Noonlight vs SimpleSentinel
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Noonlight
This app provides immediate emergency assistance with a single button press. It can discreetly alert authorities to your location and situation, offering peace of mind in uncertain moments. Advanced features include automatic crash detection and integration with ride-sharing services.
- One-button emergency alert
- Location sharing with first responders
- Automatic crash detection
- Text and voice communication with dispatchers
- Integration with ride-sharing services
- Smartwatch compatibility
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Have you ever been in a situation where you question whether it’s dangerous enough to call 911? Instead of worrying yourself with indecision, use Noonlight. Noonlight uses advanced technology to get emergency help to your exact location with just the release of a button. It can be used in moments where you simply feel unsafe, as well as moments where you need immediate emergency help. Here’s how simple it is: 1. Press and hold the button whenever you feel uneasy. 2. Release the button when you have reached your home, car, or a safe destination and enter your 4-digit pin. 3. In danger? Simply release the button and do not enter your pin. Your local police will be notified of your location and emergency. Free Features: • Meeting a stranger? See something suspicious? Simply add information to your Timeline and we’ll share important details with first responders in an emergency. • We’ve partnered with Tinder to provide backup on your next date! Share details about who you’ll be meeting to your timeline, directly from the Tinder app. Or add a ‘Protected by Noonlight’ badge to your Tinder chat threads so everyone will know we have your back. • Prefer texting? If you can’t talk in an emergency, you can still communicate with us via text. • Can’t text or talk? No worries, we’re still sending help to your exact location. • On the move? We update your location even if you’re in a taxi, bus, running, or walking. • On-call team of friendly, certified dispatchers ready 24/7/365 to get you help. Instant Access Features: • Automatic Crash Response: Using the accelerometer, GPS, and gyroscope on your phone, Noonlight can detect if you’ve been in a car accident and automatically send first responders. • In a panic? Add the Noonlight widget to “Send help!” directly from your lock screen. • Apple Watch: Get emergency help from your wrist. In an emergency, tap “Send help!” to trigger an alarm. We’ll text and call to verify you need help. If you’re unable to answer, we’ll still send help to your location. • Wear OS: Get emergency help from your wrist using timer or panic mode. In an emergency, tap Trigger Alarm. Or Set Timer, and we’ll send help if you don’t enter your PIN when time’s up. • Connect the Apple Health app so first responders have more info to better help you in an emergency. • Connect your Lyft or Uber account to send your trip and driver information to first responders when you trigger a Noonlight alarm. • IFTTT Integrations: From home security to voice commands, Noonlight can send smarter, faster help in an emergency. If you choose to upgrade to Noonlight Instant Access, you’ll get unlimited access to all safety features and integrations. Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase, and will automatically renew at the end of each monthly period. You can turn off auto-renewal at any time from your account settings, but refunds will not be provided for any unused portion of the current period. Please note, if you wish to avoid auto-renewal, you must turn it off at least 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. We take the satisfaction and safety of our customers very seriously. Please check out our reviews to see how Noonlight is helping people just like you! Noonlight's Terms of Use: https://noonlight.com/terms Noonlight's Privacy Policy: https://noonlight.com/privacy Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. Noonlight will only use your GPS location in the background if you have an active alert, or if you've enabled Safety Network or crash detection.
SimpleSentinel
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Power to the parents. Parental controls can be confusing to set up, hard to keep up with, and easy for a child to get around. SimpleSentinel™ puts every rule in one place on your iPhone, closes the doors children use to get around them, and adds the things parents actually asked for. ONE TAP, FROM YOUR PHONE • Pause a child's phone right now. It lands in seconds, even mid-game. Phone calls always work. • Send a No Ignore message that covers their screen until they press Acknowledge. You get a receipt. • Reach them in an emergency with an alarm that sounds through Silent mode. RULES THEY CAN'T GET AROUND • As many downtime windows as you need: school hours and bedtime both, each on the days you pick. • The clock is locked. No ending downtime early by changing the time. • Web filtering with your own allow and block lists, and the Siri back door closed. • Deleting an app asks you first. CHORES AND MORNINGS • Scheduled chores that can lock the phone until they are done. • Alarms you set from your phone that ring through Silent mode. (Needs iOS 26 on the child's device.) FOR REAL FAMILIES • Kid Mode: hand a child your own phone and it follows that child's rules until your Face ID or passcode turns it off. No child device needed. • One iPad, several children: each signs in with a private code and gets their own rules. • A sitter helps from any phone with a personal link, no app. You decide what they can do. • A daily summary of who changed what, in your time zone. PRIVATE BY DESIGN SimpleSentinel never reads what your child types, watches or browses, and it does not track location. Our servers hold your family's rules and requests, never the contents of a device. No ads. No data sold. WORKS WITH WHAT YOU HAVE Built on Apple's own Screen Time framework, so Screen Time, Ask to Buy and Find My keep working. Setup is done on the phones: no computer, no cable, no reset. Nothing on your child's phone is erased. ONE PRICE FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY One plan includes everything, for every child and every device. Monthly or yearly, with a 7-day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. You need an iPhone. Each child needs an iPhone or iPad with iOS 17 or later, or use Kid Mode on your own phone. Terms of Use and Privacy Policy: https://simplesentinel.com/legal
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: SimpleSentinel at every 6 days against Noonlight's every 5 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Noonlight sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and SimpleSentinel sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Noonlight ships an update every 5 weeks, SimpleSentinel every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Noonlight | SimpleSentinel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (17K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 88.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 17K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 104 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Noonlight, Inc. | SimpleSentinel |
Bugs and requests
Noonlight
Reported bugs
1 issue- Occasional issues with app closing unexpectedly
Requested features
2 requests- Ability to disable app without entering PIN
- More customization options for contacts and notifications
SimpleSentinel
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Noonlight
- SafeTrek7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- SafeTrek7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- SafeTrek1 Month trial$2.991 Month
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- SafeTrek$2.991 Month
- SafeTrek7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Instant Access1 Month trial$4.991 Month
- Noonlight Premium1 Month trial2 variants$9.991 Month
- Noonlight Premium$9.991 Month
- SafeTrek3 Months trial$29.991 Year
- SafeTrek1 Month trial$29.991 Year
SimpleSentinel
- Founding Family Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Monthly7 Days trial$16.991 Month
- Founding Family Yearly7 Days trial$99.991 Year
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- Yearly7 Days trial$149.991 Year









