Comparison

CMC Field Guide vs Hyper

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

Head to head
About

CMC Field Guide

Access rope rescue and access diagrams, reference charts, and how-to information instantly in the field. This free app provides essential rescue references, allows for note-taking, and supports offline access to downloaded content.

Highlights
  • Rope rescue and access diagrams
  • Reference charts
  • How-to information
  • Bookmark and take notes
  • Offline access to downloads
  • Browse equipment and tutorials
Features
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This free App allows quick access to rope rescue and access diagrams, reference charts, how-to information, and rescue references, all from the palm of your hand while out in the field. It's packed with reference charts, diagrams, and how-to information. With the CMC Field Guide App you can: Access rescue references instantly Bookmark and take notes on your favorite sections Download videos, guides, and manuals for offline use Browse equipment and information, tutorials, and product user manuals **Note** Updating this App will give you access to all of the functionality built into the most recent version of the App. Your saved information including Notes, References, and Attachments, will be carried through into the updated version.

About

Hyper

This mobile application allows authorized users of a mass emergency notification system to create and send alerts via phone, text, email, and social media. It offers an intuitive interface optimized for mobile devices, enabling quick message creation and dissemination to large audiences. The system supports multiple languages and various recipient selection methods.

Highlights
  • Create and send emergency alerts
  • Message via phone, text, email, social media
  • Intuitive mobile-optimized interface
  • Recipient selection by lists, groups, or geography
  • Support for voice, text, and image/video messages
  • Stored templates for quick message creation
  • Multi-language support
Features
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Note: This app is for cities/counties/businesses to send alerts and NOT for citizens to receive them. The Hyper-Reach Launch mobile app enables Hyper-Reach customers to quickly, easily and securely create and send emergency alerts and other messages from their phone, tablet or other mobile device. Hyper-Reach is a cloud-based mass emergency notification system used by public safety officials, emergency managers and others throughout the US. Hyper-Reach Launch uses a highly-intuitive user interface that is optimized for the small screens of mobile devices, while providing everything a communicator needs to effectively reach ten, ten thousand or ten million people quickly and easily. Only customers of Hyper-Reach will be able to use this app, which requires user credentials obtained through a Hyper-Reach account. The Hyper-Reach Launch app is not designed for use by the general public. Hyper-Reach Launch provides for messages by phone, text, e-mail, social media and much more. Recipients can be selected by lists, groups or geography, using maps, addresses or pre-defined jurisdictions. And messages can contain voice, text and images – even video. Stored templates and geography provide for quick message creation, or messages can be created on-the-fly from scratch. Hyper-Reach Launch supports multiple languages, including English, Spanish and other languages when required. Once created and launched, Hyper-Reach messages are disseminated to and sent from the Hyper-Reach network, the most robust, secure and failure-resistant emergency messaging platform in the US, with unlimited scalability, unlimited backup and unmatched security, to reach both small and large groups of people as quickly as technologically possible.

Screenshots

CMC Field Guide3 screens
Hyper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hyper at 100% against CMC Field Guide's 78%. Hyper also leads on rating (4.3 vs 4.0) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). CMC Field Guide's advantage is ratings volume (24 vs 3). 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

Hyper holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CMC Field Guide has 24 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of CMC Field Guide's written reviews are positive against 100% of Hyper's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CMC Field Guide ships an update every 3 months, Hyper every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 23, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
CMC Field Guide versus Hyper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCMC Field GuideHyper
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (24 ratings)4.3 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings24 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.112.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCMC Rescue, Inc.Ashergroup, Inc.

Customer experience

CMC Field Guide

All ratings24 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral20.8%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews63 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral3.2%
Negative19.0%

Hyper

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

CMC Field Guide

Reported bugs

15 issues
  • App crashes before it opens
  • Unable to go beyond the first page
  • Unable to access after updating
  • App crashed twice
  • Some links in the app don't work
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  • Multiple glitches where pages cannot be opened
  • Cannot open the app after update
  • New upgrade crashes on opening items
  • Could not find page all the time
  • App doesn't open
  • Half the tabs disappear
  • Barely works (can rarely get into any of the pages)
  • Add-on pop up when viewing PDF
  • Poor display quality - not useful for reading
  • Only M/A illustration shown is 1:1 after update

Requested features

2 requests
  • Enable landscape mode
  • Update with latest techniques

Hyper

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

CMC Field Guide

No in-app purchases

None

Hyper

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CMC Field Guide free?
CMC Field Guide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hyper free?
Hyper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CMC Field Guide or Hyper?
Hyper is rated higher. CMC Field Guide averages 4.0 out of 5 from 24 ratings, while Hyper averages 4.3 from 3 ratings.
Do CMC Field Guide or Hyper have ads?
Neither CMC Field Guide nor Hyper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CMC Field Guide or Hyper?
CMC Field Guide ships an update every 3 months, and Hyper every 2 months. Most recently, CMC Field Guide was updated on October 23, 2026 and Hyper on October 23, 2026.

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