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24 alternatives to I made an emergency page for my family

I have a bad memory and can't memorize some important numbers, so I created this project. I've always been concerned about being without my phone (getting robbed - which is common in Brazil - running out of battery, having it break, etc.), so I decided to create a page that sends SMS messages (LLM-summarized) and emails with more detailed information such as geolocation, IP address, and the full message. It’s a simple page that allows sending one or more messages, with recipients being myself and other people - for example, in case I or they need help or need to communicate something…

An emergency communication tool that sends SMS and email alerts to family members and contacts when needed. It addresses concerns about being without a phone by allowing users to trigger messages from a web page that… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

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    Sweego▲369

    Multichannel emails & sms sending API for developers

    2024 · sweego.io · its alternatives →

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    Emergency notifications for your team via SMS

    2021 · clerk.chat · its alternatives →

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    World's simplest free-forever email & SMS campaign builder

    2024 · salesstream.ai · its alternatives →

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    An offline emergency help providing system 🇮🇳

    2018 · team-anything.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Spike.sh▲157

    Get a phone call, SMS & Slack alerts when users are affected

    2020 · spike.sh · its alternatives →

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    A couple of months ago, I built this app to help identify people stuck under rubble. First responders have awesome tools. But in tough situations, even common folks need to help. After what happened in Myanmar, we need something like this that works properly. It has only been tested in controlled environments. It can also be improved; I know BLE is not _that_ effective under rubble. If you have any feedback or can contribute, don't hold back.

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Riley▲183

    MailChimp for SMS. Dashboard and API for triggering SMS.

    2018 · getrileynow.com · its alternatives →

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    Texted.io▲126

    Send text blasts to groups, receive individual replies

    2017 · texted.io · its alternatives →

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    Sent.dm▲195

    Unified API for sending messages on SMS, WhatsApp, and more

    2024 · sent.dm · its alternatives →

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    Sending customized message from Google spreadsheet made easy

    2021 · workspace.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Send scheduled text messages to employees phones

    2018 · its alternatives →

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    Flash▲125

    Messages that embed on an incoming call.

    2016 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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    A pager▲104

    Hello HN, I basically don't use notifications for anything. The noise is too much. Slack is too loud. Email is too slow. But sometimes you do need a note in your face. I found myself missing 1990s pagers. I wanted a digital equivalent - something that does one thing: beep until I ack it. So I built UDP-7777. Concept: - 0% Cloud: It listens on UDP Port 7777. No accounts, no central servers. You don't need Tailscale/ZeroTier/WG/etc, it's just easy for device sets. - CAPCODES: It maps your IP address (LAN or Tailscale) to a retro 10-digit "CAPCODE" that looks like a phone number…

    Dec 2025 · udp7777.com · its alternatives →

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    Emergency plan for family - Be prepared ahead of time.

    2024 · justincasemessage.com · its alternatives →

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    Prepare and send an SMS to your EventBrite attendees 🙏

    2019 · thankyouharry.co · its alternatives →

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    Create a blog with one text message (seriously)

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Empower your product manager. Let them decide what the messages to your users say, when those messages are triggered, as well as how they are sent (sms, email, etc.) while you focus on building product features. They'll be able to use trusted providers like sendgrid, twilio and apple so you don't have to worry about message delivery.

    2013 · outbound.io · its alternatives →

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    I had an issue where I would journal stuff, and then never look at what I wrote. So I thought it'll be cool to schedule something that will get sent to you at a later time (like a time capsule). Also, was inspired by futureme, where you can send yourself letters that'll arrive in the future.

    Dec 2025 · resurf.me · its alternatives →

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    I've been an on-call engineer at startups where "incident management" meant someone panic-creating a Slack channel called #fire-fire-fire, or all incidents handled in the #incidents channel at the same time... and the postmortem was whatever someone remembered to write in Notion three days later. So I built a Slack bot to fix my own workflow. Figured I'd share it. What it does: "/incident start sev2 API latency spike" creates a dedicated channel, invites whoever's on-call, pins the details, and starts recording a timeline. When you run "/incident resolve", it uses GPT-4 to analyze…

    Jan 2026 · incidentops.io · its alternatives →

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    AI powered Police, Fire and EMS alerts

    2025 · alertpage.ai · its alternatives →

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