First Due Mobile vs Axon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
First Due Mobile
Receive real-time incident notifications and navigate directly to emergencies with optimized routing. Access critical building data, pre-plans, and team communication tools for enhanced situational awareness and faster response.
- Incident tracking and notification
- Emergency response routing
- Building data integration
- Pre-incident planning
- Team chat communication
- Live unit tracking
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First Due Mobile is finally here! Be notified, arrive safely and understand your scene like never before. First Due Mobile includes: -Incident tracking and notification -Emergency response specific routing -Integrated Assessor, Building Department and Fire Prevention data! -Quick size-up on every building -Detailed pre-plans on every building including residential! -Pre-Incident Planning & Mapping -Chat for easy communication with your team -Incident statusing and responding functionality -Live unit and team member tracking during incident
Axon
This app allows public safety professionals to securely manage digital evidence and records on the go. It streamlines workflows, enables field evidence review, and facilitates secure community evidence submission. Users can also write and search records directly from their mobile devices.
- Evidence management (search, playback, metadata)
- Records management (write, submit, search)
- Secure evidence submission from community members
- Field evidence review and analysis
- Dictation support for report writing
- Biometric security integration
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Public safety professionals need tools that are as mobile as they are. The Axon app was built so law enforcement officers and supervisors can securely view and manage their digital evidence and records anytime, anywhere. The intuitive interface includes a homepage dashboard with quick links to evidence that is missing an ID or category. Officers can use the app to complete evidence workflows while in the field, increasing agency efficiency and data compliance, as well as improving officer satisfaction. Officers can review evidence in the field after the incident, providing investigators with the ability to gain a more complete perspective on how events unfolded. They can also use the app to initiate digital evidence collection by inviting witnesses to submit their photos and videos directly to the agency, ensuring a clean chain of custody. Agencies using Axon Records additionally benefit from the ability to write, submit, and search records from the Axon app. Their homepage dashboard also includes pending records tasks, as well as a quick link to create a new record. FEATURES INCLUDE: - Evidence management (DEMS): search, playback, manage metadata - Records management (RMS): search, write, continue/edit, submit, review - Axon Evidence user permissions maintained across desktop and mobile - Homepage dashboard that highlights missing data (plus pending tasks for RMS users) - Integration with the device’s biometric security - Dictation support (talk-to-text) for report writing - Ability to request evidence from a community member - Secure access - all data remains in the cloud with no local storage NOTE: Your agency must have a subscription to Axon Evidence or Axon Records to benefit from this app. Not an Axon customer? Contact us at axon.com/contact.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Axon at 4.8 against First Due Mobile's 2.8. Axon also leads on review sentiment (40% vs 18%). First Due Mobile's advantage is monetization model (free vs subscription). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
Axon holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 835 and 1.3K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 18% of First Due Mobile's written reviews are positive against 40% of Axon's.
First Due Mobile ships an update fortnightly, Axon every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | First Due Mobile | Axon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (835 ratings) | 4.8 (1.3K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 17.7% of reviews | 40.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 835 | 1.3K — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 226 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Locality Media, Inc. | Axon Enterprise, Inc. |
Customer experience
First Due Mobile
Axon
Bugs and requests
First Due Mobile
Reported bugs
4 issues- Addresses not accurately displayed
- Inability to log out or switch between departments
- Inconsistent behavior across iOS and Android
- Unreliable push notifications and alerts
Requested features
5 requests- Dark mode option
- Improved scheduling and shift management
- Apple Watch integration for alerts
- Offline functionality and caching
- Streamlined user interface and navigation
Axon
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
First Due Mobile
No in-app purchases
Axon
No in-app purchases








