ResponseMaster vs Covelight
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ResponseMaster
This app provides real-time dispatch call notifications and incident monitoring for emergency personnel. It offers interactive maps with turn-by-turn directions and automatically populates run reports with essential data.
- Real-time dispatch call notifications
- Incident monitoring for personnel and apparatus
- Interactive maps with turn-by-turn directions
- Call information for active and completed incidents
- Automatic run report population
- Live incident map viewing
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ResponseMaster allows you to interact with your department data quickly. Receive notification of dispatch calls directly to your phone or tablet device. (CAD interface required) Show your response to the scene or to the station Monitor responses from other personnel and apparatus Tell who in enroute, on scene, or has cancelled or cleared on calls. Get information on calls, whether active or completed Get maps with turn by turn directions to call location Add involvements while on scene Automatically populate run reports with times, apparatus, involvements and personnel. View live interactive incident maps.
Covelight
This app simplifies property management for landlords and tenants. It streamlines rent collection with single, on-time payments and offers smart rent splitting for tenants to match their pay schedules. It also facilitates maintenance requests and communication.
- On-time rent payments
- Smart rent splitting for tenants
- Maintenance tracking
- Notice templates
- Tenant onboarding
- Payment reporting
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Covelight is property management, simplified. Full rent. On time. Every single month. For Property Managers: Manage apartments, duplexes, houses, and vacation rentals from one dashboard. Get one clean ACH payment per tenant on rent day — no partial payments, no chasing checks, no late-night Venmo requests. • One payment per tenant, per month — always on time • Long-term and short-term rentals in one app • Invite tenants with a code — onboarding in seconds • Notice templates — inspections, rent increases, violations, and more • Maintenance tracking with photos and status updates • Payment reports — export PDF or CSV for tax season • Tenant privacy built in — you never see how they split their rent For Tenants: Split your rent into smaller deposits that match your paychecks — weekly, bimonthly, or on custom dates you choose. Covelight pulls small amounts from your bank automatically, and your landlord receives one clean payment on rent day. They never see how you split it. Your financial rhythm is private. • Smart rent splitting — match deposits to your pay schedule • Progress dashboard — see exactly where you stand each month • Optional credit reporting — on-time payments reported to all 3 bureaus ($2.99/mo) • Maintenance requests with photos and video • In-app messaging with your property manager • Lease and document access anytime For Short-Term Guests: Split trip costs with friends. Everyone pays their share directly — no Venmo chains, no awkward IOUs. Pricing: • Property Managers: $19.99/mo for up to 5 units. $2.99 per additional unit. Capped at $199.99/mo. • Tenants: Free. Always. • No setup fees. No contracts. Cancel anytime. Built by Her Own Sky LLC
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Covelight at 100% against ResponseMaster's 0%. Covelight also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.8). ResponseMaster's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months) and monetization model (free vs freemium). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Covelight holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ResponseMaster has 25 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of ResponseMaster's written reviews are positive against 100% of Covelight's.
ResponseMaster ships an update every 2 weeks, Covelight every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ResponseMaster | Covelight |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (25 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 198 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Emergency Solutions, Inc. | Her Own Sky LLC |
Customer experience
ResponseMaster
Covelight
In-app purchases
ResponseMaster
No in-app purchases
Covelight
No in-app purchases
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