RETTERAlarm vs RDS Connected Command
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RETTERAlarm
This app provides reliable alerting for emergency responders, including fire brigades, rescue services, and aid organizations. It uses mobile phones to send encrypted alerts via push, WhatsApp, or email, allowing users to provide feedback on their availability and track deployment statistics.
- Encrypted alerts via push, WhatsApp, email
- Direct feedback on availability
- GPS location for arrival time calculation
- Availability planning calendar
- Deployment statistics and overview
- Encrypted operation chat
- Customizable alarm tones
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*** The app can only be used with a free registration at retteralarm.de! *** No matter if fire brigade, rescue service, THW or other aid organisations. The problem of area-wide alerting still exists, because not everyone has a radio alarm or always has it at hand. RETTERAlarm is the successor to the well-known ALARM! EINSATZ! APP, which has enabled manual alarms since 2012. Our solution: We use existing technology that everyone has in their pocket these days: The mobile phone. The app makes it possible to reliably alert emergency forces in groups or individually. Users can be alerted either by SMS, e-mail, WhatsApp or push. The alert is sent encrypted by the system to the mobile phone. Of course, this can be selected individually for each emergency worker. You will never miss an alert again. The app can also be used to send feedback directly to our system as to whether you will be deployed or not. In this way, it is possible to plan in advance which task forces, with special functions, will be available or not. Core functions: - Free alerting via push, WhatsApp and e-mail (SMS chargeable). - Direct feedback possible via the app - GPS location of the mobile phone to calculate the approximate time of arrival at the fire station - Availability planning via a calendar function - Deployment statistics and deployment overview - Integrated encrypted operation chat for communication with all alarmed forces - Special operation chat for the command service and the on-site operations manager - Global alarm function for managers - You can choose from a selection of approximately 20 alarm tones - Different alarm tones for different alarms / loops - Navigation to the scene can be displayed directly from the app - Quick overview of operations - Control centre connection - Quick development of customer requirements - In-app profile management - Basic and Pro version with even more functions! As a SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) provider, we host our product in compliance with data protection laws in certified German data centres.
RDS Connected Command
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The Rosenbauer Command App optimally supports fire brigades and other blue light organizations in action with alarms, situation management, organization and communication. The two most important features of the Rosenbauer Connected Command are: • ALARM: You will be informed about an operation via push notification and you will receive all relevant information on your smartphone. • MISSION CHAT: Use chat for situational awareness, mission updates, communication, coordination and documentation. Command also offers other useful functions: • ALARM FEEDBACK: Here you can see who is deployed when and what qualifications the individual team members have. • NAVIGATION & MAPS: Share your own position in the 'Maps' menu item, use the map or navigation to find the location as quickly as possible, or have the relevant infrastructure in the area displayed. • CONTACTS: Make the contacts that are important for your blue light organization accessible to all app users in your team and thus increase the reaction speed in the field. • EVENTS: You can use Command to plan and organize exercises and other meetings. For the whole team or just certain groups. In the event chat you can exchange ideas with other members. The event board also shows you who has accepted your invitation and is participating. • TEAM CHAT: You can also use the app's chat function outside of operations. For 1:1 conversations, communication in individual groups or in the entire emergency organization. SECURITY: All communication in the Rosenbauer Connected Command app takes place via end-to-end encryption (E2E). All chat histories, photographic documentation and feedback on assignments and events are therefore not visible to third parties and are absolutely secure. In short: the Rosenbauer Command App is the optimal communication tool for all blue light organizations such as the fire brigade, technical relief organization or the Red Cross. It supports you and your team with the alarm, on the way to the site, with situation management or coordination on site as well as during the operation and afterwards with the documentation. Rosenbauer Command is therefore a must for fire brigades and other rescue organizations - it's best to download it now and try it out!
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Verdict
RETTERAlarm and RDS Connected Command are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
RETTERAlarm ships an update every 2 months, RDS Connected Command monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RETTERAlarm | RDS Connected Command |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 68.8% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 107 MB | 140 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sascha Radermacher | Rosenbauer International AG |
In-app purchases
RETTERAlarm
No in-app purchases
RDS Connected Command
No in-app purchases






