Comparison

JPS VIA vs AS GSM

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

Head to head
About

JPS VIA

This app expands communication capabilities by integrating push-to-talk over cellular with radio interoperability gateways. It enables secure voice and data links between mobile devices and gateways, offering new features for system users and extending communications to areas with poor radio coverage.

Highlights
  • Push-to-talk over cellular
  • Radio interoperability gateway integration
  • Secure voice and data links
  • Ancillary smartphone talk groups
  • Extended communications coverage
  • Hosted service on commercial networks
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The JPS VIA Push-to-Talk over cellular application, integrated with ACU radio interoperability gateways, provides a major expansion in communications capabilities. JPS Interoperability Solutions, Inc., the industry leader in communications interoperability, provides the integration of SLA’s Enterprise Secure Chat (ESChat) with its ACU technology. Called JPS VIA, the service provides secure voice and data links between mobile devices and JPS gateways. This brings many new features to the gateway operators, interoperability system members, and Smart Device users. Additional benefits include the ability to set up ancillary Smartphone talk groups to reduce traffic on vital radio channels during a major incident, plus the extension of communications into areas with poor radio coverage, such as in a parking garage, or to supervisors traveling outside the coverage area. JPS VIA is offered as a hosted service running on commercial 3G/4G/LTE/WiFi networks. JPS VIA offers ESChat’s full and very extensive feature set, and JPS will be also be rolling out new features that more tightly integrate the JPS VIA application with ACU gateways, bringing increased awareness and control to all users of the combined system. Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. We recommend using the default LMS setting unless plugged into power

About

AS GSM

Features
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Control your security devices

Screenshots

JPS VIA1 screens
AS GSM4 screens

Verdict

The call

JPS VIA and AS GSM are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

JPS VIA ships an update every 3 months, AS GSM every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
JPS VIA versus AS GSM: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJPS VIAAS GSM
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (8 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB13 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperJPS Interoperability SolutionsNikunj Patel

In-app purchases

None

JPS VIA

No in-app purchases

None

AS GSM

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is JPS VIA free?
JPS VIA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AS GSM free?
AS GSM is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do JPS VIA or AS GSM have ads?
Neither JPS VIA nor AS GSM shows ads.
Which is updated more often, JPS VIA or AS GSM?
JPS VIA ships an update every 3 months, and AS GSM every 4 months. Most recently, JPS VIA was updated on November 6, 2026 and AS GSM on November 7, 2026.

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