ActiveAlert vs Station Check
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
Station Check
This app helps organizations manage checklists, assets, inventory, and workflows for public safety and commercial industries. It allows for easy tracking of equipment, people, and inspections, with notifications for attention-needed items.
- Checklist management
- Asset management
- Inventory tracking
- Workflow automation
- Real-time notifications
- Reporting and configuration
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Station Check keeps your entire organization aligned and ready for what’s next with our easy-to-use mobile app for checklists, asset management, inventory and workflow. We help public safety (fire departments, EMS, police), municipalities, and a wide range of commercial industries easily manage everything from inventory, vehicles, equipment, people, credentials, pre-plans, building inspections, hydrant checks and more – all from any internet-enabled mobile device. Easily send and receive notifications when something needs attention. Quickly update the status of checks, inspections, and maintenance using our app, and easily run reports and configure the details of your account using the web portal at app3.stationcheck.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ActiveAlert at 55% against Station Check's 0%. ActiveAlert also leads on rating (4.1 vs 1.9) and ratings volume (740 vs 9). Station Check's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 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 1.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ActiveAlert has 740 ratings behind it against 9, 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 0% of Station Check's.
ActiveAlert ships an update every 9 days, Station Check every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ActiveAlert | Station Check |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (740 ratings) — better | 1.9 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 55.2% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 740 — better | 9 |
| 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, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Active911 | ESO Solutions, Inc. |
Customer experience
ActiveAlert
Station Check
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
Station Check
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ActiveAlert
No in-app purchases
Station Check
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is ActiveAlert free?
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Do ActiveAlert or Station Check have ads?
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