Alastar Mobile vs HipLink Notify
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Alastar Mobile
This app helps users securely track their location to manage resources and stream live video. It integrates with a broader situational awareness platform and includes mobile versions of essential forms.
- Secure location tracking
- Live video streaming
- Resource organization
- Mobile Boarding Form
- Activity Log
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Alastar Mobile allows users to securely locate their position to help organize resources and stream live video into Alastar’s wide-area situational awareness platform. Includes the mobile Boarding Form and Activity Log, with links provided to open all Alastar Forms in the default browser. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
HipLink Notify
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HipLink Notify is the companion app for HipLink’s self-subscribe, opt-in portal feature that gives an easy, fast way to register and opt-in for alerts. Whether you are looking for information from your community or your company as long as they have the HipLink with Web Sign-up module, you can use HipLink Notify to opt-in and to manage your profile. You will be able to define your demographic and the topics that are of interest to you so that you only get the information and updates you’re interested in. With HipLink Notify you can specify your alert tones and manage any messages easily from the interface. The messages you get will be targeted and customized to your preferences.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Alastar Mobile at every 2 months against HipLink Notify's every 16 months. HipLink Notify's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Alastar Mobile ships an update every 2 months, HipLink Notify every 16 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Alastar Mobile | HipLink Notify |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 16 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 150 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ReadyOp Communications, Inc. | Semotus Inc |
In-app purchases
Alastar Mobile
No in-app purchases
HipLink Notify
No in-app purchases
Questions
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