Facility Grid vs CertusAlert
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Facility Grid
This application streamlines field commissioning and quality control for teams. It offers customizable roles and permissions, an intuitive interface, and offline access to project data. Keep projects on track and teams aligned with seamless synchronization.
- Customizable roles and permissions
- Intuitive interface for all skill levels
- Offline access to project data
- Automatic data synchronization
- Seamless connection to FacilityGrid.net
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Facility Grid makes it easy for your whole team to stay on top of commissioning and quality control in the field. Whether someone is highly technical or brand new to the process, the app gives everyone the right information at the right time—online or offline. Key Highlights: • See only what matters with customizable roles and permissions • Simple, intuitive interface for all skill levels • Access project data, activities, and equipment details anywhere • Work confidently offline; sync automatically when reconnected • Seamlessly connected to FacilityGrid.net Keep your projects moving, your team aligned, and your work on track—wherever the day takes you. Requires an active FacilityGrid.net account.
CertusAlert
Receive real-time, customizable Building Management System (BMS) alarm messages. Prioritize notifications and automatically sort messages into color-coded folders based on keywords.
- Customizable BMS alarm messaging
- Real-time notifications
- Priority filtering for alerts
- Automatic message sorting
- Color-coded folders
- Keyword-based sorting
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The CertusAlert app offers Certus Controls customers fully customizable BMS alarm messaging in real time. Features: Priority filtering so you determine what messages produce notification alerts on your device. Messages can automatically be sorted and filed in color coded folders based on keyword sorting.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CertusAlert at 5.0 against Facility Grid's 3.4. CertusAlert also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks). Facility Grid's advantage is ratings volume (13 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.5). 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.
CertusAlert holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Facility Grid has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Facility Grid ships an update every 3 weeks, CertusAlert every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 3, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Facility Grid | CertusAlert |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (13 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 26.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Facility Grid, LLC | Darrell Iehle |
Customer experience
Facility Grid
CertusAlert
In-app purchases
Facility Grid
No in-app purchases
CertusAlert
No in-app purchases
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