Last Updated on March 4, 2023
The best mobile medical alert systems with GPS in 2023 are designed to be used both in and out of the home, unlike traditional home-based systems that work only in and around the home. More and more seniors have opted to use these mobile alert systems as they are more flexible and accommodating to active lifestyles.
Below are reviews of the best mobile medical alert systems with GPS or mobile personal emergency response systems in the market today:
- LifeFone VIPx (Voice-in-Pendant X)
- Medical Guardian: Mini and Mobile 2.0
- Bay Alarm Medical GPS Mobile Alert Device
- LifeStation Premium Mobile Medical Alert – Sidekick
- Lively Mobile Medical Alert Device
- MobileHelp: Micro and Solo Medical Alert
- HelpButton Mobile Alert with GPS
- Philips Lifeline GoSafe 2 Medical Alert System
For both in-home and GPS medical alert systems, check out our Best Medical Alert Systems of 2022 reviews section. That section covers a wider range of products, including in-home, mobile GPS and other medical alert system products.
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LifeFone VIPx (Voice-in-Pendant X)
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The LifeFone VIPx is a medical alert button and speaker device that can be used both in and out of the home. VIPx is equipped with GPS and a 4G LTE connection. The device is lighter compared to other similar mobile pendants on the market. As a long-established medical alert provider, LifeFone offers quality 24/7 monitoring services with backup call centers in place.
Although light in weight, VIPx offers outstanding features that competitors do not, such as a super-long battery life of up to 16 days, compared to the usual 3 days. Admittedly, we were skeptical at first until we tested and found it true in our user experience. In addition, we appreciated how our VIPx test calls were always answered quickly and professionally. Above is a video of a test call we made.
The VIPx product works with an optional Caregiver app that shares valuable data like the timing of the senior user’s first motion each day, device GPS location, battery level, and more. The data offers additional peace of mind, although adding the app will lower battery life to a max. of 5 days (which is still good). Regardless, customers or caregivers can be set up with free text, and email alerts for low battery and button pushes.
Overall, the LifeFone VIPx mobile medical alert stands out for its small size, long battery life, and availability of valuable data for caregivers. Their free email/text alerts package and fair purchase terms are helpful bonuses to cap off the customer experience.
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Medical Guardian: Mini Guardian and Mobile 2.0
Questions? Call toll-free 1-800-311-6142 or visit visit Medical Guardian’s website
Medical Guardian offers two mobile alert systems with GPS: Mini Guardian and Mobile 2.0. Each of these systems provides mobile monitoring for active seniors who may be frequently out and about. Medical Guardian is the leader amongst a new generation of medical alert companies offering quality systems based on the latest technologies. Mobile 2.0, is an in-home + on-the-go system with flexible button options. It offers a lightweight alert device with an emergency call button and a speakerphone. If you like something even lighter, the Mini Guardian is recommended.
Mini Guardian is an updated, petite-sized, water-resistant mobile medical alert button device that is used both at home and out of the home. It is a one of the few mobile alert devices that combines a chic look with fast response time, an easy-to-press alert button for elderly hands, HD speakers, 4G LTE connectivity, automatic fall detection (optional), advanced location tracking and extended battery life. Medical Guardian’s 24/7 emergencies alert monitoring service for mobile alert devices starts at around $40 per month. Full Review >>
Bay Alarm Medical GPS Mobile Alert Device
Questions? Call toll-free 1-855-397-9964 or visit Bay Alarm Medical’s website
Bay Alarm Medical is a well-recognized medical alert company. Their mobile medical alert system with GPS is a small lightweight alert device that seniors can take with them when they go out. This GPS mobile alert device has a speaker and microphone and built right into it. Should an emergency occur, the device user can click on the alert button in the middle to initiate an emergency call through a wireless cellular network. This mobile alert has two helpful optional features: fall detection and caregiver tracking – an online dashboard that shares GPS and other device usage information with authorized users.
Although the alert device works both in the out of the home as long as it gets good cellular phone reception, Bay Alarm Medical recommends using this in combination with their home medical alert system. We have more details on why this is, as well as comparisons of this with other mobile devices in the full review. Overall, it is a helpful GPS mobile medical alert option to consider. Full Review >>
LifeStation Premium Mobile Medical Alert – Sidekick
Questions? Call toll-free 1-866-260-2696 or visit LifeStation’s Official Website
LifeStation offers a premium mobile medical alert device with GPS and wifi positioning location tracking capabilities. This small, lightweight and water-resistant emergency response button device is unique in style, and designed to be worn with a lanyard around the neck. In case of any emergencies, the customer can press his/her button to be connected with a LifeStation Care Specialist for assistance. There is a speaker and microphone on the device to facilitate clear two-way conversations. Each full charge can keep the device working for up to 5 days on standby, although daily recharging is recommended. Automatic fall detection alert is available as an additional option.
LifeStation’s mobile medical alert service stands out as it combines a quality mobile alert device on the front-end with it’s certified 24/7 monitoring service on the back-end. As one of the most established medical alert companies in the US, it operates its own UL listed and TMA (The Monitoring Association) Five-Diamond monitoring service. For added support, their complimentary Text-to-Locate and Caregivers Alerts service helps family members and caregivers stay abreast with how their loved one is doing. Full Review >>
Lively Mobile Medical Alert Device
The Lively Mobile Plus is a medical alert button device produced Lively (formerly Great Call, a cellular phone company serving seniors). This nifty Lively alert button device is small and light enough to be worn around the neck with a lanyard. What distinguishes the Lively from other mobile alert systems is its comprehensive bundle of features: being GPS enabled, waterproof and incorporating fall detection for seniors. It also has a companion Link app that premium subscribers can access and use for sharing their activity information with their children or caregivers.
The Lively mobile alert device is easy to understand and use, and comes with outstanding features. One current weakness is that like similar wireless medical alert devices, it needs to be recharged regularly in order to stay operational. While some seniors can blend this easily into their daily routines, others may be hesitant about it. Overall, the Lively is a good product to consider when comparing mobile medical alert systems with GPS. Full Review >>
MobileHelp: Micro and Solo Medical Alert
Questions? Call toll-free 1-800-992-0641 or visit MobileHelp Review
MobileHelp offers two mobile medical alert systems with GPS: MobileHelp Micro (pictured above) and Solo. MobileHelp Micro is MobileHelp’s most recent portable GPS medical alert device release. This a small medical alert button device that comes with its own two-way speaker and mic, and cellular connectivity. Weighing just 1.8 oz (weight of 9 quarter coins), this lightweight device is the MobileHelp’s smallest wearable device to date. An earlier portable device is the Solo, which is larger at 2.8 oz (see photo comparison below).
The Micro or Sole portable mobile GPS devices come with their own cellular connection, speaker and microphone. They serve as help button and communicator units that work both in-home and out-of-home. An optional fall detection button can be paired to either devices.
What is special about MobileHelp is the flexibility of expanding into a larger Duo system by adding an in-home base unit. Although the Micro or Solo devices work both in and out of home, the Duo offers greater operational reliability. You have at your disposal two separate speaker and microphone units, and an in-home button that doesn’t need recharging. The in-home base station is similar to base station units used in standard senior medical alert systems. The portable mobile GPS device can act as a system speaker extension at home, and brought along when the subscriber leaves home.
All MobileHelp systems include access to a secure login portal where authorized family members and caregivers can retrieve GPS information and set-up system email/text alerts to stay informed. Full Review >>
HelpButton.com Mobile Alert With GPS
HelpButton.com offers a sleek and well-designed mobile alert device that works both in and out of the home. Known as the Mobile Ally, the button device is small, lightweight and water-resistant. It comes packaged with a lanyard for it to be worn around the neck. There is an emergency SOS button in the middle of the device. Once the button is pushed, the mobile device dials out to HelpButton’s monitoring center to connect the customer to a trained operator. HelpButton’s device comes with both GPS and wifi positioning technologies to determine its location accurately. The device is also capable of automatic fall detection.
HelpButton.com sets itself apart from other mobile medical alert systems by packaging a quality mobile GPS button device with its certified 24/7 monitoring service at a very competitive price point (starting at $37.95 a month). Customers subscribe to this service on a month-to-month basis with no long-term contractual obligations. In addition, their proprietary text-to-locate and caregiver alerts services keeps family members and caregivers informed regarding the customer’s use of their mobile alert device. Full Review >>
Philips Lifeline GoSafe Medical Alert System
Update 2022: Lifeline has been sold to Connect America, and the GoSafe2 is no longer being sold.
The Philips Lifeline GoSafe 2 mobile medical alert system is an all-in-one medical alert pendant. Within the GoSafe 2 pendant device itself, there is a help button, phone connection, speaker, and microphone. The first generation GoSafe included an additional in-home base communicator unit. The base unit was completely done away with in GoSafe 2, making it easier to understand and use. Customers can always count on speaking through the pendant instead of through a separate desktop base unit.
GoSafe 2 comes with Lifeline’s auto alert fall detection, GPS, and other location technologies. It works similarly to other mobile medical alert pendants like the LifeStation and Mini Guardian medical mobile alerts described above. Philips Lifeline has traditionally been a top brand name that produces quality products, including the GoSafe 2. If there is any suggestion for an even better user experience, it would be to provide customers the option to share their location data with family and caregivers.
Older Mobile Medical Alert Systems with GPS
As mobile medical alert systems with GPS continue to evolve, some systems from the past few years have either been superseded by next generation models or taken off the market. You may have heard of Great Call Splash or Verizon Sureresponse:
Great Call Splash Urgent Response Device |
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[Succeeded by Lively] The Great Call Splash 5 Star Urgent Responder is the predecessor of the Lively. It is a small mobile emergency alert button device with GPS locator technology. By pressing the emergency button on the Splash, users were connected with certified emergency response agents via a cell phone connection. Great Call has continued to innovate on the Splash. Towards the end of July 2016, the company introduced the Splash’s next generation replacement called the Lively. More on the Great Call Splash >> |
Verizon SureResponse Personal Monitor System |
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[No Longer Available] The Verizon SureResponse GPS mobile alert device was released to great fanfare back in late 2012, with the exciting premise for a single, seamless medical alert system for the home and outside. Similar to the Great Call Splash, the SureResponse system was a small mobile cell phone device with an emergency help button. The product did not appear to gain traction in the GPS medical alert systems marketplace. At the end of 2014, Verizon stopped selling it. They have not announced any follow-up mobile alert products. More on the Verizon SureResponse system >> |
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