Comparison

Covert Alert vs eBodyGuard

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

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About

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.

Highlights
  • Hands-free voice activation
  • Customizable emergency keywords
  • Real-time GPS tracking
  • Live-streaming audio
  • Emergency recordings with cloud storage
  • Instantaneous alerts to contacts
Features
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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.

About

eBodyGuard

This app provides personal safety and evidence collection features. It allows users to quickly contact emergency services with their location and begin audio/video recording. Securely store and access important personal information for emergencies.

Highlights
  • Voice-activated emergency calls
  • Real-time GPS location sharing
  • Automatic audio recording
  • Optional secure video recording
  • Cloud storage for evidence
  • Digital Safety Card for personal info
Features
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My eBodyGuard – Personal Evidence, Safety & Wellness The My eBodyGuard App™ is a personal evidence, safety, and wellness app that helps keep you safe wherever you are. It is available for an individual subscription fee, or by using promo code provided by a sponsoring entity. How does it work? Speak your safety phrase, "eBodyGuard NOW" for voice activation or tap "Call 911" and the app will log a direct call to the nearest 911 Call Center. Your GPS location is captured (within several feet), then shared with 911 and your SOS Contacts (the "eBodyGuards" set in your profile). The app begins audio recording the scene, even before 911 can answer your call. With the optional eBodyCam feature you can collect video recordings, which are stored securely in the cloud and can't be deleted, destroyed, or altered. You and your family want to live life and feel safer in public settings and capture objective evidence in the event of a crime: your voice, your needs, your location, and your evidence. The Safety Card locks the data you choose to store for record-keeping, and for transmission to 911: Family members Pets Medical conditions Vehicles Anti-bullying, harassment, stalking Protection Orders You can also view the information from your 911 call which includes: your Safety Card, the eBodyCam video, as well as any other documents you choose to upload after the 911 call at ebodyguardcommunity.com. You can access your information using a reference number we provide you that will match the reference number the law enforcement will also be provided should there be a court proceeding. eBodyGuard® provides pinpoint accuracy, transparency, access to information, distribution of information, and efficiencies that have never been achieved. eBodyGuard® is the only technology on the market that holds government compliances to ensure your data is secure and can be used in the court process: FBI CJIS, HIPPA compliance, COPPA, NIST, and NG-911. Social Media Links Facebook: Facebook.com/eBodyGuardCorp Instagram: @Ebodyguard8 Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/ebodyguardllc/ For questions, email us: contact@ebodyguard.org Read our Terms of Use here: https://ebodyguard.org/EULA/ Read our Privacy Policy here: https://ebodyguard.org/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

Covert Alert4 screens
eBodyGuard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Covert Alert at 93% against eBodyGuard's 71%. Covert Alert also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.5) and ratings volume (240 vs 19). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Covert Alert sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and eBodyGuard sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Covert Alert holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Covert Alert has 240 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of Covert Alert's written reviews are positive against 71% of eBodyGuard's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Covert Alert ships an update every 5 weeks, eBodyGuard every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Covert Alert versus eBodyGuard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCovert AlerteBodyGuard
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (240 ratings) — better4.5 (19 ratings)
Positive reviews93.2% of reviews — better71.4% of reviews
Number of ratings240 — better19
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB136 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLucrative InnovationseBodyGuard LLC

Customer experience

Covert Alert

All ratings240 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral0.4%
Negative4.6%
Written reviews73 reviews
Positive93.2%
Neutral1.4%
Negative5.5%

eBodyGuard

All ratings19 ratings
Positive84.2%
Neutral5.3%
Negative10.5%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral14.3%
Negative14.3%

Bugs and requests

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

eBodyGuard

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Covert Alert

Subscriptions3
  • Direct Connect To Contacts$2.991 Month
  • Family & Friends$2.991 Month
  • Family & Friends$19.991 Year
One-time6
  • 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
3 purchases

eBodyGuard

Subscriptions3
  • Promotional offer for eBodyCam$3.991 Month
  • Individual Plan$5.991 Month
  • Individual Plan$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Covert Alert free?
Covert Alert is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is eBodyGuard free?
eBodyGuard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Covert Alert or eBodyGuard?
Covert Alert is rated higher. Covert Alert averages 4.8 out of 5 from 240 ratings, while eBodyGuard averages 4.5 from 19 ratings.
Do Covert Alert or eBodyGuard have ads?
Neither Covert Alert nor eBodyGuard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Covert Alert or eBodyGuard?
Covert Alert ships an update every 5 weeks, and eBodyGuard every 2 months. Most recently, Covert Alert was updated on September 23, 2026 and eBodyGuard on September 16, 2026.

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