Comparison

ActiveAlert vs Falconry Journal

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

Falconry Journal

Digitize your bird feeding, weight, and kill logs. Automatically capture weather, location, and time data for hunts. Predict bird weight to optimize hunting success and securely back up all your data in the cloud.

Highlights
  • Digital bird logging
  • Automated weather/location data
  • Predictive weight analysis
  • Unlimited birds and data
  • Cloud backup
  • Data export
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Falconry Journal takes that old notebook where you log all of your birds feedings, weight and kills digital. It automatically pulls data about the weather, location and time of your kills to make logging easy and fun. It also provides tools that allow you to more accurately predict your bird(s)' weight at any given time, so that you never miss a hunt. Falconry Journal allows you unlimited birds and data, and backs it all up securely in the cloud in case you need to change phones. Falconry Journal also lets you export your data so that you can further analyze it in any way you choose, making that paper journal completely obsolete! A subscription is required to use Falconry Journal and all features within. You will be prompted to subscribe after you create an account. By using Falconry Journal you agree to the terms of use found here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ To read more about our data privacy policy, that can be found here: https://www.falconryjournal.com/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

ActiveAlert4 screens
Falconry Journal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ActiveAlert at none against Falconry Journal's 1. ActiveAlert also leads on ratings volume (738 vs 17). Falconry Journal's advantage is review sentiment (83% vs 55%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Falconry Journal sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. ActiveAlert asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for ActiveAlert against 4.1 for Falconry Journal. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ActiveAlert has 738 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 55% of ActiveAlert's written reviews are positive against 83% of Falconry Journal's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ActiveAlert ships an update every 8 days, Falconry Journal weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
ActiveAlert versus Falconry Journal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterActiveAlertFalconry Journal
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (738 ratings)4.1 (17 ratings)
Positive reviews55.2% of reviews83.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings738 — better17
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB109 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperActive911Tim Williams

Customer experience

ActiveAlert

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

Falconry Journal

All ratings17 ratings
Positive82.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative17.6%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

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

Falconry Journal

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

ActiveAlert

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Falconry Journal

Subscriptions1
  • Falconry Journal Subscription$1.991 Month

Questions

Is ActiveAlert free?
ActiveAlert is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Falconry Journal free?
Falconry Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ActiveAlert or Falconry Journal?
ActiveAlert and Falconry Journal are both rated 4.1 out of 5 on the App Store, from 738 and 17 ratings respectively.
Do ActiveAlert or Falconry Journal have ads?
Neither ActiveAlert nor Falconry Journal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ActiveAlert or Falconry Journal?
ActiveAlert ships an update every 8 days, and Falconry Journal weekly. Most recently, ActiveAlert was updated on September 21, 2026 and Falconry Journal on September 9, 2026.

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