WAVE PTX vs InteropONE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WAVE PTX
This app enables secure, reliable push-to-talk communication across various networks and devices. It extends existing two-way radio services to broadband users, enhancing team productivity with instant messaging and multimedia sharing.
- Secure broadband PTT communication
- Carrier-independent network use
- Emergency calling
- Real-time streaming video
- Voice and text messaging
- User location tracking
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Take Push-To-Talk Further: Based on 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Mission Critical Push-To-Talk (MCPTT) standards, WAVE PTT provides fast, secure, reliable broadband PTT communication across any network, any device. Expand existing land mobile radio (LMR) service to include broadband users on the devices and networks they already have. Extend two-way radio push-to-talk communication to phones, tablets and PCs and increase team productivity with instant communication anywhere you have a network or Wi-Fi connection. • Carrier-independent, use any 3G/4G LTE, public Wi-Fi, or private data network connection • Emergency calling and other critical communications features • Real time streaming video • Voice messaging, pre-recorded or record-and-send • Group and private 1-1 PTT calls • Group and private 1-1 text messaging • Persistent threaded history of messages, texts, multimedia • Interoperability to LMR networks • Multimedia - share images, videos, or files • Locate and track users on a map WAVE PTT is not available for use by individual consumers. Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
InteropONE
Enables on-demand interoperability for unified communication, breaking down PTT silos. Allows emergency managers to create dynamic groups with any smartphone user over various networks, ensuring secure communications via Azure Government cloud.
- On-demand PTT
- Cross-carrier communication
- Dynamic group creation
- Secure communications
- Azure Government cloud
- Multi-factor authentication
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InteropONE provides on-demand interoperability for unified communication. Break down the PTT silos: On-demand PTT with any smartphone user over any carrier, WiFi, or LEO SatCom. True local control: With the InteropONE application on their smartphone, an emergency manager or event coordinator can create a dynamic group ‘on the fly’ including their coworkers as well as anybody with an active smartphone, within minutes, not hours or days. Secure communications: InteropONE runs in the Azure Government cloud and uses NIST FIPS-140 compliant ciphering suites and multi-factor authentication.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: InteropONE at 4.8 against WAVE PTX's 3.7. InteropONE also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months). WAVE PTX's advantage is ratings volume (38 vs 4) and device support (3 vs 1). 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.
InteropONE holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WAVE PTX has 38 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
WAVE PTX ships an update every 4 months, InteropONE every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on September 13, 2026.
| Parameter | WAVE PTX | InteropONE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (38 ratings) | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 35.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 38 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 89 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Motorola Solutions, Inc | BK Technologies |
Customer experience
WAVE PTX
InteropONE
In-app purchases
WAVE PTX
No in-app purchases
InteropONE
No in-app purchases







