Comparison

RescueRef vs Response Time Track

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

Response Time Track

This app helps emergency first responders log response times, mileage, and truck details with ease. It allows for reviewing, editing, and exporting records in CSV format for efficient reporting and bookkeeping.

Highlights
  • Log response times
  • Record mileage and notes
  • Customize truck information
  • Review and edit past records
  • Export data to CSV
  • Streamline reporting
Features
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The Response Time Track App allows emergency first responders, including EMTs, paramedics, and other EMS professionals, to efficiently record response times with just a few taps. Users can log additional details such as mileage traveled, extra notes, and customizable truck information to streamline reporting. EMS teams can review the history of rescue operations for accurate bookkeeping and even edit records as needed. The app also enables users to download or share these records in CSV format, making data management simple and accessible.

Screenshots

RescueRef4 screens
Response Time Track4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RescueRef at none against Response Time Track's 1. RescueRef also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). Response Time Track's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Response Time Track sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. RescueRef asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for RescueRef against 5.0 for Response Time Track. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 6 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RescueRef ships an update every 4 months, Response Time Track every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and August 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
RescueRef versus Response Time Track: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRescueRefResponse Time Track
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings36 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB58 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperHyperhoundOwen Bean

Customer experience

RescueRef

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Response Time Track

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

RescueRef

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Response Time Track

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Response Time Tracker$4.991 Month

Questions

Is RescueRef free?
RescueRef is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Response Time Track free?
Response Time Track is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, RescueRef or Response Time Track?
RescueRef and Response Time Track are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 6 ratings respectively.
Do RescueRef or Response Time Track have ads?
Neither RescueRef nor Response Time Track shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RescueRef or Response Time Track?
RescueRef ships an update every 4 months, and Response Time Track every 5 weeks. Most recently, RescueRef was updated on June 1, 2026 and Response Time Track on August 5, 2026.

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