The WPPA vs RISS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The WPPA
This application facilitates communication between the WPPA leadership, its members, and the public. It provides essential information on critical incident response, legal protections, member benefits, upcoming events, and news updates.
- Critical incident information
- Legal protection plan details
- Member benefits overview
- Event calendar
- News updates
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This app is intended to promote better communication between the leadership of the WPPA, its members and the public at large. The app includes information on what to do after a critical incident, our legal protection plan, member benefits, a calendar of events and news updates.
RISS
This app facilitates secure information sharing for law enforcement and criminal justice partners. It supports investigations, promotes officer safety, and provides access to key resources and systems. Users require an existing account and specific training to access its features.
- Secure information sharing
- Facilitates criminal investigations
- Promotes officer safety
- Access to RISSIntel
- Officer Safety Event Deconfliction System
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RISS Mobile is the official app for the Regional Information Sharing Systems (RISS) Program. The mission of RISS is to assist local, state, federal, and tribal criminal justice partners by providing adaptive solutions and services that facilitate information sharing, support criminal investigations, and promote officer safety. RISS has been supporting the law enforcement and criminal justice communities for 50 years. See www.riss.net for additional information. The RISS Mobile App provides query capabilities for key RISS resources including RISSIntel and various information sharing platforms such as RISSLeads and RISS Officer Safety & Wellness Website. The RISS Mobile App also provides entry capabilities for RISSafe our Officer Safety Event Deconfliction System. Additional Capabilities to Follow RISSNET Mobile App users must have an existing RISSNET account and meet the full set of established user requirements for access including required training courses.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: RISS at 100% against The WPPA's 0%. RISS also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). The WPPA's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (20 vs 5). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
RISS holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of The WPPA's written reviews are positive against 100% of RISS's.
The WPPA ships an update every 3 weeks, RISS every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on June 4, 2026 and August 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The WPPA | RISS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (20 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Wisconsin Professional Police Association Inc | Regional Organized Crime Information Center, Inc. |
Customer experience
The WPPA
RISS
In-app purchases
The WPPA
No in-app purchases
RISS
No in-app purchases
