5 vs Catapult EMS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
5
This app allows educators to manage student data, including school activities, behaviors, and event check-ins. It supports barcode scanning for efficient event and intervention tracking on iOS devices.
- Manage student data
- Track school activities and events
- Record behaviors and interventions
- Check-in individuals at events
- Bluetooth barcode scanner support
- Device camera for check-ins
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Manage 5-Star Students data on your iPhone or iPad device! View school activities, events, behaviors, interventions, students, faculty, community members, and guests. Add hall passes, update activity participants, add behavior occurrences and check-in individuals at events or interventions using a Bluetooth barcode scanner or your device camera.
Catapult EMS
Stay informed during emergencies with audible alerts that bypass silent mode. This app provides quick access to emergency procedures, allows for secure login via biometrics, and integrates with a comprehensive emergency management system for organizations.
- Audible emergency alerts on silent mode
- Quick home screen access
- Touch/Face ID login
- Location and status gathering
- One-on-one emergency conversations
- Alert districts, police, and fire
- View emergency procedures
- Anonymous threat reporting
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Never miss another emergency alert: The CatapultEMS app plays audible emergency alerts even when your phone is on silent. It works with WiFi or cell data. Quick and easy: Add the icon to your home screen so you have quick access in an emergency. No more passwords: Set up touch or face id, so you don’t have to worry about usernames, passwords and extra button presses. --- This app works with CatapultEMS, a complete emergency management system for organizations and schools. Staff and student safety is our prime concern. Use CatapultEMS to • Gather locations of students, staff, and their statuses in an emergency. • Have one-on-one emergency conversations. • Alert districts, police, and fire. • View up-to-date emergency procedures. • Receive anonymous reports of threats. If your organization does not use CatapultEMS, contact sales@catapultems.com for a quote.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Catapult EMS at 2.6 against 5's 1.8. Catapult EMS also leads on review sentiment (30% vs 8%). 5's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Catapult EMS holds the better App Store score, 2.6 against 1.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 24 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 8% of 5's written reviews are positive against 30% of Catapult EMS's.
5 ships an update every 3 weeks, Catapult EMS every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 1, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 5 | Catapult EMS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (24 ratings) | 2.6 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 7.7% of reviews | 30.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 5 Star Students Solutions LLC | Diverse Network Associates Incorporated |
Customer experience
5
Catapult EMS
In-app purchases
5
No in-app purchases
Catapult EMS
No in-app purchases
