PSAware vs Axon Respond
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PSAware
This app offers real-time situational awareness for public safety agencies. It connects with existing Computer Aided Dispatch systems to provide critical information.
- Real-time situational awareness
- Public safety platform
- CAD system integration
- Situational data visualization
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Southern Software's PSAware provides Southern Software Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) customers with a real-time situational awareness platform for public safety.
Axon Respond
This app enhances law enforcement safety by providing commanders with real-time situational awareness. It allows supervisors to track officer locations and view live body camera feeds during urgent events, ensuring rapid response and improved officer well-being.
- Real-time urgent event notifications
- Officer location tracking
- Livestream body camera broadcasts
- Enhanced situational awareness
- Secure communication for law enforcement
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The Axon Respond mobile app provides a secure and powerful tool to help law enforcement commanders and supervisors keep their officers safe. It boosts situational awareness by notifying commanders in real-time when urgent events occur. With the Axon Respond mobile app commanders and supervisor can see the location of officers and view livestream broadcasts from an officer's body camera. All of this happens seamlessly and instantly with just a few clicks on their mobile device. The Respond app also runs on iPad OS version 16.0 or later in iPhone compatibility mode.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Axon Respond at 3.9 against PSAware's 2.1. Axon Respond also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 22%). PSAware's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks) and ratings volume (35 vs 7). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Axon Respond holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PSAware has 35 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of PSAware's written reviews are positive against 50% of Axon Respond's.
PSAware ships an update fortnightly, Axon Respond every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PSAware | Axon Respond |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (35 ratings) | 3.9 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 21.9% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 35 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 122 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Southern Software, Inc. | Axon Enterprise, Inc. |
Customer experience
PSAware
Axon Respond
In-app purchases
PSAware
No in-app purchases
Axon Respond
No in-app purchases
