Comparison

Twingate vs FireHydrant

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

Head to head
About

Twingate

Provides secure, encrypted, least-privileged access to cloud or on-premise applications. It offers a more secure alternative to VPNs, allowing remote access without exposing public IPs and enabling 2FA/MFA with no application changes.

Highlights
  • Encrypted, least-privileged access
  • Access any cloud or on-premise resource
  • More secure than VPN
  • Remote access without public IPs
  • Enable 2FA/MFA with zero changes
  • Audited access to private resources
Features
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Twingate is the most secure way to provide encrypted, least privileged access to any cloud (AWS, Azure or Google Cloud Platform) or on-premise application or resource. Twingate allows you to secure all access regardless of device platform or network. Far more secure than VPN, and using either your company’s identity provider or public identity authorities for authentication, Twingate allows you to remotely access any private application without exposing any public IPs. Twingate’s network performance is exceptional, access to private resources is audited, and you can enable 2FA/MFA on any resource with zero application changes required.

About

FireHydrant

This platform streamlines incident response for teams, enabling faster resolution and learning. It provides automated runbooks, scribe tools, and analytics to improve products and processes.

Highlights
  • Incident notification with push alerts
  • Automated incident assembly
  • Step-by-step automated runbooks
  • Built-in scribe tools
  • Guided retro templates
  • Customizable analytics
  • Jira ticket assignment
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FireHydrant is the only comprehensive reliability platform that allows teams to achieve reliability at scale by creating speed and consistency across the entire incident response lifecycle. Our solutions allow developers to resolve, learn, and mitigate incidents faster so they can focus on what matters most: keeping business operations running smoothly and the customers their businesses serve, happy. FireHydrant for iOS allows you to: Get Notified Be alerted of critical incidents with push notifications that can easily break through your Do Not Disturb settings – ensuring every alert gets acted on. Automate When an alert is acknowledged, FireHydrant helps you assemble the team more quickly and move straight into problem-solving by opening incidents directly from the app from an alert. Respond Preconfigured automated runbooks turn any engineer into a speedier, more confident responder with step-by-step guidance tied to your policies. Learn After the incident is over, use built-in scribe tools, guided retro templates, and customizable analytics to ensure learnings are captured. Plus, automatically assign follow-up tickets in Jira. Improve Iterate. Repeat. FireHydrant makes it easier to improve every step of the way, whether that’s your products, processes, or people.

Screenshots

Twingate3 screens
FireHydrant4 screens

Verdict

The call

Twingate and FireHydrant both sit at 4.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 44% of Twingate's written reviews are positive against 33% of FireHydrant's. Twingate also leads on ratings volume (34 vs 8). FireHydrant's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Twingate against 4.3 for FireHydrant. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 34 and 8 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 44% of Twingate's written reviews are positive against 33% of FireHydrant's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Twingate ships an update every 5 weeks, FireHydrant every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Twingate versus FireHydrant: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTwingateFireHydrant
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (34 ratings) — better4.3 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews44.4% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings34 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB98 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTwingate Inc.FireHydrant

Customer experience

Twingate

All ratings34 ratings
Positive79.4%
Neutral11.8%
Negative8.8%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive44.4%
Neutral33.3%
Negative22.2%

FireHydrant

All ratings8 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

Twingate

No in-app purchases

None

FireHydrant

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Twingate free?
Twingate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FireHydrant free?
FireHydrant is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Twingate or FireHydrant?
Twingate is rated higher. Twingate averages 4.4 out of 5 from 34 ratings, while FireHydrant averages 4.3 from 8 ratings.
Do Twingate or FireHydrant have ads?
Neither Twingate nor FireHydrant shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Twingate or FireHydrant?
Twingate ships an update every 5 weeks, and FireHydrant every 3 weeks. Most recently, Twingate was updated on September 14, 2026 and FireHydrant on September 19, 2026.

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