JPS VIA vs AS GSM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
AS GSM
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
| Parameter | JPS VIA | AS GSM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (8 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | JPS Interoperability Solutions | Nikunj Patel |
In-app purchases
JPS VIA
No in-app purchases
AS GSM
No in-app purchases









