CodeRED Public Alerts vs EFORCE Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CodeRED Public Alerts
Receive critical, location-based public safety alerts directly on your mobile device. This ad-free app provides real-time notifications with detailed information and maps of impacted areas. Customize your warning radius and choose to receive community event notifications alongside emergency alerts.
- Real-time public safety alerts
- Location-based notifications
- Ad-free interface
- Interactive map with color-coded icons
- Customizable warning radius
- Community event notifications
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Critical Alerts Straight To Your Phone - CodeRED With the CodeRED app, subscribers can sign up to receive public safety alerts directly to their mobile devices, whether at home, on the road, or traveling around the country. These mobile push notifications deliver relevant, location-based alerts based on GPS location to ensure you receive critical information when you are in a CodeRED client’s jurisdiction. CodeRED Benefits: Free download – Protects residents and visitors traveling across CodeRED communities. Real-time detailed alerts – Notifications feature details on the situation along with a map of the location impacted Simple interface – Ad-free, easy-to-use interactive map and color-coded icons for alerts Customizable settings – Establish a personal warning radius and opt to receive community event notifications as well as emergency alerts"
EFORCE Mobile
This mobile application provides public safety professionals with on-the-go access to essential information and tools. It allows for writing and issuing citations, scanning credentials, searching databases, and managing dispatch operations. Designed for police departments, sheriff's offices, and security agencies, it enhances service efficiency and safety.
- Write and issue citations
- Scan driver's licenses and registrations
- Search RMS database
- Run reports
- View CAD calls and unit statuses
- Manage voiceless dispatch
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EFORCE® Mobile for iPhone and iPad is the public safety software of the future. Don’t let a desktop or laptop slow you down. With access to the information you need, anytime, anywhere, now you can: Write, print and issue citations Scan drivers licenses and registrations Search your RMS database Run reports View open CAD calls and unit statuses Manage voiceless dispatch Put yourself in route on a call EFORCE® Mobile is a cost effective and easy-to-use solution for any police department, sheriff’s office, campus security and transit authority that wants to provide safer and more efficient service to their community. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: EFORCE Mobile at 2.0 against CodeRED Public Alerts's 1.5. EFORCE Mobile also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly). CodeRED Public Alerts's advantage is ratings volume (31 vs 4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
EFORCE Mobile holds the better App Store score, 2.0 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CodeRED Public Alerts has 31 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
CodeRED Public Alerts ships an update monthly, EFORCE Mobile every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CodeRED Public Alerts | EFORCE Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.5 (31 ratings) | 2.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 5.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 31 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 292 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Crisis24 Inc | eFORCE Software |
In-app purchases
CodeRED Public Alerts
No in-app purchases
EFORCE Mobile
No in-app purchases
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