HSPapp vs INSO
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HSPapp
This app provides field practitioners with access to essential humanitarian standards and principles for disaster and conflict situations. It covers key areas like water, shelter, health, and child protection, with content available offline and in multiple languages.
- Access to Humanitarian Charter
- Protection Principles
- Core Humanitarian Standard
- Standards for Water, Hygiene, Sanitation
- Standards for Shelter and NFI
- Standards for Food Security and Nutrition
- Standards for Health Action
- Standards for Child Protection
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The Humanitarian Standards Partnership (HSPapp) is designed for field practitioners providing humanitarian aid in disaster or conflict situations. It provides access to the Humanitarian Charter, Protection Principles, Core Humanitarian Standard and standards for the following key areas of humanitarian response: • water supply, hygiene and sanitation; • shelter and non-food items; • food security and nutrition, • health action; • child protection; • education; • livestock management; • market analysis; and • economic recovery. All content is available in English, with some standards also available in French and Spanish; other languages will be added progressively. The HSPapp works on- and off-line and is available for free. The HSPapp is a product jointly developed by the Humanitarian Standards Partnership (HSP), whose members are: • Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (The Alliance); • Cash Learning Partnership (CaLP); • Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE); • Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards (LEGS) Project; • Small Enterprise Education and Promotion (SEEP) Network; and • Sphere. Founded on humanitarian principles and human rights, humanitarian standards help practitioners turn principles into action. Humanitarian standards outline what help and protection crisis-affected populations are entitled to, and uphold their right to life with dignity. Developed by thousands of experts globally and based on evidence, experience and learning, they are among the most recognised statements of accountability in humanitarian work. The Humanitarian Standards Partnership includes: https://alliancecpha.org http://www.cashlearning.org http://www.ineesite.org/en/minimum-standards/handbook http://www.livestock-emergency.net http://www.seepnetwork.org http://www.sphereproject.org
INSO
This application provides humanitarian partners with access to INSO's alerts, visualized on an interactive map. Users can search for alerts based on their specific location or areas of interest. The app is available in English and French.
- Interactive alert map
- Location-based alert search
- Area of interest search
- Multilingual support (English, French)
- Exclusive partner access
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The INSO App supports NGOs in staying informed, responding to incidents, and planning ahead. It features real-time incident alerts, expert analysis and powerful mapping tools, all in one easy-to-use platform. The INSO App and all information contained therein is for the exclusive use of INSO’s humanitarian partners. Misuse may result in revocation of access to INSO’s services.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: INSO at 5.0 against HSPapp's 3.7. HSPapp's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (7 vs 1). 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.
INSO holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HSPapp has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
HSPapp ships an update every 3 weeks, INSO every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HSPapp | INSO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sphere Association | International NGO Safety Organisation |
Customer experience
HSPapp
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In-app purchases
HSPapp
No in-app purchases
INSO
No in-app purchases





