Comparison

Spok Mobile vs SmartTrack by Infab

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

Head to head
About

Spok Mobile

This app facilitates critical messaging and alerting for professionals in healthcare, government, and public safety. It enables secure communication for urgent situations, with some features requiring a subscription to a supported system.

Highlights
  • Critical messaging
  • Alerting
  • Healthcare communication
  • Government communication
  • Public safety communication
  • Secure messaging
Features
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Spok Mobile™ is a critical messaging / alerting application for use in healthcare, government, and public safety environments. Some functionality requires a subscription / connection to a supported Spok system.

About

SmartTrack by Infab

Manage, track, and document radiation protection garment inspections. Generate inventory, missing, and damaged reports with full inspection histories. Scan garment barcodes for fast searching and access your inventory from mobile devices.

Highlights
  • Manage radiation protection garments
  • Track garment inspections
  • Document garment status
  • Generate inventory reports
  • Generate missing/damaged reports
  • Scan garment barcodes
  • Mobile device access
Features
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SmartTrack is a web-based tool that will allow our customers to manage, track, and document the inspections of their Radiation Protection Garments. SmartTrack generates entire inventory, missing, and damaged reports with full inspection histories. This application integrates with your web-based account allowing you access to your protective garment inventory in order to perform inspections from your mobile devices. This application includes the ability to scan a garment barcode with your device camera for simple and fast searching.

Screenshots

Spok Mobile4 screens
SmartTrack by Infab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: SmartTrack by Infab at ad-supported against Spok Mobile's subscription. Spok Mobile's advantage is review sentiment (10% vs 0%). 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spok Mobile ships an update every 4 months, SmartTrack by Infab every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Spok Mobile versus SmartTrack by Infab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpok MobileSmartTrack by Infab
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.6 (141 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews10.4% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings141 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationSubscriptionAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSpok, Inc.Infab, LLC

Customer experience

Spok Mobile

All ratings128 ratings
Positive10.9%
Neutral3.9%
Negative85.2%
Written reviews115 reviews
Positive10.4%
Neutral9.6%
Negative80.0%

SmartTrack by Infab

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative75.0%

Bugs and requests

Spok Mobile

Reported bugs

24 issues
  • App crashes on startup or when opening messages
  • Push notifications fail to deliver unless app is open
  • Audio settings revert to high volume automatically
  • Status switcher disappeared after iOS updates
  • Alerts continue after message is opened
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  • Messages arrive hours or days late
  • Null messages received with no information
  • App logs out unexpectedly
  • Badges show unread pages but app won't load them
  • Registration errors during setup
  • Login timeouts and unresponsive authentication
  • Dark mode makes text unreadable
  • Incompatible with iOS low battery mode
  • Phone number links require multiple taps to work
  • App breaks with iOS updates
  • Messages disappear from history quickly
  • Confirm receipt system broken on iOS
  • App freezes during update process
  • Incompatible with VPN connections
  • CarPlay compatibility issues
  • Notifications don't work with Focus mode enabled
  • Message body doesn't display in notifications
  • Slow app startup and message loading
  • Pages received out of order or with wrong timestamps

Requested features

20 requests
  • Apple Watch support with message preview
  • Customizable alert tones and volume control
  • Ability to mute/silence pager independently from phone
  • Copy and paste functionality within messages
  • Search function for messages
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  • Better message threading and group messaging
  • On-call directory integration
  • Character count display before sending
  • Repeat notification alerts until acknowledged
  • Message preview in notifications and lock screen
  • Delete all messages button
  • Better dark mode support
  • Improved Focus mode integration
  • Vibrate-only alert option
  • Custom ringtone selection from iTunes store
  • Message templates/canned responses
  • Improved favorites list
  • Better message history retention
  • Multimedia support expansion
  • One-time alert option instead of multiple alerts

SmartTrack by Infab

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Spok Mobile

No in-app purchases

None

SmartTrack by Infab

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Spok Mobile free?
Spok Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SmartTrack by Infab free?
SmartTrack by Infab is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Spok Mobile or SmartTrack by Infab have ads?
Neither Spok Mobile nor SmartTrack by Infab shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Spok Mobile or SmartTrack by Infab?
Spok Mobile ships an update every 4 months, and SmartTrack by Infab every 2 months. Most recently, Spok Mobile was updated on October 23, 2026 and SmartTrack by Infab on October 7, 2026.

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