DW Alert vs SanDiegoFireRescue
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DW Alert
This app provides a direct connection to campus safety and emergency services for students. It allows users to quickly alert authorities or designated contacts during an emergency situation.
- Emergency alerts to campus safety
- Direct connection to 911
- Off-campus safety service connection
- Designate emergency contacts
- Quick help in emergency events
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The DW Alert app connects students in an emergency to campus safety, 911 or local safety services off campus. Students can also designate emergency contacts for help in an emergency event as well.
SanDiegoFireRescue
This app offers confidential access to wellness resources and information for employees of the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department, their families, and the community. It provides department information, fire safety tips, and comprehensive wellness tools for employees.
- Confidential resource access
- Wellness tools for employees
- Fire safety tips
- Department information
- Family and community resources
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Together in solidarity along with the commitment to your overall wellness, the Fire‑Rescue Health and Safety Office and Police Wellness Unit would like to welcome you to this site. We pledge to provide you with single point, confidential access to resources and information. This app is for the employees of SDFD, their families, and the community they serve. This app contains information about the department as well as fire safety tips. SDFD Employees will have access to a full range of wellness tools.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: SanDiegoFireRescue at every 15 months against DW Alert's every 39 months. SanDiegoFireRescue also leads on ratings volume (5 vs 1). DW Alert's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for DW Alert against 5.0 for SanDiegoFireRescue. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SanDiegoFireRescue has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
DW Alert ships an update every 39 months, SanDiegoFireRescue every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DW Alert | SanDiegoFireRescue |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 39 months | Every 15 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 135 MB | 80 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dakota Wesleyan University | City of San Diego |
Customer experience
DW Alert
SanDiegoFireRescue
In-app purchases
DW Alert
No in-app purchases
SanDiegoFireRescue
No in-app purchases
Questions
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