Comparison

JoinDispatch vs Last Call

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

Head to head
About

JoinDispatch

Experience the thrill of managing emergency dispatches in a text-based adventure. Make critical decisions, earn stars, and unlock new opportunities as a Citizen Responder. Navigate limited resources and even rewind time to correct mistakes.

Highlights
  • Achieve 5-Star rating
  • Earn skills and unlock opportunities
  • Resource management
  • Rewind time function
  • Choice-driven narrative
  • Simplified decisions
Features
Read full description

Calls are flooding in and all that stands between life and death are your choices. Be alert. There may be something more on the line. Join Today! State-run emergency dispatch systems are overwhelmed. Privatized, crowdsourced dispatch response is the new wave in emergency services, with JoinDispatch leading the pack thanks to their Rapid Response Server. Join our amazing team of Citizen Responders today to begin your first shift from your phone or JoinDispatch Home Terminal! Your Manager will work closely with you to ensure you're on track to earn stars - and to save lives, of course! JoinDispatch is a text-based adventure game by Kyle McCullough, written by Kyle McCullough & Suki-Rose Simakis. Original Music by Morgan Z Whirledge. NOTE TO NEW RESPONDERS: Some recent employees have reported strange caller interactions and evidence of attempted hacks into the JoinDispatch OS. Though no one is quite certain why this is occurring, we can assure you - everything's fine and secure. Features: -Strive to achieve a coveted 5-Star rating. -Earn skills that will help you meet your goals and unlock new opportunities and characters. -Protect and Conserve: use your resources wisely, they are highly limited. -Rewind Time Itself: Only the JoinDispatch system offers you our patented rewind function, allowing you to undo that last mistake. -Simplified decisions and seamless navigation will have you clicking your way to great success. -Your choices will carve a new path through your shift each time you play.

About

Last Call

Experience a realistic emergency call simulation. Listen to callers, analyze their stress, and decide which emergency units to dispatch. Your decisions under pressure can save lives.

Highlights
  • Realistic emergency call scenarios
  • Dispatcher decision-making
  • Police, ambulance, fire unit dispatch
  • False report detection
  • Caller stress analysis
  • Career progression
  • Immersive control room atmosphere
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Last Call: 911 Dispatch is a realistic emergency call simulation game where every second, every question, and every decision matters. Step into the role of an emergency dispatcher. Listen to incoming calls, analyze the caller’s stress level, detect missing details, identify possible false reports, and decide which units should be sent to the scene. Not every call is simple. Some callers panic. Some hide the truth. Some give confusing information. Your job is to stay calm, ask the right questions, and make the best decision under pressure. Features: Realistic emergency call scenarios Dispatcher decision-making gameplay Police, ambulance, and fire unit response False report detection Caller stress and urgency analysis Career progression with harder cases Immersive emergency control room atmosphere Choices that affect each outcome Last Call is not just about speed. It is about attention, logic, and pressure management. A wrong call can waste valuable time. A correct decision can save lives. Answer the call. Read the situation. Send the right help.

Screenshots

JoinDispatch4 screens
Last Call4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Last Call at 4.7 against JoinDispatch's 4.2. Last Call also leads on monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). JoinDispatch's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (898 vs 7). On price, update cadence, 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. JoinDispatch sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Last Call sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Last Call holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: JoinDispatch has 898 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of JoinDispatch's written reviews are positive against 50% of Last Call's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

JoinDispatch ships an update weekly, Last Call every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on August 26, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
JoinDispatch versus Last Call: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJoinDispatchLast Call
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (898 ratings)4.7 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews59.8% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings898 — better7
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB102 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperKyle McCulloughKaan Tark Korolu

Customer experience

JoinDispatch

All ratings898 ratings
Positive78.3%
Neutral6.7%
Negative15.0%
Written reviews234 reviews
Positive59.8%
Neutral15.8%
Negative24.4%

Last Call

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

JoinDispatch

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Calls getting stuck on hold
  • Skills disappearing or not working as expected
  • Repeated resets of progress
  • Unresponsive UI and black screens

Requested features

4 requests
  • More episodes/shifts to continue the story
  • Ability to replay past calls/choices
  • Clearer progression and skill system
  • Offline mode or reduced battery drain

Last Call

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

JoinDispatch

One-time3
  • Shift One - Remove AdsFree
  • Shift Unlock$3.99
  • Season 1 Pass$9.99
1 purchases

Last Call

One-time1
  • Dispatcher Pass$1.99

Questions

Is JoinDispatch free?
JoinDispatch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Last Call free?
Last Call is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, JoinDispatch or Last Call?
Last Call is rated higher. JoinDispatch averages 4.2 out of 5 from 898 ratings, while Last Call averages 4.7 from 7 ratings.
Do JoinDispatch or Last Call have ads?
Last Call shows ads; JoinDispatch does not.
Which is updated more often, JoinDispatch or Last Call?
JoinDispatch ships an update weekly, and Last Call every 5 days. Most recently, JoinDispatch was updated on August 26, 2026 and Last Call on September 13, 2026.

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