Halligan vs HowardSimon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Halligan
Streamline emergency vehicle inspections with this native iOS app. Conduct detailed truck checks, review past inspection history, and receive real-time activity notifications. A companion web application offers advanced analytics for chiefs and administrators.
- Native iOS truck checks
- Detailed inspection descriptions
- View previous check history
- Real-time activity notifications
- Web-based analytics for administrators
- User account and truck check configuration via web portal
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Halligan makes truck checks easy for first responders with our native iOS application. Run truck checks with detailed descriptions, quickly check on the history of previous checks, and receive notifications of all recent activity. Chiefs and administrators can run detailed analytics using the web application. Departments should configure user accounts and truck checks using the web portal.
HowardSimon
Access payroll and HR information on the go. This app makes complex business administration tasks simple for employees and employers. Requires existing customer login credentials.
- Payroll access
- 401(k) information
- HR management
- Mobile access
- Business connectivity
- Simplified administration
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The HowardSimon mobile app provides you and your employees with the benefit of accessing your payroll and HR information from your mobile device allowing you to stay connected to your business from anywhere, at any time, whenever is convenient for you. With the use of Smartphones, Tablets, and Laptops the employee of today is no longer a stationary worker and is often working on the go making mobile tools that access their important payroll and HR information no longer a luxury, but a necessity. With this in mind we have taken the same extraordinarily reliable and adaptable Payroll and HR technology your business is already using and made it accessible to you on the go. In today’s complex world we are proud to make the most challenging business administration tasks beautifully simple. To use the HowardSimon mobile app, your company must already be a HowardSimon customer with an authorized login credentials. A valid Username and Password are required to access the application.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Halligan at 4.2 against HowardSimon's 3.0. Halligan also leads on ratings volume (1K vs 22). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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.
Halligan holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Halligan has 1K ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 32% of Halligan's written reviews are positive against 29% of HowardSimon's.
Halligan ships an update every 2 months, HowardSimon every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 7, 2026 and August 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Halligan | HowardSimon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (1K ratings) — better | 3.0 (22 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 32.1% of reviews — better | 28.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1K — better | 22 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Halligan, Inc | HowardSimon |
Customer experience
Halligan
HowardSimon
Bugs and requests
Halligan
Reported bugs
3 issues- App not loading on latest iOS devices
- Blank screens when switching stations
- Constant issues with logging in
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to customize compartment checks
- More administrative functions on mobile
- Ability to switch between departments without logging out
HowardSimon
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Halligan
No in-app purchases
HowardSimon
No in-app purchases








