UseIRIS vs Flock Safety
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
UseIRIS
This app enables administrators to send mass notifications via text, voice, or recorded alerts. Recipients can view and listen to recent messages and respond to emergency alerts if the 'needs assistance' feature is enabled.
- Broadcast messages via text, voice, or recorded alerts
- Deliver messages via SMS, phone calls, and email
- View alert delivery reports
- Access last ten received alerts
- Respond to emergency alerts with assistance status
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The UseIRIS App is a turbo companion to the online IRIS mass notification messaging system. Administrators: The App allows system and group administrators to quickly broadcast messages via the IRIS system. The Message admins have the ability to quickly broadcast messages via Text-to-Speech, voice recorded alert or saved alert methods. These messages will then be delivered to the groups via SMS text, phone calls and email, or combinations thereof. Upon sending an alert, admins can quickly view a report summary to see how many alerts have been delivered so far. End Users/Recipients: This App allows users to view and listen to the last ten alerts/messages they have received. If the "needs assistance" feature is activated, it also allows the users to reply to messages, whether or not she or he needs assistance due to an emergency alert.
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.
- 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
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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 No more outdated information; get the data you need, right when you need it.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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Flock Safety at 4.9 against UseIRIS's 3.8. Flock Safety also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 24 months) and ratings volume (7.6K vs 6). UseIRIS's advantage is iOS requirement (10.3 vs 17.0). 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.
Flock Safety holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flock Safety has 7.6K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two.
UseIRIS ships an update every 24 months, Flock Safety fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on June 2, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | UseIRIS | Flock Safety |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (6 ratings) | 4.9 (7.6K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 60.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 7.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 24 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 10.3 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 188 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Techradium, Inc. | flock group inc |
Customer experience
UseIRIS
Flock Safety
Bugs and requests
UseIRIS
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
UseIRIS
No in-app purchases
Flock Safety
No in-app purchases








