Comparison

ERAD Mobile vs RISS

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

Head to head
About

ERAD Mobile

This investigative solution allows law enforcement to document and interrogate plastic cards found during arrests. It provides critical card issuer information and enables immediate securing or freezing of funds from prepaid cards, with reporting for forensic analysis and legal documentation.

Highlights
  • Document confiscated credit, debit, and prepaid cards
  • Interrogate plastic cards found during arrests
  • Instant card issuer information retrieval
  • Secure or freeze prepaid card funds
  • Forensic analysis and documentation reports
  • Transfer funds to law enforcement accounts
Features
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Welcome to ERAD™, a patented platform available only to Law Enforcement Agencies. This complete investigative solution provides Law Enforcement with the ability to inventory and interrogate any plastic card found during an arrest. The ERAD platform will help you document every confiscated credit, debit and prepaid card, and instantaneously provide key card issuer information that’s critical to your investigation. And if some of those cards are prepaid cards, ERAD™ gives you the ability, right at the point of arrest, to determine the value and immediately secure or freeze those funds. With this information, and proper legal authority, Law Enforcement personnel can transfer the money associated with a prepaid card directly to a designated Law Enforcement bank account to protect the integrity of the evidence and ensure the funds are available for trial or forfeiture. ERAD™provides a full array of reports to provide forensic analysis and documentation required for subpoenas, warrants or management information.

About

RISS

This app facilitates secure information sharing for law enforcement and criminal justice partners. It supports investigations, promotes officer safety, and provides access to key resources and systems. Users require an existing account and specific training to access its features.

Highlights
  • Secure information sharing
  • Facilitates criminal investigations
  • Promotes officer safety
  • Access to RISSIntel
  • Officer Safety Event Deconfliction System
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RISS Mobile is the official app for the Regional Information Sharing Systems (RISS) Program. The mission of RISS is to assist local, state, federal, and tribal criminal justice partners by providing adaptive solutions and services that facilitate information sharing, support criminal investigations, and promote officer safety. RISS has been supporting the law enforcement and criminal justice communities for 50 years. See www.riss.net for additional information. The RISS Mobile App provides query capabilities for key RISS resources including RISSIntel and various information sharing platforms such as RISSLeads and RISS Officer Safety & Wellness Website. The RISS Mobile App also provides entry capabilities for RISSafe our Officer Safety Event Deconfliction System. Additional Capabilities to Follow RISSNET Mobile App users must have an existing RISSNET account and meet the full set of established user requirements for access including required training courses.

Screenshots

ERAD Mobile4 screens
RISS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: RISS at none against ERAD Mobile's shown. RISS also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 8 months). ERAD Mobile's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.4). On price, rating, in-app purchases and device support 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for ERAD Mobile against 5.0 for RISS. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RISS has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ERAD Mobile ships an update every 8 months, RISS every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
ERAD Mobile versus RISS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterERAD MobileRISS
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings15 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB15 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperERAD Group, Inc.Regional Organized Crime Information Center, Inc.

Customer experience

ERAD Mobile

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

RISS

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

ERAD Mobile

No in-app purchases

None

RISS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ERAD Mobile free?
ERAD Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is RISS free?
RISS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ERAD Mobile or RISS?
ERAD Mobile and RISS are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do ERAD Mobile or RISS have ads?
ERAD Mobile shows ads; RISS does not.
Which is updated more often, ERAD Mobile or RISS?
ERAD Mobile ships an update every 8 months, and RISS every 4 months. Most recently, ERAD Mobile was updated on September 23, 2026 and RISS on October 16, 2026.

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