Hyper vs ArcGIS QuickCapture
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hyper
This mobile application allows authorized users of a mass emergency notification system to create and send alerts via phone, text, email, and social media. It offers an intuitive interface optimized for mobile devices, enabling quick message creation and dissemination to large audiences. The system supports multiple languages and various recipient selection methods.
- Create and send emergency alerts
- Message via phone, text, email, social media
- Intuitive mobile-optimized interface
- Recipient selection by lists, groups, or geography
- Support for voice, text, and image/video messages
- Stored templates for quick message creation
- Multi-language support
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Note: This app is for cities/counties/businesses to send alerts and NOT for citizens to receive them. The Hyper-Reach Launch mobile app enables Hyper-Reach customers to quickly, easily and securely create and send emergency alerts and other messages from their phone, tablet or other mobile device. Hyper-Reach is a cloud-based mass emergency notification system used by public safety officials, emergency managers and others throughout the US. Hyper-Reach Launch uses a highly-intuitive user interface that is optimized for the small screens of mobile devices, while providing everything a communicator needs to effectively reach ten, ten thousand or ten million people quickly and easily. Only customers of Hyper-Reach will be able to use this app, which requires user credentials obtained through a Hyper-Reach account. The Hyper-Reach Launch app is not designed for use by the general public. Hyper-Reach Launch provides for messages by phone, text, e-mail, social media and much more. Recipients can be selected by lists, groups or geography, using maps, addresses or pre-defined jurisdictions. And messages can contain voice, text and images – even video. Stored templates and geography provide for quick message creation, or messages can be created on-the-fly from scratch. Hyper-Reach Launch supports multiple languages, including English, Spanish and other languages when required. Once created and launched, Hyper-Reach messages are disseminated to and sent from the Hyper-Reach network, the most robust, secure and failure-resistant emergency messaging platform in the US, with unlimited scalability, unlimited backup and unmatched security, to reach both small and large groups of people as quickly as technologically possible.
ArcGIS QuickCapture
This app enables rapid collection of field observations, allowing users to record GIS points and attributes efficiently. It's designed for collecting data quickly from a moving vehicle or during surveys.
- Rapid field observation collection
- Record GIS points and attributes
- Data capture at-speed
- Use while moving
- Scouting and survey support
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ArcGIS QuickCapture is the fastest way to collect field observations. With this time-saving app, you can record GIS points and other attributes while you scout locations, conduct aerial surveys, or assess damage from a moving vehicle. Capture data at-speed with the touch of a button.
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Verdict
Hyper and ArcGIS QuickCapture both sit at 4.3 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Hyper's written reviews are positive against 64% of ArcGIS QuickCapture's. ArcGIS QuickCapture's advantage is ratings volume (35 vs 3). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Hyper against 4.3 for ArcGIS QuickCapture. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ArcGIS QuickCapture has 35 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Hyper's written reviews are positive against 64% of ArcGIS QuickCapture's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hyper | ArcGIS QuickCapture |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (3 ratings) | 4.3 (35 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 63.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 35 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 161 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ashergroup, Inc. | ESRI |
Customer experience
Hyper
ArcGIS QuickCapture
In-app purchases
Hyper
No in-app purchases
ArcGIS QuickCapture
No in-app purchases
Questions
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