YourNassau vs Bryx Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
YourNassau
Access Nassau County government services and information directly from your mobile device. Report issues, stay updated on local events and news, and receive important alerts.
- Submit service requests
- View local events calendar
- Receive real-time alerts
- Access government news
- Report infrastructure issues
- Find county information
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It's more than just an App: it's Nassau County government at your service! The ULTIMATE government app for Nassau County, featuring requests, events, information, news alerts, traffic advisories, forms and firsthand access to the County. You can’t go wrong with this new addition to Nassau County government! -Access a calendar of free concerts, holiday shows and firework displays. -Receive up to the minute alert notifications related to weather conditions, construction work zones, traffic advisories, etc. in your area. -Take a picture of a down tree, pothole, missing sign, etc. and send it directly to the department responsible, to ensure immediate attention and repair. -Learn about free programs and events happening throughout your County. Once you download the app, in order to explore our content, simply log in to enjoy a complimentary full-access subscription to Nassau County!
Bryx Mobile
This app enhances communication and situational awareness for first responders. It delivers critical alerts with scene details, routing, and navigation, while also offering features like hydrant information, past call data, and real-time messaging.
- Real-time alerts from CAD
- Routing and navigation tools
- Hydrant information
- Past call data
- Site survey data attachment
- Live location updates
- Internet dispatch radio streams
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Bryx Mobile is a free mobile alerting and messaging app that provides enhanced communications and situational awareness for first responders. Receiving data directly from the CAD, Bryx Mobile sends alerts to mobile devices, providing priority information about the scene along with routing and navigation tools. The app boasts industry-leading speed, content, and ease of use, and is completely free for first responders serving communities around the world. Bryx Mobile is packed with features that empower you and your team, before and at the scene. • View hydrants around the job, color-coded for flow rate and condition. • Quickly view job information for prior calls to the same address. • Attach site survey data to include entry access and hazardous materials information. • Enhance team communication through real-time messaging and live location updates for users. • View the exact job location within your district and a highlighted route from your station to the scene. • Enable dispatching by agency or unit and view supplemental updates from CAD in real time - all without creating any extra work for dispatchers. • Configure internet dispatch radio streams and play them directly from Bryx Mobile. Some hardware required. • Bryx Mobile’s first-in-class engineering is backed by dedicated, round-the-clock support from the same engineers who built the system. This app is only intended to be used by first responders, and your station chief must add users to the approved access list. Note: This app may use background audio streaming. Continued use of audio streaming running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. Bryx, Inc.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Bryx Mobile at 4.2 against YourNassau's 2.1. Bryx Mobile also leads on ratings volume (285 vs 37) and update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). YourNassau's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 18.2). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Bryx Mobile holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bryx Mobile has 285 ratings behind it against 37, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of YourNassau's written reviews are positive against 48% of Bryx Mobile's.
YourNassau ships an update monthly, Bryx Mobile fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | YourNassau | Bryx Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (37 ratings) | 4.2 (285 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.5% of reviews | 47.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 37 | 285 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 84 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | COUNTY OF NASSAU | Bryx |
Customer experience
YourNassau
Bryx Mobile
User reviews
YourNassau
From 37 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💡 Good idea for an app
- 👍 Useful directory
- 👍 Informative alerts
- 👍 Great for emergencies (Sandy)
- 👍 Easy to use interface
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy and needs refresh
- 🐛 Freezes or times out
- 🐛 Useless and waste of time
- 🐛 Old and glitchy features
- 🐛 Outdated information
Bryx Mobile
From 285 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Excellent UI and interface
- 🚀 Quick access to duty status
- 👍 Great app for FD notifications
- 👍 Awesome app for FD and EMS
- 👍 Works well and is functional
Room to improve
- 🐛 Delays in receiving information
- 🐛 No real-time information for events
- 🐛 Scanner feature only works when app is open
- 🐛 Awful support
- 🐛 UI/alerts are half broken
Bugs and requests
YourNassau
Reported bugs
47 issues- App is buggy
- Freezes or times out when submitting requests
- Drag a pin to location hardly works
- Submitting a request freezes or times out
- Submitting pictures yields no action
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- Freezes every time when trying to summit a concern
- Tried to report a pothole, it didn't work
- Tried to submit the Survey, it didn't work
- Location doesn't work for service requests
- Drag and drop of pin for incident location does not work
- No email confirmation when submitting incident
- Issue never appeared on the designated dashboard
- Calendar displayed events from 2017
- Unable to drag location pin on the map
- Registration crashes every time
- Can no longer access after last update
- Need a secure server
- Cannot access either as guest or using valid sign-in
- Cannot access needs secure network
- Last update caused the app to fail when connecting to the server
- Broken after the last update
- Can't get into app even as a guest
- Address search function does not work
- Survey submission returns to address search
- Orientation does not change to landscape
- Keyboard remains in landscape only
- Address search doesn't work for reporting potholes
- Impossible to submit a service request
- Impossible to submit feedback
- Unable to create password after registering
- Registration and forgotten password option do not work with iOS9
- About 3 of the buttons work and are updated
- Constantly crashing
- Can't log in
- Service request area does not accurately remember requests
- Location services must be on to use
- Can't click on the create user button
- Gives an error even after entering all fields
- Can't get past the registration page
- Terrible button placement
- Can't scroll down far enough to verify password or create account
- Keyboard blocks the buttons
- Impossible to register
- "Done" button won't remove keypad
- Can't submit
- No one actually tested this before submitting to Apple
- Can't scroll down far enough to hit the create account button
Requested features
6 requests- Update the app
- Send service requests (potholes)
- Populate news/events with up-to-date data
- Fix address search
- Allow opt-out of alerts
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- Forward issues to appropriate departments
Bryx Mobile
Reported bugs
6 issues- Scanner feature only works when app is left open
- App mutes phone when open, pausing audio
- App crashes when opened, then fine after restart
- Removed from Apple CarPlay in newest update
- Stopped getting alerts and notifications on iPhone
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- Map doesn't always work or is not accurate
Requested features
10 requests- Navigation options for apps to use
- Notes with time stamps and updates for call to see while enroute
- Apple Watch integration
- Easy in and out of duty feature (long press, shortcut, action button, widget)
- Settings stored in iCloud
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- Set alert tone by unit rather than call type
- Ability to upload custom alert tones
- Toggle critical alerts inside the app
- Filter calls by unit, especially at night
- CarPlay functionality improvements
In-app purchases
YourNassau
No in-app purchases
Bryx Mobile
No in-app purchases
