CovertTrack Mobile vs Tyler Shield Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CovertTrack Mobile
This application enables users to monitor their devices directly from their smartphones. It offers a convenient way to keep track of assets on the go.
- Device tracking
- Smartphone monitoring
- Convenient asset management
- Mobile access
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Coverttrack mobile app allow users to conveniently track their devices on their smart phones.
Tyler Shield Mobile
Enhance officer safety and preparedness with intelligent, law-specific dispatching. This app provides context-aware critical information based on role and location, ensuring mission-critical data is always accessible.
- Intelligent, law-specific dispatching
- Context-aware critical information
- Easy-to-read route to calls
- Responder location and ETA
- Instant access to building maps and plans
- Secure communications
- Real-time call details
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Police crews stay safer and better prepared using Tyler Shield Mobil created specifically for licensed users of Tyler Technologies’ Law Enforcement software solutions. With intelligent, law-specific dispatching capabilities, this app offers context awareness, which presents critical information based on your role and where and when you are. This intuitive app knows the information users need – at the moment they need it - ensuring mission-critical information is always at their fingertips with features including: • Easy-to-read route to the call • Location of other responders and their estimated time of arrival • Instant access to building maps, preplans, and tactical plans • Access to building contact information including names and phone numbers • Real-time access to call details and incident narrative • Secure communications with dispatch and other responders • Immediate access to incident summary reports • Search functionality for persons and vehicles Tyler users empower themselves using Shield Mobile with the confidence of knowing they won’t ever miss a call or be delayed waiting on others for information.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Tyler Shield Mobile at 3.8 against CovertTrack Mobile's 2.8. Tyler Shield Mobile also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (326 vs 8). 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.
Tyler Shield Mobile holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tyler Shield Mobile has 326 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of CovertTrack Mobile's written reviews are positive against 53% of Tyler Shield Mobile's.
CovertTrack Mobile ships an update every 4 months, Tyler Shield Mobile every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CovertTrack Mobile | Tyler Shield Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (8 ratings) | 3.8 (326 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 52.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 326 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 178 MB | 155 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | CovertTrack Group, Inc. | Tyler Technologies, Inc |
Customer experience
CovertTrack Mobile
Tyler Shield Mobile
Bugs and requests
CovertTrack Mobile
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Tyler Shield Mobile
Reported bugs
8 issues- Date of birth incorrect
- Routing function incorrect
- Can't print
- Clipping to clipboard no longer works
- App re-logs and shows in service if not shut down
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- Calls not updated
- Details not loading
- Buggy
Requested features
9 requests- Wish it had CarPlay
- Connect to Apple CarPlay
- Support for CarPlay
- Add CarPlay capabilities
- Ability to view call details of other calls when on a ticket
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- Fix issue with re-logging and showing in service
- Update in real-time without logging out
- Adjust status order
- Automatically remove secondary location when going back in service
In-app purchases
CovertTrack Mobile
No in-app purchases
Tyler Shield Mobile
No in-app purchases
