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Compare Aware360 and Ok Alone head-to-head. Discover which lone worker safety app offers the best features, pricing, and support to protect your team.
From workers in the most remote locations to healthcare workers in urban areas, keeping your lone workers safe is no easy feat. With so many solutions vying for your attention, it can be tough to choose the right one. Don’t fret, we’re here to make your choice simpler.
In this head-to-head comparison, we'll examine two popular lone worker safety solutions: Aware360 and Ok Alone.
Aware360 isn't just another lone worker safety app; it's a comprehensive solution designed with both worker protection and privacy in mind. Aware360 offers cloud-based solutions and standalone safety wearable devices that allow you to keep your lone and at-risk workers safe and connected through two-way communication, real-time monitoring, and 24/7 support wherever they are.
Built to meet stringent lone worker regulations, Aware360 offers geofencing, real-time location monitoring, and SOS buttons enabling quick response in emergencies for your high-risk workers.
The Ok Alone app turns smartphones into reliable safety devices, allowing organizations to easily monitor lone workers from any location. The app ensures workers are protected, reachable, and safe no matter where their job takes them. With Ok Alone, organizations can effectively monitor multiple workers from any location, without being tied to a computer.
Choosing between two lone-worker apps involves understanding the unique features and benefits each option offers. That’s why we have put together this comparison table, highlighting the key features of Aware360 and Ok Alone.
Feature |
Aware360 |
Ok Alone |
Real-time monitoring |
Yes, optional self-monitoring or preferred emergency response center |
Yes, optional self-monitoring or preferred emergency response center |
Timed activity |
Check-in timer and hazard timers |
Only check-in timer, with check in alarm reminders and high-risk check in |
Alerts |
SOS alerts, panic buttons, fall detection/man down, and missed check-in alerts |
Panic button and fall detection/man down |
Two-way communication |
Send SMS, email, calls, voice message, images, videos back and forth with the response center |
SMS,alerts and in-product messaging |
Geofencing |
Yes, with custom notifications and reminders to both workers and safety monitors. |
Yes, with notifications to safety monitors when a worker leaves a safe zone. |
Connectivity and communication options |
Mobile app, satellite devices, wearables, voice calls, SMS |
Mobile app, SMS, WhatsApp |
Hardware |
Yes |
No, mobile phone-based app only |
Fall detection |
Yes |
Yes |
Unlike Ok Alone, Aware360 integrates with more than a plethora of device types to fit your organizational needs. With Aware360, you can leverage other integrated safety devices with one-touch SOS, fall-detection, and satellite messengers for optimal safety and performance wherever an at-risk employee is working including:
Ok Alone does not have its own safety device and is ideal for organizations looking to improve safety without investing in physical devices. However, the Ok Alone app is compatible with iHelp, Zoleo Satellite Devices, and Spot X which allows lone workers to update their status and send messages even when outside cell coverage.
Aware360’s solutions are designed to improve safety and productivity while helping you uphold duty of care. Aware360’s lone worker solutions are designed to meet occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations and an increasing number of jurisdiction-specific legislation.
With 24/7/365 live monitoring and support and two-way multimedia communication between monitors and workers, you can bring compliance and safety to your workforce.
Aware360 is deeply committed to eliminating workplace fatalities. Their active participation in the National Safety Council's Work to Zero and Impairment Advisory Board underscores Aware360’s dedication to leveraging technology for worker safety.
Aware360 also has the TrustArc eTrust certification for satisfying global security and privacy requirements. The beauty of Aware360’s privacy-by-design approach is that worker’s control when their location and status is shared, activating only when they're on the clock. This not only addresses privacy concerns but also encourages widespread adoption, ensuring everyone feels comfortable using this powerful tool.
Ok Alone’s app is designed to help businesses ensure they are meeting their legal obligations in the United States, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom. As a subsidiary of a European company, it offers compliance tools tailored for multiple regions.
Let’s discover which app best aligns with your sector's needs.
Aware360’s comprehensive safety solutions are versatile enough to adapt to any industry, no matter the hazards or complexities, including healthcare, retail, oil and gas, utilities, construction, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, mining, retail, government, and more!
Designed to be industry-agnostic, providing customizable tools and features that can be tailored to meet the specific needs of any sector.
Protecting lone workers in retail environments requires a nuanced approach. Whether it's employees working alone in stores, warehouses, or during deliveries, Aware360 provides the tools to ensure their safety including:
Worker safety in the energy sector is paramount. Aware360's solutions are designed to withstand the harsh and hazardous environments often encountered in oil, gas, and electricity operations. Key features include:
Healthcare professionals often work alone, whether making home visits, working night shifts, or providing care in remote clinics. Aware360 offers solutions tailored to the healthcare sector, including:
Beyond these sectors, Aware360 services 30+ industries, including but not limited to utilities, retail, public sector, and field services. Our flexible platform and customizable solutions empower you to prioritize worker safety, no matter your industry.
Ok Alone is an app-based solution ideal for industries employing lone and mobile workers in urban settings, like homecare, security, electricians, municipal employees, and office or retail staff. Explore how Ok Alone’s sector-focused approach brings advanced safety measures to every work environment, keeping lone workers secure and connected.
Aware360's scalable solutions adapt to your needs, whether you're seeking a quick and easy-to-implement system or a comprehensive safety program for multidisciplinary teams. That way your lone worker app won’t exist in isolation. No matter if you want to personalize alerts or integrate with personal handheld and wearable devices, Aware360 leverages Internet of Things (IoT) technology to seamlessly integrate with various solutions and your existing emergency response plans and safety culture.
Ok Alone integrates with Geotab Marketplace, and ADP Workforce Now® and can be integrated via API to manage your work-alone protection in your existing systems.
Aware360 was selected as a finalist by the National Safety Council (NSC) for the 2022 Green Cross Innovation Award for developing a new or novel approach to a safety challenge.
Customers recognize and praise this innovation. A recovery organization highlighted Aware360’s real-time tracking and monitoring, stating, “We know where they are, and we know who they're visiting. When they start their shift, we can follow them on screen, and once they go into a house, they begin a hazard timer; once they're done, they can just end it.
Selecting the ideal lone-worker safety solution requires careful consideration of your organization's unique needs and priorities. Aware360 and Ok Alone offer different features and functionalities but share the same goal: keeping lone-workers safe.
Let us help you evaluate your specific requirements so you can make an informed decision that aligns with your safety goals and enhances the well-being of your lone workers. We're here to help you navigate this process and find the perfect solution for your organization.
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