SyncOnSet 5.0 vs Active Response
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SyncOnSet 5.0
This Emmy Award-winning tool streamlines TV and film production for creative departments. It digitally manages script breakdowns, continuity photos, inventory, and approvals from prep to wrap, optimizing workflows and communication.
- Digital script breakdowns
- Continuity photo management
- Inventory tracking
- Approvals and notes
- Department-specific workflows
- Pre-production to wrap management
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SyncOnSet is an Emmy Award-winning digital continuity and collaboration tool that helps streamline TV and Film production from prep to wrap. With SyncOnSet, your whole team can digitally manage script breakdowns, continuity photos, inventory, approvals, notes, and much more! Designed for Costume, Hair, Makeup, Props and Set Dec departments, SyncOnSet helps optimize workflows and secure communication throughout the life of a project. Creative departments use SyncOnSet production apps from pre-production (script breakdown and budgeting) to principal photography (continuity notes and photos), through wrap (wrap labels and reports).
Active Response
This app enables volunteer firefighters to receive and respond to emergency dispatch calls. It provides a two-way communication link with dispatch, showing call and response status, and delivers situational updates and critical information.
- Receive emergency call outs
- Bi-directional communication with dispatch
- Real-time call and response status
- Situational updates
- Hazmat information
- Critical situation reports
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The Active Response smartphone application allows volunteer firefighters to receive and respond to emergency call outs from their local jurisdiction' s computer aided dispatch system. Once an account is set up, the firefighter has a bi-directional communications link with dispatch showing call and response status. The firefighter can also receive situational updates, hazmat information, and critical situation reports.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Active Response at 2.3 against SyncOnSet 5.0's 1.7. Active Response also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and review sentiment (13% vs 3%). SyncOnSet 5.0's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Active Response holds the better App Store score, 2.3 against 1.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 61 and 22 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 3% of SyncOnSet 5.0's written reviews are positive against 13% of Active Response's.
SyncOnSet 5.0 ships an update monthly, Active Response every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SyncOnSet 5.0 | Active Response |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.7 (61 ratings) | 2.3 (22 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 2.5% of reviews | 12.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 61 — better | 22 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | wymsee Inc. | CSI Technology Group |
Customer experience
SyncOnSet 5.0
Active Response
In-app purchases
SyncOnSet 5.0
No in-app purchases
Active Response
No in-app purchases
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