Comparison

RescueRef vs TI Reporter™

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

Head to head
About

RescueRef

This app helps animal shelter staff and volunteers manage animal inventory and share observations. It offers visual tracking, tagging, and search features to easily find and monitor specific animals.

Highlights
  • Visual animal inventory
  • Observation sharing
  • Animal tagging
  • Following animals
  • Facet-based search
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A productivity app for animal shelter volunteers and staff. RescueRef provides a visual inventory of all the animals in the shelter and in foster care so that staff and volunteers can get the current information for any animal and share new observations about them. With tagging, following, and facet-based search, RescueRef makes it easy to discover and track specific groups of animals. RescueRef is currently available only for select Central Texas animal shelters.

About

TI Reporter™

Features
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TI Reporter™ Companion App is the next step in an innovative approach in Infrared Reporting Software. TI Reporter™ is the world's first cloud-based thermography reporting software that allows you to generate standards-compliant reports quickly and easily from your office or in the field. TI Reporter™ Companion App allows the user to collect data in the field without an internet connection to the cloud. When you are back on the internet, your data will be synced with your cloud based account.

Screenshots

RescueRef4 screens
TI Reporter™4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: TI Reporter™ at monthly against RescueRef's every 4 months. RescueRef's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

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

RescueRef ships an update every 4 months, TI Reporter™ monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
RescueRef versus TI Reporter™: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRescueRefTI Reporter™
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB27 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperHyperhoundTIR Systems LLC

In-app purchases

None

RescueRef

No in-app purchases

None

TI Reporter™

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RescueRef free?
RescueRef is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TI Reporter™ free?
TI Reporter™ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do RescueRef or TI Reporter™ have ads?
Neither RescueRef nor TI Reporter™ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RescueRef or TI Reporter™?
RescueRef ships an update every 4 months, and TI Reporter™ monthly. Most recently, RescueRef was updated on September 26, 2026 and TI Reporter™ on September 18, 2026.

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