Comparison

Hyper vs Flock Safety

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Flock Safety

This app provides law enforcement and security personnel with real-time alerts and insights. It offers instant License Plate Recognition and audio detection, along with tools for vehicle lookup and hot list verification. The app ensures users receive critical information precisely when they need it, tailored to their duty shifts and locations.

Highlights
  • Real-time LPR alerts
  • Real-time audio detection alerts
  • License plate lookup
  • Shift mode for duty-specific alerts
  • Notifications by radius
  • Hot list verification via image upload
Features
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Flock Safety empowers officers and security personnel to be at their best, wherever duty takes them. In a job where precision and timeliness are paramount, the Flock Safety mobile app delivers quick, reliable information to stay a step ahead. Get instant LPR (License Plate Recognition) and audio insights, specifically tailored to your location and shift timings. No more outdated information; get the data you need, right when you need it. Real-Time Hot List Alerts: Receive immediate, clear images of vehicles and their plates, ensuring rapid and accurate identification of vehicles of interest. Real-Time Audio Detection Alerts: Instantly access and replay crime-related audio clips such as gunshots or sideshow sounds, pinpointing the exact location directly within the app for timely response. License Plate Lookup: Gain quick access to vital information with our efficient license plate lookup. Know more about a vehicle of interest from the convenience of your mobile device. What else you can do with Flock Safety: • Shift Mode: Ensure that critical alerts reach you only when you're on duty. Stay focused, stay informed. • Notifications by Radius: Select the distance to be alerted by, so that no matter where you go, the alerts you receive are pertinent and actionable while you are on shift. • Hot List Verification via Image Upload: Snap. Upload. Confirm. Eliminate guesswork by simply taking a photo of a vehicle to determine its relevance to ongoing investigations.

Screenshots

Hyper4 screens
Flock Safety4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hyper at 100% against Flock Safety's 57%. Hyper also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). Flock Safety's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (7.8K vs 3). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Flock Safety holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flock Safety has 7.8K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Hyper's written reviews are positive against 57% of Flock Safety's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hyper ships an update every 2 months, Flock Safety fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Hyper versus Flock Safety: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHyperFlock Safety
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (3 ratings)4.9 (7.8K ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better56.7% of reviews
Number of ratings37.8K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB176 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAshergroup, Inc.flock group inc

Customer experience

Hyper

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Flock Safety

All ratings7,760 ratings
Positive98.4%
Neutral1.1%
Negative0.4%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive56.7%
Neutral3.3%
Negative40.0%

Bugs and requests

Hyper

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Flock Safety

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • No way to hotlist a vehicle through the app

Requested features

4 requests
  • Option to input miss-reads
  • Ability to change alert types from app
  • Suppress hit option
  • Search by vehicle description

In-app purchases

None

Hyper

No in-app purchases

None

Flock Safety

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hyper free?
Hyper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Flock Safety free?
Flock Safety is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hyper or Flock Safety?
Flock Safety is rated higher. Hyper averages 4.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Flock Safety averages 4.9 from 7.8K ratings.
Do Hyper or Flock Safety have ads?
Neither Hyper nor Flock Safety shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hyper or Flock Safety?
Hyper ships an update every 2 months, and Flock Safety fortnightly. Most recently, Hyper was updated on October 6, 2026 and Flock Safety on October 17, 2026.

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