Comparison

Axon vs Shiftwake

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

Shiftwake

Features
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**Shiftwake helps you plan alarms around real-life shift schedules.** Create one-time alarms, set weekly repeats, and save reusable templates for the wake-up times you use most. See your upcoming alarms in a clean weekly view, expand it into a month overview, and quickly understand what is planned without digging through a long list. Built for simple daily use, Shiftwake keeps the core flow focused: choose a date or repeat days, set the time, add optional snooze, and you’re done. **Features** - One-time and weekly alarms - Reusable alarm templates - Optional snooze - Active alarm list with on/off toggles - Weekly schedule overview - Expandable month view - Automatic 12/24-hour time format based on your iPhone settings

Screenshots

Axon4 screens
Shiftwake4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Axon at 17.0 against Shiftwake's 26.1. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Axon versus Shiftwake: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAxonShiftwake
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.3K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews44.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.3K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAxon Enterprise, Inc.Oleksandr Hubin

In-app purchases

None

Axon

No in-app purchases

None

Shiftwake

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Axon free?
Axon is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shiftwake free?
Shiftwake is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Axon or Shiftwake have ads?
Neither Axon nor Shiftwake shows ads.

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