ActiveAlert vs OnTrack CORE
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
OnTrack CORE
This system tracks service standards, budgets, and metrics for large-scale transportation operations. It provides real-time data on vehicle location, service hours, and driver schedules to increase transparency and reduce costs.
- Track service standards and budgets
- Real-time vehicle location
- Manage driver and staff scheduling
- Ridership and route frequency reports
- Bill reconciliation data
- Contractual compliance tracking
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OnTrack Event System is a revolutionary operating & data reporting system that is used to track service standards, budgets, and metrics for events. The platform aims to increase transparency, reduce costs and collect data for large-scale transportation operations. The system allows real-time information on the location of vehicles, service hours, ridership reports, driver & staff scheduling, route frequency and bill reconciliation data thru a comprehensive reporting system. This technology is designed to provide an accountable tool that will capture real-time data and track contractual compliance throughout the event.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: ActiveAlert at 741 against OnTrack CORE's 5. ActiveAlert also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks) and device support (4 vs 2). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for ActiveAlert against 4.2 for OnTrack CORE. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ActiveAlert has 741 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.
ActiveAlert ships an update every 9 days, OnTrack CORE every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ActiveAlert | OnTrack CORE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (741 ratings) | 4.2 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 741 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 201 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Active911 | OnTrack Event Management, Inc |
Customer experience
ActiveAlert
OnTrack CORE
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
OnTrack CORE
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ActiveAlert
No in-app purchases
OnTrack CORE
No in-app purchases
