ActiveAlert vs Rally Home
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
Rally Home
Secure and manage your home Wi-Fi network with this app. Features include network security, parental controls, device management, and speed tests.
- Network security
- Password and SSID management
- Parental controls
- Device management
- View connected devices
- Bandwidth speed tests
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Rally Home provides subscribers with the tools to secure and take control of their home Wi-Fi network. Protect your home with app features like network security, password and SSID management. Take control with app features such as parental controls, device management, view connected devices, and perform bandwidth speed tests.
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Verdict
ActiveAlert and Rally Home both sit at 4.1 stars, but that hides the real split: 55% of ActiveAlert's written reviews are positive against 0% of Rally Home's. ActiveAlert also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (741 vs 10). 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 Rally Home. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ActiveAlert has 741 ratings behind it against 10, 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 0% of Rally Home's.
ActiveAlert ships an update every 10 days, Rally Home every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ActiveAlert | Rally Home |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (741 ratings) | 4.2 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.2% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 741 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 3 months |
| 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 | 138 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Active911 | Rally Networks |
Customer experience
ActiveAlert
Rally Home
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
Rally Home
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ActiveAlert
No in-app purchases
Rally Home
No in-app purchases
