Active Response vs Active911 ActiveTeam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Active911 ActiveTeam
Easily access your agency's schedules and manage your shifts directly from your smartphone. View your monthly schedule, see who is working each shift, and claim or request open positions.
- Access agency schedules
- View monthly schedule
- See shift assignments
- Claim open positions
- Request open positions
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ActiveTeam helps you access your agencies schedules; view the days which you are scheduled, and request/claim open positions within a shift, right from your smartphone. -Log in to agencies ActiveTeam account -View Monthly Schedule per agency -Scheduled days are noted with colored dot -See who is working each shift and what position -Claim and or Request open positions
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Active911 ActiveTeam at 2.9 against Active Response's 2.3. Active911 ActiveTeam also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 3 months). Active Response's advantage is review sentiment (13% vs 0%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). 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.
Active911 ActiveTeam holds the better App Store score, 2.9 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 14 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 13% of Active Response's written reviews are positive against 0% of Active911 ActiveTeam's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Active Response ships an update every 3 months, Active911 ActiveTeam every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Active Response | Active911 ActiveTeam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (22 ratings) | 2.9 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 12.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CSI Technology Group | Active911 |
Customer experience
Active Response
Active911 ActiveTeam
In-app purchases
Active Response
No in-app purchases
Active911 ActiveTeam
No in-app purchases
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