Comparison

DLAN Mobile Responder vs Arial Mobile

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

Head to head
About

DLAN Mobile Responder

This app provides offline functionality for emergency management software, allowing field personnel to track personnel, complete custom forms, and communicate essential information. It leverages device features like cameras and GPS for efficient data collection and syncing.

Highlights
  • Offline form completion
  • Personnel tracking with GPS
  • Custom form and workflow creation
  • Image and video communication
  • Assigned task mode
  • Store and forward data syncing
Features
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BCG’s Mobile Responder App adds offline functionality, personnel tracking, and quick form entry to our DisasterLAN (DLAN) emergency management software and other BCG software. IDEAL FOR: • Disaster Area Field Operations • Damage Assessments • Debris Management • Risk Assessments • Personnel Tracking With DLAN’s Mobile Responder App, emergency managers in the field can easily communicate essential information, including images and videos, with each other and back to the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) using their own mobile devices. CREATE CUSTOM FORMS & WORKFLOWS • Like other areas of DLAN, custom mobile forms and workflows can be created based on your needs • DLAN includes easy to use form creators - no programming skills required LEVERAGE USER DEVICES • The App can access cameras, photos, and GPS trackers within each user’s device • GPS tracking allows the app to track current and historical locations (breadcrumb trails) providing a simple, accurate, and cost-effective way to track personnel and see historical routes for vehicles, damage assessments, grid searches, and more • Any number of authorized users can download the mobile responder app with no per user charges ASSIGNED TASK MODE • Helps get field staff started on their daily duties quickly • When a user logs in the App automatically syncs and downloads all assigned tickets including: o Forms o Basic ticket data o Contact information • When tasks are completed, they are automatically published back to DLAN WORK OFFLINE • Work with any form offline • Save progress locally • Use “store and forward” capabilities to sync to DLAN when connection is re-established SYNC DATA WITH DLAN Once a form is synced with DLAN, they can be: • Posted to a ticket (manually or through automated workflows) • Submitted to the Risk & Resiliency module • Displayed in maps & dashboards • Included in reports & exported The Mobile App is designed to work with DLAN and other BCG software. Authorized credentials are required for login. For more information about DLAN, visit www.disasterlan.com.

About

Arial Mobile

This application provides senior living caregivers with an innovative tool for handling emergency call alarms and communicating collaboratively with coworkers. It offers visibility to all relevant alarms, their status, and who is responding, along with features for documenting encounters and direct caregiver messaging.

Highlights
  • Receive and manage emergency call alarms
  • View critical alarm information
  • Respond to and escalate alarms
  • Document caregiver-resident encounters
  • Real-time caregiver directory
  • Direct caregiver text messaging
  • Enhanced reporting on encounter times
Features
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Overview The Arial® Mobile Application has been designed to work seamlessly with STANLEY Healthcare’s Arial® Wireless Emergency Call System to provide senior living caregivers with an innovative tool for handling emergency call alarms and communicating collaboratively with their coworkers. The Arial® Mobile Application is packed with intuitive features to ensure community caregivers have visibility to all relevant alarms, their status and who is responding. Alarm Message Handling • Receive Alarms – receives call station and pendant alarms from anywhere in the facility, using a mobile device, based on the caregiver's assigned zone • Alarm Information – critical alarm information is provided with each message including date, time, alarm name/type and alarm location • Rich Alarm Messages – alarm messages can include images or icons for resi¬dents or devices, alarm type color designations and can be arranged by alarm priority • Respond to Alarms – acceptance of alarms provides notification to coworkers of who is responding • Escalations – Escalating non-addressed alarms is intuitively synchronized with the escalations programmed in the Arial software • Defer events – Certain events can be deferred for a specified timeout period, as well as a reason for the deferral Caregiver/Resident Encounters • Alarm Notes – selectable alarm notes can be pre-configured in Arial to allow caregivers to document what was done during their encounter • Custom Notes – caregivers can type in custom notes detailing an encounter for any accepted alarm response • Alarm Completion – caregivers end the encounter by pressing a “Complete” button, which saves the alarm notes and captures the actual encounter time with the resident Caregiver Text Messaging and Collaboration • Live Directory – a live directory displays all caregivers and indicates those that are currently logged in and working at the facility • Text Messaging – caregivers can collaborate to coordinate resident care by initiating a text message conversation with other caregivers • Each message includes date and time • Messages from each caregiver are differently colored • Messages that fail to send are colored red • Messages and conversations are preserved for 24 hours Enhanced Reporting • Encounter Times – by collecting alarm clearance and alarm completion times, Arial is able to log the actual “encounter time” that a caregiver spends with a resident. This is the time segment between when the call station or pendent in alarm is reset and when the caregiver “completes” the alarm in the mobile application • Encounter times and average encounter time information can be selected and filtered into a large variety of reports within the Arial software • Average encounter times have been incorporated into the Arial Management Dashboard as a data element • Alarm Response Activities – the alarm response activities that are selected by caregivers when completing alarms are logged into the Arial database and are available for generating comprehensive reports

Screenshots

DLAN Mobile Responder4 screens
Arial Mobile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: DLAN Mobile Responder at 5.0 against Arial Mobile's 4.3. Arial Mobile's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, 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

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

DLAN Mobile Responder holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DLAN Mobile Responder ships an update every 3 months, Arial Mobile every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on July 4, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
DLAN Mobile Responder versus Arial Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDLAN Mobile ResponderArial Mobile
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings) — better4.3 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings7 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB89 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperBuffalo Computer Graphics, Inc.Securitas Healthcare LLC

Customer experience

DLAN Mobile Responder

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Arial Mobile

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

DLAN Mobile Responder

No in-app purchases

None

Arial Mobile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DLAN Mobile Responder free?
DLAN Mobile Responder is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Arial Mobile free?
Arial Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DLAN Mobile Responder or Arial Mobile?
DLAN Mobile Responder is rated higher. DLAN Mobile Responder averages 5.0 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Arial Mobile averages 4.3 from 4 ratings.
Do DLAN Mobile Responder or Arial Mobile have ads?
Neither DLAN Mobile Responder nor Arial Mobile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DLAN Mobile Responder or Arial Mobile?
DLAN Mobile Responder ships an update every 3 months, and Arial Mobile every 4 months. Most recently, DLAN Mobile Responder was updated on July 4, 2026 and Arial Mobile on June 1, 2026.

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