Comparison

JPS VIA vs IRIS Intelligent Reporting

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

IRIS Intelligent Reporting

Features
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The IRIS Daily Site Reporting system, allows professionals in the painting industry to deliver high quality professional looking electronic paint reports, with the minimum fuss and cost. Device flexibility allows for desktop and app use across all platforms making it one of the most versatile systems in today’s modern market place. The easy to use and to navigate system, has been designed in conjunction with contractors with simplicity as its key strength, anyone can download the app or sign in to the website and within a few moments be producing high quality reports.

Screenshots

JPS VIA1 screens
IRIS Intelligent Reporting4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: IRIS Intelligent Reporting at 13.0 against JPS VIA's 16.1. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

JPS VIA ships an update every 3 months, IRIS Intelligent Reporting every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
JPS VIA versus IRIS Intelligent Reporting: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJPS VIAIRIS Intelligent Reporting
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (8 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.113.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB38 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperJPS Interoperability SolutionsPaint Technology Solutions

In-app purchases

None

JPS VIA

No in-app purchases

None

IRIS Intelligent Reporting

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is JPS VIA free?
JPS VIA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is IRIS Intelligent Reporting free?
IRIS Intelligent Reporting is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do JPS VIA or IRIS Intelligent Reporting have ads?
Neither JPS VIA nor IRIS Intelligent Reporting shows ads.
Which is updated more often, JPS VIA or IRIS Intelligent Reporting?
JPS VIA ships an update every 3 months, and IRIS Intelligent Reporting every 5 months. Most recently, JPS VIA was updated on June 1, 2026 and IRIS Intelligent Reporting on September 7, 2026.

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