Comparison

Flex Touch vs Tyler Shield Mobile

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Flex Touch

Access common Motorola Flex features from your smartphone or tablet. Monitor agency calls, search databases for names, property, and incidents, and view alert warnings for officer safety. Stay updated with real-time call information and efficiently manage reports and comments.

Highlights
  • Monitor agency calls remotely
  • Search agency database (names, property, incidents)
  • View Flex Involvements
  • Display warrant/alert warnings
  • Access real-time call updates
  • Add photos/documents to records
Features
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This requires Motorola Flex 6.3 with the 2020.2.2 or later release. The Flex Touch® app is designed to provide public safety agencies a quick and convenient way to access common Motorola Flex features using a smartphone or tablet. Personnel with the proper credentials can use Flex Touch to monitor their agency’s calls from anywhere and at any time from the convenience of a mobile device. Flex Touch allows personnel to search their agency database for names, property, vehicles, and incidents from a mobile device. Personnel can also view Flex Involvements® related to any record. In addition, the module helps promote officer safety by displaying records with warrants or alert warnings. The user-friendly design makes it easy for personnel to quickly learn how to navigate the app. Flex Touch allows personnel to access real-time call updates by viewing all active calls, call nature, and any assigned units. Each user can customize the list of calls and units within the jurisdiction. Calls are organized by unit status, providing a quick way to see whether officers have arrived on the scene and if a unit’s timer has expired. When a user has been assigned to a call, that information is displayed prominently. In addition to accessing information, Touch allows first responders to more efficiently complete their work. Users can view call comments and enter their own comments from their mobile device. Using Touch, users can quickly add photos or documents from their mobile device to a record or to a report. Flex Touch requires that the agency uses Motorola Flex and has already purchased the Flex Touch module.

About

Tyler Shield Mobile

Enhance officer safety and preparedness with intelligent, law-specific dispatching. This app provides context-aware critical information based on role and location, ensuring mission-critical data is always accessible.

Highlights
  • Intelligent, law-specific dispatching
  • Context-aware critical information
  • Easy-to-read route to calls
  • Responder location and ETA
  • Instant access to building maps and plans
  • Secure communications
  • Real-time call details
Features
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Police crews stay safer and better prepared using Tyler Shield Mobil created specifically for licensed users of Tyler Technologies’ Law Enforcement software solutions. With intelligent, law-specific dispatching capabilities, this app offers context awareness, which presents critical information based on your role and where and when you are. This intuitive app knows the information users need – at the moment they need it - ensuring mission-critical information is always at their fingertips with features including: • Easy-to-read route to the call • Location of other responders and their estimated time of arrival • Instant access to building maps, preplans, and tactical plans • Access to building contact information including names and phone numbers • Real-time access to call details and incident narrative • Secure communications with dispatch and other responders • Immediate access to incident summary reports • Search functionality for persons and vehicles Tyler users empower themselves using Shield Mobile with the confidence of knowing they won’t ever miss a call or be delayed waiting on others for information.

Screenshots

Flex Touch4 screens
Tyler Shield Mobile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Tyler Shield Mobile at 3.8 against Flex Touch's 2.2. Tyler Shield Mobile also leads on review sentiment (53% vs 12%) and ratings volume (305 vs 30). Flex Touch's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.6). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tyler Shield Mobile holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tyler Shield Mobile has 305 ratings behind it against 30, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 12% of Flex Touch's written reviews are positive against 53% of Tyler Shield Mobile's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flex Touch ships an update every 4 weeks, Tyler Shield Mobile every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on July 5, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Flex Touch versus Tyler Shield Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlex TouchTyler Shield Mobile
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.2 (30 ratings)3.8 (305 ratings) — better
Positive reviews12.2% of reviews52.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings30305 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB147 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperMotorola Solutions, IncTyler Technologies, Inc

Customer experience

Flex Touch

All ratings29 ratings
Positive20.7%
Neutral17.2%
Negative62.1%
Written reviews49 reviews
Positive12.2%
Neutral22.4%
Negative65.3%

Tyler Shield Mobile

All ratings305 ratings
Positive67.9%
Neutral9.2%
Negative23.0%
Written reviews51 reviews
Positive52.9%
Neutral7.8%
Negative39.2%

Bugs and requests

Flex Touch

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Tyler Shield Mobile

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Date of birth incorrect
  • Routing function incorrect
  • Can't print
  • Clipping to clipboard no longer works
  • App re-logs and shows in service if not shut down
Show 3 more
  • Calls not updated
  • Details not loading
  • Buggy

Requested features

9 requests
  • Wish it had CarPlay
  • Connect to Apple CarPlay
  • Support for CarPlay
  • Add CarPlay capabilities
  • Ability to view call details of other calls when on a ticket
Show 4 more
  • Fix issue with re-logging and showing in service
  • Update in real-time without logging out
  • Adjust status order
  • Automatically remove secondary location when going back in service

In-app purchases

None

Flex Touch

No in-app purchases

None

Tyler Shield Mobile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Flex Touch free?
Flex Touch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tyler Shield Mobile free?
Tyler Shield Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Flex Touch or Tyler Shield Mobile?
Tyler Shield Mobile is rated higher. Flex Touch averages 2.2 out of 5 from 30 ratings, while Tyler Shield Mobile averages 3.8 from 305 ratings.
Do Flex Touch or Tyler Shield Mobile have ads?
Neither Flex Touch nor Tyler Shield Mobile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flex Touch or Tyler Shield Mobile?
Flex Touch ships an update every 4 weeks, and Tyler Shield Mobile every 3 weeks. Most recently, Flex Touch was updated on July 5, 2026 and Tyler Shield Mobile on September 22, 2026.

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