Sentinel DNA vs RISS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sentinel DNA
This app provides field officers with instant access to critical participant information, including court orders, historical records, and equipment assignments, directly from their smartphones. It ensures essential data is available anytime, anywhere for efficient mission operations.
- Access court ordered requirements
- View historical records
- Check assigned equipment
- Mission critical information
- Anytime, anywhere access
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The SentinelDNA mobile app puts mission critical information at the fingertips of field officers anytime, anywhere. Using their smart phone, officers can access a participant’s court ordered requirements, historical records, assigned equipment and other essential information.
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 Sentinel DNA's 0%. RISS also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.1). Sentinel DNA's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.4). 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.
RISS holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Sentinel DNA's written reviews are positive against 100% of RISS's.
Sentinel DNA ships an update monthly, RISS every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sentinel DNA | RISS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Sentinel Offender Services LLC | Regional Organized Crime Information Center, Inc. |
Customer experience
Sentinel DNA
RISS
In-app purchases
Sentinel DNA
No in-app purchases
RISS
No in-app purchases
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