Comparison

360° Plus vs WAVE Tactical Communicator

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

Head to head
About

360° Plus

This app provides real-time tracking, data collection, and intelligence gathering for field operations. It offers enhanced asset visibility with advanced mapping, instant video and audio streaming, and integrated SOS alerts for safety.

Highlights
  • Real-time tracking
  • Data collection
  • Intelligence gathering
  • Advanced mapping
  • Video and audio streaming
  • SOS alerts
Features
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Unlock the full potential of 360° Plus—compact, mission-ready, and built for the toughest demands. It’s the ultimate tool for tracking, data collection, intelligence gathering, and duty of care operations. Need real-time oversight of your field operations? Leverage it as a powerful tracking device, offering enhanced asset visibility with advanced mapping features tailored for your iPhone or iPad. Need to relay updates to your team instantly? Effortlessly stream and record near real-time video and audio with a single tap. Prioritizing officer or employee safety? Protect your most valuable assets with integrated SOS alerts and check-ins, ensuring peace of mind in every situation.

About

WAVE Tactical Communicator

This app transforms your device into a secure broadband push-to-talk handset for unified workgroup communications. It enables secure voice and text messaging, location sharing, and integrates with land mobile radio systems.

Highlights
  • Secure broadband push-to-talk
  • Encrypted voice and text messaging
  • Location and presence information
  • Group and private calls
  • Land mobile radio integration
  • Emergency support
Features
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WAVE Tactical Communicator by Motorola Solutions turns your device into a broadband push-to-talk (PTT) handset for fully secure, unified workgroup communications anywhere you have a network connection. WAVE is the industry's most powerful and flexible work group communication tool for secure PTT on the go. It transforms smartphones, tablets and PCs into team communication tools and integrates with land mobile radio (LMR) to provide unified voice, text messaging, location and presence in a single application. • AES256 encryption of all communications • Group calls for secure one-to-many communications • Private calls for secure one-to-one communications • Group and Private text messaging • Presence & location information • Emergency Support • Remote PTT accessories for most devices (Bluetooth low energy, wired headsets, badge microphones) WAVE Tactical Communicator is utilized on the WAVE Tactical System, which is Motorola's highly scalable, feature-rich, enterprise-grade PTT solution. It enables full interoperability between different radio systems and extends the reach of these systems using any combination of broadband networks and devices. Radio Integrations: • Motorola Solutions ASTRO 25 with wireline interface • Motorola Solutions DIMETRA with wireline interface • Motorola ASTRO 25 and TETRA with MOTOBRIDGE wireless interface • Motorola MOTOTRBO with wireline interface • Other vendor P25 and non-P25 systems with MOTOBRIDGE wireless interface • Other Analog Radio interfaces WAVE Tactical Communicator supports WAVE Server Release 5.19.1 and newer, and will operate in the following environments. • Public cellular networks, if the device is Mobile Device Managed and configured in Supervised mode • Private cellular network • Pre-configured Wi-Fi networks • Via a VPN over Wi-Fi and cellular networks Note: For use with Wi-Fi networks, the Wi-Fi must be configured via in App Settings under Configure Wi-Fi. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

Screenshots

360° Plus4 screens
WAVE Tactical Communicator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: 360° Plus at 5.0 against WAVE Tactical Communicator's 1.8. WAVE Tactical Communicator's advantage is ratings volume (16 vs 3). On price, update cadence, 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

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

360° Plus holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WAVE Tactical Communicator has 16 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

360° Plus ships an update monthly, WAVE Tactical Communicator every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
360° Plus versus WAVE Tactical Communicator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter360° PlusWAVE Tactical Communicator
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better1.8 (16 ratings)
Positive reviews—25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings316 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size158 MB133 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKnowmadicsMotorola Solutions, Inc

Customer experience

360° Plus

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

WAVE Tactical Communicator

All ratings16 ratings
Positive18.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative81.3%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%

In-app purchases

None

360° Plus

No in-app purchases

None

WAVE Tactical Communicator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 360° Plus free?
360° Plus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is WAVE Tactical Communicator free?
WAVE Tactical Communicator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, 360° Plus or WAVE Tactical Communicator?
360° Plus is rated higher. 360° Plus averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while WAVE Tactical Communicator averages 1.8 from 16 ratings.
Do 360° Plus or WAVE Tactical Communicator have ads?
Neither 360° Plus nor WAVE Tactical Communicator shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 360° Plus or WAVE Tactical Communicator?
360° Plus ships an update monthly, and WAVE Tactical Communicator every 2 months. Most recently, 360° Plus was updated on October 6, 2026 and WAVE Tactical Communicator on October 8, 2026.

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