SFST Field Notepad vs Axon Respond
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SFST Field Notepad
This app provides a digital notepad for law enforcement to conduct Standardized Field Sobriety Tests. It allows for quick note-taking, saving, and PDF generation with timestamps for easy record-keeping and sharing.
- Standardized Field Sobriety Testing notes
- Subject name entry
- Switch flipping for test status
- Timestamped PDF generation
- Save and send PDF reports
- Digital alternative to paper notepads
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Standardized Field Sobriety Testing Field Notepad with Timer. Simple and fast note taking for doing (SFST) Standardized Field Sobriety Testing. Just fill out the Subjects name, flip the switches, add your notes, then click Save. From there, you can created a PDF with a timestamp for when the Send button was pressed. Then save or send the PDF as you see fit. This App is geared towards any Police Officer who would like an easy way to keep their SFST Notes at arms reach. No paper notepads to write in, just your phone you carry on you everyday on the job.
Axon Respond
This app enhances law enforcement safety by providing commanders with real-time situational awareness. It allows supervisors to track officer locations and view live body camera feeds during urgent events, ensuring rapid response and improved officer well-being.
- Real-time urgent event notifications
- Officer location tracking
- Livestream body camera broadcasts
- Enhanced situational awareness
- Secure communication for law enforcement
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The Axon Respond mobile app provides a secure and powerful tool to help law enforcement commanders and supervisors keep their officers safe. It boosts situational awareness by notifying commanders in real-time when urgent events occur. With the Axon Respond mobile app commanders and supervisor can see the location of officers and view livestream broadcasts from an officer's body camera. All of this happens seamlessly and instantly with just a few clicks on their mobile device. The Respond app also runs on iPad OS version 16.0 or later in iPhone compatibility mode.
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Verdict
SFST Field Notepad and Axon Respond both sit at 3.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 50% of Axon Respond's written reviews are positive against 0% of SFST Field Notepad's. Axon Respond also leads on price (Free vs $0.99). SFST Field Notepad's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On rating, ratings volume, 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
Axon Respond is free to download; SFST Field Notepad costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.8 for SFST Field Notepad against 3.9 for Axon Respond. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 7 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of SFST Field Notepad's written reviews are positive against 50% of Axon Respond's.
SFST Field Notepad ships an update every 2 months, Axon Respond every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SFST Field Notepad | Axon Respond |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.8 (5 ratings) | 3.9 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 122 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jason Tyre | Axon Enterprise, Inc. |
Customer experience
SFST Field Notepad
Axon Respond
In-app purchases
SFST Field Notepad
No in-app purchases
Axon Respond
No in-app purchases
Questions
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