ActiveAlert vs SCRAMnet Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ActiveAlert
This app provides essential call details directly on your smartphone, eliminating the need to manually record information or enter addresses while driving. It automatically maps alarm locations, facilitates real-time response coordination, and organizes past and current calls.
- Real-time call details on smartphone
- Automatic alarm location mapping
- Real-time response coordination map
- Access photos and documents
- Converts dispatch data
- Manage past and current calls
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ActiveAlert helps you respond to calls faster by getting the essential details right in your smartphone. No more copying down dispatch information or trying to enter an address while driving. - Uses Apple Push instead of SMS - Automatically maps alarm location - Coordinate response with others using real-time map - Access relevant photos and documents from your phone - Converts hard-to-read dispatch data into legible sections - Manage past and current calls
SCRAMnet Mobile
Manage electronic monitoring workloads and critical alerts for alcohol and location monitoring technologies. Access essential client data in real-time, resolve alerts, and communicate directly with clients from your mobile device.
- Manage electronic monitoring workload
- View critical alerts
- Resolve alerts and add notes
- Receive push notifications for new alerts
- Direct client calls
- Access client contact information and directions
- Send on-demand breath tests
- Locate GPS clients in real-time
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The SCRAMNET Mobile application allows officers and agents to manage their electronic monitoring workload and critical alerts for the SCRAM Systems suite of alcohol and location monitoring technologies. The app provides access to essential client data in real time from one convenient location, enabling officers to work effectively away from the office on a mobile device. Features to better manage your workload: • View alerts for SCRAM Continuous Alcohol Monitoring (CAM), SCRAM Remote Breath, SCRAM GPS, and SCRAM House Arrest • Resolve alerts and add notes to keep your caseload up-to-date • Push notifications when a new alert is generated • Call clients directly from the app with a single tap • Access contact information for your entire caseload and get turn-by-turn directions to a client’s address • Send on demand SCRAM Remote Breath tests • Locate GPS clients in real time and view location details and get directions via Google Maps SCRAM Systems is the world’s leading provider of alcohol testing technologies and integrated electronic monitoring solutions for the criminal justice industry. Visit https://www.scramsystems.com for more information.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ActiveAlert at 4.1 against SCRAMnet Mobile's 2.7. ActiveAlert also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 5 months) and review sentiment (55% vs 33%). SCRAMnet Mobile's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
ActiveAlert holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ActiveAlert has 740 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of ActiveAlert's written reviews are positive against 33% of SCRAMnet Mobile's.
ActiveAlert ships an update every 9 days, SCRAMnet Mobile every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ActiveAlert | SCRAMnet Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (740 ratings) — better | 2.7 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 55.2% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 740 — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Active911 | Alcohol Monitoring Systems |
Customer experience
ActiveAlert
SCRAMnet Mobile
Bugs and requests
ActiveAlert
Reported bugs
5 issues- Continuous paging/re-alerting issues
- Inability to disable repeat paging
- Alerts not working when phone is on silent
- Crashing and freezing issues
- Inconsistent behavior when switching between apps
Requested features
8 requests- Favorites or saved calls list
- Ability to adjust alert volume
- More alert tone options
- Improved map routing and integration
- Customizable themes and color schemes
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- Ability to mark on-duty/off-duty status with one button
- Improved call details formatting and organization
- Widgets and CarPlay integration
SCRAMnet Mobile
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ActiveAlert
No in-app purchases
SCRAMnet Mobile
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is ActiveAlert free?
Is SCRAMnet Mobile free?
Which has better reviews, ActiveAlert or SCRAMnet Mobile?
Do ActiveAlert or SCRAMnet Mobile have ads?
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