is available CHECKLISTS AND GUIDES • 15 ready-made checklists: earthquake, flood, wildfire, hurricane, blackout, evacuation and more • 45 step-by-step guides — water purification, food safety in an outage, evacuating with pets • Progress is saved per scenario, so everyone knows what is left to do MEDICAL • Profiles with blood type, allergies, medications and dosages • Searchable reference: bleeding, hypothermia, dehydration, burns, fractures • Share a profile as a QR code MAP • Offline map tiles you download in advance • Your own pins: rally points, shelters, caches, water sources VAULT • Scan documents and IDs into an encrypted local vault • AES-GCM encryption, unlocked with your passphrase or Face ID HOME • Where the gas, water and power shut-offs are, with photos • Step-by-step procedures anyone in the family can follow WIDGETS • SOS from your Lock Screen and Home Screen • Medical profile, expiring supplies and household readiness at a glance THREE MODES Light for daylight, Dark for indoors, and Tactical — pure black with red hairlines that preserves night vision and barely leaks light through a window during a blackout. FOUR LANGUAGES English, German, French and Polish. STRONGSTEAD PRO Free to start. PRO unlocks: • iCloud sync across your devices, plus Family Share • PDF export of checklists, guides and inventory • Bug-out plans with routes, waypoints and execution mode • Custom checklists and guides you write yourself • The full home infrastructure planner Choose a monthly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. PRO is shareable with up to six people through Apple Family Sharing. Subscriptions are billed to your Apple Account and renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings. Prices are shown in the app in your local currency. Privacy Policy: https://strongstead.com/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Strongstead is a planning and reference tool. It is not a medical device, it does not provide medical advice, and it does not contact emergency services on your behalf. In an emergency, call your local emergency number.

Screenshots

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Strongstead4 screens

Verdict

The call

PrepperApp and Strongstead are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

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

Both are free to download. PrepperApp sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Strongstead sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
PrepperApp versus Strongstead: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrepperAppStrongstead
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB27 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperMichael StuutLukasz Rausz

In-app purchases

1 purchases

PrepperApp

One-time1
  • PrepperApp Pro$3.99
3 purchases

Strongstead

Subscriptions2
  • PRO Monthly$4.991 Month
  • PRO Yearly$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • PRO Lifetime$99.99

Questions

Is PrepperApp free?
PrepperApp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Strongstead free?
Strongstead is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PrepperApp or Strongstead have ads?
Neither PrepperApp nor Strongstead shows ads.

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