Comparison

Flock Safety vs Pocket Pickens

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

Head to head
About

Flock Safety

This app provides law enforcement and security personnel with real-time license plate recognition and audio alerts. It delivers timely, location-specific data to help users stay informed and respond quickly to vehicles and events of interest.

Highlights
  • Real-time LPR alerts
  • Real-time audio detection alerts
  • License plate lookup
  • Shift Mode for on-duty alerts
  • Notifications by radius
  • Hot list verification via image upload
Features
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Flock Safety empowers officers and security personnel to be at their best, wherever duty takes them. In a job where precision and timeliness are paramount, the Flock Safety mobile app delivers quick, reliable information to stay a step ahead. Get instant LPR (License Plate Recognition) and audio insights, specifically tailored to your location and shift timings. No more outdated information; get the data you need, right when you need it. Real-Time Hot List Alerts: Receive immediate, clear images of vehicles and their plates, ensuring rapid and accurate identification of vehicles of interest. Real-Time Audio Detection Alerts: Instantly access and replay crime-related audio clips such as gunshots or sideshow sounds, pinpointing the exact location directly within the app for timely response. License Plate Lookup: Gain quick access to vital information with our efficient license plate lookup. Know more about a vehicle of interest from the convenience of your mobile device. What else you can do with Flock Safety: • Shift Mode: Ensure that critical alerts reach you only when you're on duty. Stay focused, stay informed. • Notifications by Radius: Select the distance to be alerted by, so that no matter where you go, the alerts you receive are pertinent and actionable while you are on shift. • Hot List Verification via Image Upload: Snap. Upload. Confirm. Eliminate guesswork by simply taking a photo of a vehicle to determine its relevance to ongoing investigations.

About

Pocket Pickens

Stay informed about your city with real-time alerts for road closures, weather, and local events. Access essential city resources quickly and easily.

Highlights
  • Real-time alerts
  • Road closure notifications
  • Weather alerts
  • Event listings
  • Access to city resources
Features
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Wondering how to quickly and easily find out what's going on around City of Pickens? Look no further than Pocket Pickens to receive the latest alerts on road closures, weather alerts, events and so much more! In addition to notifications, you'll have easy access to commonly used resources from the City!

Screenshots

Flock Safety4 screens
Pocket Pickens4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Flock Safety at fortnightly against Pocket Pickens's every 3 months. Flock Safety also leads on ratings volume (7.8K vs 1). Pocket Pickens's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Flock Safety against 5.0 for Pocket Pickens. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flock Safety has 7.8K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flock Safety ships an update fortnightly, Pocket Pickens every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Flock Safety versus Pocket Pickens: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlock SafetyPocket Pickens
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (7.8K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews56.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings7.8K — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size176 MB133 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerflock group incGOGov, Inc.

Customer experience

Flock Safety

All ratings7,801 ratings
Positive98.4%
Neutral1.1%
Negative0.4%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive56.7%
Neutral3.3%
Negative40.0%

Pocket Pickens

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

Bugs and requests

Flock Safety

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • No way to hotlist a vehicle through the app

Requested features

4 requests
  • Option to input miss-reads
  • Ability to change alert types from app
  • Suppress hit option
  • Search by vehicle description

Pocket Pickens

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Flock Safety

No in-app purchases

None

Pocket Pickens

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Flock Safety free?
Flock Safety is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pocket Pickens free?
Pocket Pickens is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Flock Safety or Pocket Pickens?
Pocket Pickens is rated higher. Flock Safety averages 4.9 out of 5 from 7.8K ratings, while Pocket Pickens averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Flock Safety or Pocket Pickens have ads?
Neither Flock Safety nor Pocket Pickens shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flock Safety or Pocket Pickens?
Flock Safety ships an update fortnightly, and Pocket Pickens every 3 months. Most recently, Flock Safety was updated on November 3, 2026 and Pocket Pickens on October 30, 2026.

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