Syracuse PD vs Syracuse Alerting
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Syracuse PD
This app allows the public to anonymously report tips to the Syracuse Police Department. It also shares agency crime alerts and content from the department's web and social media.
- Anonymous tip submission
- Crime alerts
- Agency web content
- Social media integration
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The Syracuse PD app provides the community the ability to submit anonymous tips to the the Syracuse, NY Police Department. The app also displays agency crime alerts, and other organization web and social media content.
Syracuse Alerting
This app provides advanced fire station alerting for public safety answering points and fire/EMS facilities. It aims to minimize dispatch time and deliver critical information to first responders through tones and voice alerts.
- State-of-the-art alerting functionality
- Reliable for public safety
- Minimizes dispatch time
- Delivers critical information
- Tones and voice alerts
- Optional add-ons and customization
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Mach Alert is a full featured fire station alerting (FSA) solution designed to provide state of the art alerting functionality and reliability to public safety answering points (PSAP), fire and EMS facilities, and, with optional add-ons, to first responders in the field. Whether operating as a standalone system or via interface to a computer aided dispatch (CAD) product, Mach Alert is designed to minimize time spent dispatching at the 911 center and maximize the amount of critical information delivered to first responders when they need it most with tones, voice, and a robust catalog of add-ons and customization options.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Syracuse PD at 3.0 against Syracuse Alerting's 2.0. Syracuse Alerting's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 16 months). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Syracuse PD holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.
Syracuse PD ships an update every 16 months, Syracuse Alerting every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Syracuse PD | Syracuse Alerting |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | City of Syracuse Police Department | Mach Alert Inc. |
Customer experience
Syracuse PD
Syracuse Alerting
In-app purchases
Syracuse PD
No in-app purchases
Syracuse Alerting
No in-app purchases
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