Noonlight vs Covert Alert
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.
Covert Alert
This app provides hands-free emergency alerts via voice activation using custom keywords. It sends real-time GPS, audio streams, and recordings to your chosen contacts, ensuring help arrives quickly when you can't physically reach a button.
- Hands-free voice activation
- Customizable emergency keywords
- Real-time GPS tracking
- Live-streaming audio
- Emergency recordings with cloud storage
- Instantaneous alerts to contacts
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What’s the one thing you always have on you? Your cell phone. In an emergency, there’s no guarantee that you have the use of your hands. You will need to get help from the person that can help you NOW, not later. Currently, Americans make around 240 million 911 calls per year, which are routed through 8,900 dispatch centers, and regulators estimate that as many as 10,000 lives can be saved each year by reducing 911 response times by just one minute. Covert Alert offers users “Safety in Seconds,” by implementing several key features that are designed for real world emergencies like real-time GPS, live-streaming audio, emergency recordings, cloud storage for the recordings, instantaneous alerts to various safety nets, AI filtering of emergency type, geofencing, and more. Most safety apps on the market require the push of a button. Covert Alert is the only safety application on the market using hands free activation to notify user networks of emergency situations. The most important feature of this app is its ability to be activated covertly, and communicate directly with users’ chosen emergency contacts, all completely hands free. Upon downloading this app, the user has the option to customize three key phrases for three types of emergencies: crime, medical, and fire. Each emergency uses a different set of custom keywords, and if an emergency were to arise, the user simply states their keywords for that emergency type, even if the phone is locked. This triggers an emergency alert, and will aid in saving those valuable seconds in an emergency. With the free version of our app, users have the option to select up to five emergency contacts that emergency notifications will go to. This puts your safety back into the hands of those you trust most. Think of this first tier as Safety Net 1. Real-time GPS notifies the user’s emergency contacts of the exact location of the emergency and gives them an opportunity to track the situation with specific and valuable situational information. With the paid subscription, the user’s network has an opportunity to listen in with our live-streaming audio feature, which can drastically improve response time, and allow the user to provide even more situation information as the emergency event unfolds. Our in-app purchases give users more power when it comes to emergency situations than any other option on the market. Users have the option to purchase more emergency text messages, recording minutes, and more all within our in-app store. There will NEVER be advertisements in-app, personal data will not be collected, and the app only tracks location when armed in “Protection Mode,” because this is a safety app first and foremost. Personal safety has never been this high-tech and affordable…EVER! Features: Hands free, speech activation, which is triggered by user specific keywords or numbers stated while the app is in “Protection Mode.” Instantaneous alerts, which send messages and real time GPS location to designated contacts, informing them of the situation that the user is in. Recording up to 15 minutes (with the option to purchase more) in any emergency situation, which is saved to the user's device and backed up in a personal cloud that can be accessed at www.covertalert.com. Full customization of keywords used to trigger alerts sent to designated contacts. App Highlights: Personal safety app with voice activation. Record audio in emergency situations. Live-streaming direct to contacts. Share GPS location with friends and family. For more information about Covert Alert including our privacy policies, a complete user guide, additional features, or email addresses and phone numbers for support, visit us at www.covertalert.com, and visit our Tiktok at tiktok.com/@covertalertapp We never sell your data, we never jeopardize our customers’ privacy. Covert Alert uses GPS in the background. Note: continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Noonlight at 17K against Covert Alert's 232. On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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 Covert Alert sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Noonlight against 4.8 for Covert Alert. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Noonlight has 17K ratings behind it against 232, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 88% of Noonlight's written reviews are positive against 93% of Covert Alert's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Noonlight | Covert Alert |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (17K ratings) | 4.8 (232 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.3% of reviews | 93.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17K — better | 232 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 104 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Noonlight, Inc. | Lucrative Innovations |
Customer experience
Noonlight
Covert Alert
User reviews
Noonlight
From 17K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Immediate response and support
- 🔒 Feels safe and secure
- 👍 Reassuring and comforting
- 👍 Reliable and trustworthy
- 🚑 Potentially life-saving
Room to improve
- 💰 Paid subscription model
- 🔒 Concerns about privacy and false alarms
Covert Alert
From 232 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast alert response and notification delivery
- 🔒 Reliable emergency alert system with location tracking
- 👍 User-friendly interface and easy setup
- 💡 Innovative voice activation feature
- 📍 Real-time GPS tracking for emergency contacts
Room to improve
- 🐛 Poor voice recognition with whispers or low volume
- 🐛 Email verification landing in spam folder
- 🐛 Recording not being sent to emergency contacts
- 🐛 Purchased minutes not reflecting in account
- 🐛 Default phrase settings not saving
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
Covert Alert
Reported bugs
8 issues- Email verification landing in spam and verification loop issues
- Recording feature not sending to emergency contacts
- Purchased minutes/credits not updating in account
- Default phrase settings not persisting
- Keywords and voice commands not triggering alerts
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- Text alerts not being received by contacts
- App spinning/freezing during setup
- Voice activation not detecting whispers
Requested features
6 requests- Tutorial videos demonstrating app usage
- Improved whisper/low-volume voice recognition
- More frequent location updates (5 minutes instead of 15)
- Better onboarding and user education
- Offline alert capability without mobile balance
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- Broader marketing beyond women-focused audience
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
Covert Alert
- Direct Connect To Contacts$2.991 Month
- Family & Friends$2.991 Month
- Family & Friends$19.991 Year
- 15 Additional Minutes$2.99
- 50 Additional Text Messages$2.99
- 100 Additional Text Messages$3.99
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- 30 Additional Minutes$4.99
- 60 Additional Minutes$7.99
- 120 Additional Minutes$10.99








