Comparison

ActiveAlert vs Cornerstone Mobile Connect

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Cornerstone Mobile Connect

This app helps field technicians manage their daily tasks and jobs from start to finish. It offers in-field access to customer data, job updates, payment processing, and time tracking, all integrated with cloud-based management software.

Highlights
  • Calendar and event management
  • On-the-spot payment processing
  • Customer signature capture
  • Timecard tracking
  • Customer account management
  • Quote creation and emailing
Features
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Cornerstone Mobile Connect: Making Life Easy for Field Technicians A phone-based web app built specifically for field technicians. It’s designed so technicians can quickly access and complete their daily tasks and manage jobs/events from start to finish. Cornerstone Mobile Connect is integrated with Cornerstone’s powerful cloud-based customer management software. Go paperless and help your team be more productive with in-field access. The app will provide real-time job updates, keeping administrators in the office aware of current job statuses! Your technicians will love how easy it is to use their iPhone/iPad to manage their workflow, and that all data syncs back instantly to Cornerstone’s software. Features Overview CALENDAR & EVENT MANAGEMENT - View appointments and tickets in a list, day, week, and month view - Manage service performed, inventory added, dispatch status, and get customer signature - Track time for each appointment and ticket, and for each day - Track inventory by truck or technician location - Filter appointments on town, service code, ticket type, technician, date, and status - Quickly review unassigned or unscheduled events, and assign yourself or another tech to them TAKE PAYMENT & SIGNATURES - Create invoices and process payments on the spot - Process credit card or ACH payments using our PCI-compliant site, Alarmpayments.com - Payment processing links directly to invoices and accounts for easy payment posting - Obtain customer signatures on the spot TIMECARDS - Our innovative structure allows tracking of both job activity and daily tech time worked - Track time related to sick days, vacation, jobs, or non-job-related events - Track billable or non-billable hours, and standard, overtime, and/or travel rates DASHBOARD - View your daily schedule and quickly clock out of any open timecards - Easily clock in and out of your daily timecard CUSTOMER ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT - View customer data and documents related to contracts and proposals/quotes - Get to locations quickly, using address mapping - Use the app to either text or call the customer to give them status updates (e.g. running late) - Quickly add critical notes related to an appointment, so your office team can follow up - View customer zones, equipment list, and service history QUOTES - Email quotes to customers - Accept quotes to create a ticket for scheduling or invoice customer for payment - Add new inventory items or edit existing parts

Screenshots

ActiveAlert4 screens
Cornerstone Mobile Connect1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cornerstone Mobile Connect at 100% against ActiveAlert's 55%. Cornerstone Mobile Connect also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). ActiveAlert's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (738 vs 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

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

Cornerstone Mobile Connect holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ActiveAlert has 738 ratings behind it against 6, 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 100% of Cornerstone Mobile Connect's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ActiveAlert ships an update every 8 days, Cornerstone Mobile Connect every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
ActiveAlert versus Cornerstone Mobile Connect: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterActiveAlertCornerstone Mobile Connect
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (738 ratings)4.8 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews55.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings738 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperActive911Cornerstone Funding Inc

Customer experience

ActiveAlert

All ratings738 ratings
Positive75.9%
Neutral9.5%
Negative14.6%
Written reviews134 reviews
Positive55.2%
Neutral17.9%
Negative26.9%

Cornerstone Mobile Connect

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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
Show 3 more
  • Ability to mark on-duty/off-duty status with one button
  • Improved call details formatting and organization
  • Widgets and CarPlay integration

Cornerstone Mobile Connect

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

ActiveAlert

No in-app purchases

None

Cornerstone Mobile Connect

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ActiveAlert free?
ActiveAlert is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cornerstone Mobile Connect free?
Cornerstone Mobile Connect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ActiveAlert or Cornerstone Mobile Connect?
Cornerstone Mobile Connect is rated higher. ActiveAlert averages 4.1 out of 5 from 738 ratings, while Cornerstone Mobile Connect averages 4.8 from 6 ratings.
Do ActiveAlert or Cornerstone Mobile Connect have ads?
Neither ActiveAlert nor Cornerstone Mobile Connect shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ActiveAlert or Cornerstone Mobile Connect?
ActiveAlert ships an update every 8 days, and Cornerstone Mobile Connect every 2 months. Most recently, ActiveAlert was updated on September 21, 2026 and Cornerstone Mobile Connect on June 1, 2026.

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