Comparison

Axon vs EOD Toolkit

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

Head to head
About

Axon

This app allows public safety professionals to securely manage digital evidence and records on the go. It streamlines workflows, enables field evidence review, and facilitates secure community evidence submission. Users can also write and search records directly from their mobile devices.

Highlights
  • Evidence management (search, playback, metadata)
  • Records management (write, submit, search)
  • Secure evidence submission from community members
  • Field evidence review and analysis
  • Dictation support for report writing
  • Biometric security integration
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Public safety professionals need tools that are as mobile as they are. The Axon app was built so law enforcement officers and supervisors can securely view and manage their digital evidence and records anytime, anywhere. The intuitive interface includes a homepage dashboard with quick links to evidence that is missing an ID or category. Officers can use the app to complete evidence workflows while in the field, increasing agency efficiency and data compliance, as well as improving officer satisfaction. Officers can review evidence in the field after the incident, providing investigators with the ability to gain a more complete perspective on how events unfolded. They can also use the app to initiate digital evidence collection by inviting witnesses to submit their photos and videos directly to the agency, ensuring a clean chain of custody. Agencies using Axon Records additionally benefit from the ability to write, submit, and search records from the Axon app. Their homepage dashboard also includes pending records tasks, as well as a quick link to create a new record. FEATURES INCLUDE: - Evidence management (DEMS): search, playback, manage metadata - Records management (RMS): search, write, continue/edit, submit, review - Axon Evidence user permissions maintained across desktop and mobile - Homepage dashboard that highlights missing data (plus pending tasks for RMS users) - Integration with the device’s biometric security - Dictation support (talk-to-text) for report writing - Ability to request evidence from a community member - Secure access - all data remains in the cloud with no local storage NOTE: Your agency must have a subscription to Axon Evidence or Axon Records to benefit from this app. Not an Axon customer? Contact us at axon.com/contact.

About

EOD Toolkit

This app provides essential tools for explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) professionals. It helps calculate safe blast distances, estimate time fuse burn rates, and quickly look up ordnance details using DODIC codes. Users can also log their EOD responses for record-keeping.

Highlights
  • Calculate safe blast distances
  • Estimate time fuse burns
  • Lookup ordnance by DODIC
  • Log EOD responses
  • Ordnance identification
Features
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Find safe blast distances Calculate time fuse burns Lookup ordnance by DODIC Log EOD responses

Screenshots

Axon4 screens
EOD Toolkit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: EOD Toolkit at free against Axon's subscription. EOD Toolkit also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Axon's advantage is ratings volume (1.3K vs 1). 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

EOD Toolkit holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Axon has 1.3K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Axon ships an update every 2 weeks, EOD Toolkit monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Axon versus EOD Toolkit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAxonEOD Toolkit
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.3K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews44.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.3K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAxon Enterprise, Inc.MTP Industries LLC

Customer experience

Axon

All ratings1,313 ratings
Positive96.8%
Neutral1.6%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive44.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative55.6%

EOD Toolkit

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Axon

No in-app purchases

None

EOD Toolkit

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Axon free?
Axon is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is EOD Toolkit free?
EOD Toolkit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Axon or EOD Toolkit?
EOD Toolkit is rated higher. Axon averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.3K ratings, while EOD Toolkit averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Axon or EOD Toolkit have ads?
Neither Axon nor EOD Toolkit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Axon or EOD Toolkit?
Axon ships an update every 2 weeks, and EOD Toolkit monthly. Most recently, Axon was updated on September 25, 2026 and EOD Toolkit on September 12, 2026.

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