Comparison

Responder Trax vs Konsol

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

Head to head
About

Responder Trax

This app facilitates secure communication, dispatching, and assignment tracking for public safety personnel. It enables real-time location monitoring of staff and vehicles, asset management, and digital evidence documentation. Users can also issue citations, scan credentials, and manage inmate bookings.

Highlights
  • Real-time location monitoring
  • Secure messaging and file sharing
  • Dispatch and work assignment management
  • Vehicle and asset tracking
  • Digital evidence documentation
  • Citation issuance and scanning
  • Inmate booking and mugshots
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The Responder Trax mobile app can be used to send and receive dispatches and work assignments, monitor the location of deputies and other staff members, track the location of vehicles, and track the assets belonging to each vehicle. With the NovoTrax mobile app deputies, dispatches, and supervisors see the actual location of other deputies and also see what assets are on those vehicles.The NovoTrax mobile app lets deputies and staff members communicate securely by sending and receiving text and email messages to each other and to pass pictures and other information back and forth as needed.The NovoTrax mobile app also lets the user issue “eTickets” and other types of citations, scan registration and driver’s licenses, and automatically search local, state, and federal criminal records databases and track and follow up on warrants.The NovoTrax mobile app can also be used to document and record digital evidence, such as; pictures, videos, audio recordings, paper records, files, notes, time, location, temperature, moisture levels, and air-quality content.The Responder Trax mobile app can also be used to place or assign tangible items of evidence of any kind into any storage location or into any moving vehicle. The Responder Trax mobile app can also be used to assign tangible evidence to a living person giving them custody of the tangible evidence and proving “chain of custody” to that person. Once assigned, the tangible evidence may be tracked and found using the mobile app and the attached RFID scanner.The NovoTrax mobile app can also be used to place and/or track inventory and/or asset items and to monitor and record those item’s location, temperature, moisture levels, and atmospheric air quality.The NovoTrax mobile app can also be used to book inmates and take mugshots.The NovoTrax mobile app can also be used to track employee’s time cards and help to automate payroll timekeeping.Staff members that can benefit from using the NovoTrax mobile app could include Patrol Offices, Investigators, Narcotics Agents, Jailers, Evidence handlers, supervisors, and Inventory and Asset managers.

About

Konsol

This app provides a comprehensive suite of network tools for IT professionals. It offers remote access via SSH, Telnet, and SFTP, along with diagnostic and monitoring features like ping, traceroute, and SNMP polling. Advanced device management capabilities include configuration backups and custom quick commands.

Highlights
  • SSH terminal with key authentication
  • Telnet client
  • SFTP file transfer
  • Ping and traceroute
  • Port scanner
  • SNMP polling
  • Configuration backup and diff
Features
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The switch stopped answering. You can't SSH to it — that's the problem. Konsol reaches it down a console cable instead, from the phone already in your pocket. Then it stays useful for everything else: SSH, Telnet, SFTP, and 28 network tools that don't need a laptop. EVERY WAY INTO A DEVICE • Serial console over a USB-C cable — the way in when the network is what's broken • Wireless console adapters, so the cable can stay in the rack • SSH with password or key auth — RSA, ED25519, ECDSA, plus jump hosts • Telnet, for the old kit that still only speaks it • SFTP, with a real file browser Older gear that modern SSH clients refuse to talk to will usually still negotiate here. 28 TOOLS, NOT 28 APPS Ping · Network Scanner · Device Discovery · Port Checker · Traceroute · Path Monitor · DNS Lookup · IP Calculator · Speed Test · Public IP Lookup SNMP Monitor · SNMP Trap Receiver · Syslog Receiver · TFTP Server · Bonjour Browser · BLE Scanner Command Reference · Port Reference · Wire Colors · Crimp Guide · MAC Vendor Lookup · Notable IPs & MACs · Code Snippets · Network Notes · Passwords Session Logs · Macros · Recordings The scanner sweeps a subnet and reports what answered and on which ports. Path Monitor keeps watching a route, so the fault that happens twice an hour has somewhere to show up. The reference tools need no signal at all. A TERMINAL THAT BEHAVES LIKE ONE • Line mode for typing on a phone; raw mode for vim, nano and anything drawing its own screen • Full ANSI colour, with highlight rules so "down" catches your eye as it scrolls past • Quick buttons for the commands you send constantly, with per-vendor templates • Macros for the lines you type every time you turn up a port • Several sessions at once, and broadcast to send one line to all of them • Session recording, played back at original timing • 27 terminal colour schemes and 51 app themes CONFIGS YOU CAN GO BACK TO Pull a running config over SSH and keep it. Compare any two and see exactly what changed — the answer to "it worked on Tuesday". Backups are plain text, readable without this app, by anyone. SYNCED FOLDERS A folder of firmware images, configs and notes that stays in step across your devices. Each folder has its own key, so you can share one with a colleague without handing over anything else. Everything on the share is encrypted before it leaves the device. Filenames and contents are never visible to the server. Deletions are never applied behind your back: when another device deletes something, this one asks first, and keeps asking until you answer. Add photos from your library, converted so every machine opens them. Put the share on a NAS, an SFTP server, or Konsol Cloud. SYNC, YOUR WAY One setting says where your data syncs: Apple iCloud, Konsol Sync, or nowhere. Konsol Sync needs no account — the sync password is the identity; set the same one on each device and they find each other. Everything is encrypted before it leaves, and Sync settings list every device sharing your data — strangers get flagged. FREE, AND PRO Free covers three saved connections, one session at a time, and most of the reference tools. Pro lifts the limits and unlocks the heavier tools — scanner, SNMP, syslog, config backup, recording, macros and the rest. One subscription covers all your devices on the same account. Work you already have keeps working if a subscription lapses. Konsol Pro is an auto-renewing subscription: $4.99 per month or $34.99 per year. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage your subscription, or turn off auto-renew, in Account Settings after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://runaboutdigital.com/konsol/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Konsol4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Konsol at 5.0 against Responder Trax's 3.0. Konsol also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 4 weeks). Responder Trax's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. Konsol sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Responder Trax asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Konsol holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Responder Trax ships an update every 4 weeks, Konsol weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Responder Trax versus Konsol: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterResponder TraxKonsol
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings23 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS17.617.6
Further details — not scored
Size264 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNovoTraxCurtis Waldner

Customer experience

Responder Trax

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Konsol

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Responder Trax

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Konsol

Subscriptions2
  • Konsol Pro Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Konsol Pro Annually7 Days trial$34.991 Year

Questions

Is Responder Trax free?
Responder Trax is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Konsol free?
Konsol is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Responder Trax or Konsol?
Konsol is rated higher. Responder Trax averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Konsol averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Responder Trax or Konsol have ads?
Neither Responder Trax nor Konsol shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Responder Trax or Konsol?
Responder Trax ships an update every 4 weeks, and Konsol weekly. Most recently, Responder Trax was updated on October 24, 2026 and Konsol on October 24, 2026.

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