Comparison

Multitone Messenger vs fmfirst Cloud

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Multitone Messenger

Features
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Multitone Messenger Multitone Messenger provides all the features and advantages of publicly available chat apps with extra functionality, making it suitable for emergency service and business use by enhancing security, improving oversight and adding features, which take it far beyond a simple messaging app. Messenger is ideal for a number of applications - a collaborative tool for clinical staff in hospitals, enables security teams to share video or photograph images or keep on and off-site colleagues in touch, wherever present in the world. Multitone Messenger requires Multitone i-Message offered as a secure cloud service, on-premises or cloud/hybrid solution. Key features - Secure one-to-one and chat messaging - Dedicated contact list: name, job title or department - Select message priority with silent, DND override for emergency alerts - Major incident management response and availability - Variable status, ensuring colleagues know your availability - Delivery and read receipts - Image, video and document sharing - 3/4/5G and Wi-Fi compatible - Fully compliant with relevant laws & regulations - Integrated with the Multitone messaging ecosystem for administration, backup and audit - Available as a cloud service, on-premises or cloud/hybrid solution - If on-premises, can operate over LAN without external internet connection Message status The ability to track message status from ‘device acknowledgement’ upon message delivery to ‘read receipt’ and ‘user acknowledgement’, this guarantees that important communications never go unanswered. Message priority It is possible to set the priority level of messages: communications sent at emergency priority will automatically override silent or do not disturb settings. In addition, the Multitone ecosystem will send messages via all designated contact methods for that user - SMS, paging call and email. Emergency messages can be received, even if the phone is in silent mode, meaning Multitone Messenger can complement or replace pagers for critical messaging. Major incident management Multitone Messenger integrates with Multitone Major Incident management system enabling rapid response and mobilisation across the whole organisation, specific departments and specialism’s ensuring the right people are alerted at the right time, making sure they get to the right place. User status With the Multitone Messenger status indicator, including “available”, “do not disturb” and “absent” settings, you can instantly see who is and is not available. Crucially, whatever your status, this setting never prevents critical messages from reaching you. Secure & GDPR compliant Multitone Messenger is designed to be the safest communications platform possible: allowing you to share sensitive internal reports, medical photos and other confidential files without fear of data being compromised. Data stored within the app cannot be accessed by other apps, transferred to internal storage or shared outside the Multitone ecosystem. Monitored network A powerful feature is its use of a fully monitored network connection. If a smartphone utilising the Multitone Messenger app should go offline due to poor coverage, messages sent during this period will not be lost: The system stores them so that once coverage is re-established, any missed messages are automatically re-sent. AES256 Encryption All data transmitted and stored within the Multitone ecosystem is end-to-end encrypted using AES256, as is data held on devices. The app features two-factor authentication, if the device is lost or stolen, access and details of the device can be revoked immediately, protecting sensitive data.

About

fmfirst Cloud

Features
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fmfirst® Cloud is the online platform used for accessing modules of the facility management product suite developed by Asckey Data Services Ltd. The cloud platform hosts modules to support the delivery and management of cleaning audits, surveys, task management and more! The fully web-enabled platform allows users to build customised reporting as well as providing remote workers the capability of accessing the information required to carry out activities ‘on-the-go.’

Screenshots

Multitone Messenger4 screens
fmfirst Cloud2 screens

Verdict

The call

Multitone Messenger and fmfirst Cloud 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Multitone Messenger ships an update every 4 months, fmfirst Cloud every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Multitone Messenger versus fmfirst Cloud: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMultitone Messengerfmfirst Cloud
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMultitone Electronics PlcAsckey Data Services

In-app purchases

None

Multitone Messenger

No in-app purchases

None

fmfirst Cloud

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Multitone Messenger free?
Multitone Messenger is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is fmfirst Cloud free?
fmfirst Cloud is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Multitone Messenger or fmfirst Cloud have ads?
Neither Multitone Messenger nor fmfirst Cloud shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Multitone Messenger or fmfirst Cloud?
Multitone Messenger ships an update every 4 months, and fmfirst Cloud every 3 months. Most recently, Multitone Messenger was updated on September 20, 2026 and fmfirst Cloud on October 7, 2026.

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