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Oksigenia SOS vs Keep Alive: catalog facts
Oksigenia SOS	Keep Alive
Best for: Solo hikers and outdoor athletes who want an emergency alert without a cloud service	Best for: People living alone who want someone alerted if they stop using their phone
Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.	Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence.
Android	Android
Alerts sent by SMS, no mobile data needed No account, cloud or Google services All 3 strengths for Oksigenia SOS Alerts sent by SMS, no mobile data needed No account, cloud or Google services Shares GPS coordinates automatically	Works without any ongoing interaction after setup Uses plain SMS, so contacts need no special app All 4 strengths for Keep Alive Works without any ongoing interaction after setup Uses plain SMS, so contacts need no special app Can alert several people with a custom message Actively maintained
Relies on SMS, so it needs some mobile signal Android only All 3 limitations for Oksigenia SOS Relies on SMS, so it needs some mobile signal Android only Small project with no packaged GitHub releases	Android only Depends on cellular SMS service being available All 3 limitations for Keep Alive Android only Depends on cellular SMS service being available Not a replacement for a dedicated medical alert service
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: Apache-2.0
No account needed	No account needed
Offline features available	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Oksigenia SOS github.com/OksigeniaSL/oksigenia-sos f-droid.org/packages/com.oksigenia.oksigenia_sos Catalog checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Keep Alive github.com/keepalivedev/KeepAlive f-droid.org/packages/io.keepalive.android Catalog checked October 2, 2026

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