Axon vs Code Four Flash
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
Code Four Flash
This app enables law enforcement to create, review, and manage incident reports directly from the field. It offers AI assistance for drafting, voice dictation, and secure media uploads for evidence. Team and organization tools are available with role-based permissions.
- AI-assisted incident report creation
- Live voice dictation
- Media upload for evidence
- Secure team workspace
- Role-based permissions
- AI report chat
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Code Four helps law enforcement teams draft, review, and manage incident reports from the field. The mobile app gives officers and reviewers secure access to their Code Four workspace on iPhone, including: • AI-assisted incident report creation • Live voice dictation and guided report drafting • Media upload for video and audio evidence • Report list, detail, narrative, transcript, evidence, and media views • AI report chat for report-specific questions and edits • Team, organization, profile, privacy, and audit tools based on role permissions Code Four is designed for agency workflows where report accuracy, reviewability, and secure access matter. Access requires an active Code Four account provided by your organization.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Code Four Flash at free against Axon's subscription. Code Four Flash also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks). Axon's advantage is ratings volume (1.3K vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Code Four Flash 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 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Axon ships an update every 2 weeks, Code Four Flash weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Axon | Code Four Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.3K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 44.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.3K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Axon Enterprise, Inc. | Code Four Labs Corp. |
Customer experience
Axon
Code Four Flash
In-app purchases
Axon
No in-app purchases
Code Four Flash
No in-app purchases









