Rave Panic Button vs ECC Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rave Panic Button
This app helps you get help faster in emergencies by instantly contacting 9-1-1 and notifying on-site personnel. It can also alert staff for non-911 situations. When calling 9-1-1, it transmits critical incident data to the dispatcher.
- Instant 9-1-1 dialing
- On-site personnel notification
- Staff Assist for non-911 alerts
- Real-time incident data transmission
- Location services integration
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Rave Panic Button reduces the time before help reaches you in an emergency. For critical emergencies, activate one of the five Rave Panic Buttons to start dialing 9-1-1. When activated at a location configured for your organization, Rave Panic Button also notifies on-site individuals, getting you immediate assistance. For lower-severity issues not requiring a 9-1-1 call, you can use the Staff Assist feature to notify on-site individuals only. Using Staff Assist will not dial 9-1-1. When a Rave Panic Button 9-1-1 call is routed to a participating 9-1-1 center, the 9-1-1 call taker automatically receives real-time, critical incident information such as the emergency type, building floor plans, emergency response plans, and other critical details via Rave's patented Smart911 technology. Rave Panic Button is a product of Rave Mobile Safety, whose industry-leading public safety applications protect millions of people nationwide. Rave Panic Button is free, but works best when your school, business, or other organization subscribes to the service. Notes: • Some Rave Panic Button features require a data connection and access to your phone's location services. • Rave Panic Button works best when you enable Notifications and keep your phone connected to a Wi-Fi network. • You must be authorized by a participating organization to fully access Rave Panic Button’s features. The app automatically checks your authorization status during setup. • Always contact 9-1-1 in an emergency. Rave Panic Button makes it easy by dialing 9-1-1 for you, but you must click the "Call" button after activating Rave Panic Button in order to place the call.
ECC Connect
This free mobile application allows Oklahoma families to securely and efficiently check children in and out of childcare facilities using their phones. It supports the Oklahoma Child Care Subsidy program and facilitates communication with DHS.
- Child check-in and check-out
- Submit past attendance
- Submit overnight check-out
- Receive DHS messages
- Search active providers
- Works with subsidy program
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It’s the free, fast and safe way for Oklahoma families to check in children at a childcare provider with a mobile phone. And it works with the Oklahoma Child Care Subsidy program. The ECC Connect mobile app helps you: - Check-in and check-out your children. - Submit previous check-in and check-out attendance - Submit overnight check-out - Get messages from DHS - Search and select from all active providers - Many more
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Rave Panic Button at 57% against ECC Connect's 6%. Rave Panic Button also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.3) and ratings volume (731 vs 31). ECC Connect's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Rave Panic Button holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rave Panic Button has 731 ratings behind it against 31, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Rave Panic Button's written reviews are positive against 6% of ECC Connect's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 8, 2026.
| Parameter | Rave Panic Button | ECC Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (731 ratings) — better | 2.3 (31 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 56.5% of reviews — better | 6.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 731 — better | 31 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rave Mobile Safety | Conduent Inc. |
Customer experience
Rave Panic Button
ECC Connect
User reviews
Rave Panic Button
From 731 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Saves lives
- 👍 Easy to navigate
- 👍 Easy to set up
- 👍 Great design
- 👍 Powerful app
Room to improve
- 🐛 No audible alarms
- 🐛 Inconsistent notification sounds
- 🐛 Support unresponsive
- 🐛 Cannot verify phone number
- 🐛 Audible alert too quiet
ECC Connect
From 31 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 More convenient than card swipes
- 🚀 Quick check-in/check-out
- 💡 Website login option available
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent app crashes
- 🐛 App logs out continuously
- 🐛 Difficulty logging in
- 🐛 Password reset issues
- 🐛 Incorrect check-in/out records
Bugs and requests
Rave Panic Button
Reported bugs
6 issues- No "alarm" sound when activated
- No audible alarms even with critical alerts enabled
- Cannot sign up with phone number
- Cannot verify number
- App not working
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- No confirmation text for registration
Requested features
5 requests- Apple Watch app/extension
- Cellular Apple Watch integration
- Louder audible alarms
- Ability to use worldwide
- Clarification on institutional use
ECC Connect
Reported bugs
36 issues- Password reset bugs
- App glitching during check in/out
- Self-logs out continuously
- Cannot log in after using for one day
- Check in/out history not showing correctly
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- Kicks user out and gives error messages
- No reachable text support
- Cannot get through adding child to daycare page
- Kicks off every time user logs in
- Constantly malfunctioning
- No way to reset email
- Poor DHS worker training
- Cannot see previous check-ins/check-outs
- App glitches and closes out
- App not working after update
- App crashes immediately after opening
- App will not open
- App crashes on main screen
- App crashes every time user tries to open it
- App won't open
- App force closes
- App automatically closes back down
- App instantly crashes
- App won't work after update
- App closes out before it loads
- App opens then closes itself
- App closes asap when opened
- App crashes when trying to open
- App crashes before opening all the way
- App updated and won't open
- App boots user off after update
- App doesn't give daycare a record
- Logged out and won't let user log in
- Freezes on login screen
- Incorrect password errors
- Login failed. No providers found.
Requested features
21 requests- Show check in/out history
- Ability to edit entries
- Log book feature
- Track and verify all check-ins/outs
- Example for case number
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- Easier username recovery
- History log of previous swipes
- View previous check-ins/check-outs
- Manual login every 30 days security feature
- View check in and check out history
- See history of check ins and check outs
- See history of all previous check in and outs
- Add swipe in and swipe out tracking
- Add an example to what they mean by case number
- Make it easier to get your username
- History log of some sort that shows previous swipes
- Ability to see previous check-ins/check-outs
- Add a menu where we can look at a past punch list
- Add a log or a way for providers to access the information
- Option to view clock ins and clock outs
- Show when I have checked my child in or out
In-app purchases
Rave Panic Button
No in-app purchases
ECC Connect
No in-app purchases
Questions
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