ActiveAlert vs Responder Roadmap
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
Responder Roadmap
Organize firefighter training, document experience, and create a clear path to career advancement. This app helps you manage certifications, log accomplishments, and track progress toward your next professional goal.
- Personalized career roadmap creation
- Taskbook building and management
- Certification tracking with expiration dates
- Quick logging of experience and accomplishments
- Preservation of career history
- Progress monitoring toward goals
- Support for department-specific requirements
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FireOps Career Roadmap helps firefighters organize training, document experience, and build a clear path toward their next career goal. Whether you are preparing to become a firefighter, completing probation, working toward Driver/Operator, Fire Officer, instructor, or another certification, the app turns long-term goals into organized, manageable taskbooks. KEY FEATURES • Create a personalized career roadmap Choose a goal and see the certifications, training, experience, and tasks that can help you reach it. • Build and manage taskbooks Track required skills, knowledge, evaluations, and supporting documentation in one organized location. • Track certifications Record completed certifications, important dates, and expiration information. • Quickly log experience Document calls, apparatus time, drive time, training, skills, leadership activities, awards, and other career accomplishments. • Preserve your career history Maintain an organized record that can help with annual reviews, taskbook completion, resumes, interviews, and promotional processes. • Monitor progress See completed work, remaining tasks, and advancement toward each career goal. • Support department-specific requirements Create custom taskbooks, goals, activities, and records that reflect your department’s expectations. • Designed for the fire service The interface is built for quick use by career, volunteer, and combination firefighters at every stage of their careers. FireOps Career Roadmap is designed to support organization and professional development. Requirements vary by department, agency, certification body, and jurisdiction. Always confirm official requirements with the appropriate authority.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Responder Roadmap at 5.0 against ActiveAlert's 4.1. ActiveAlert's advantage is ratings volume (738 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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.
Responder Roadmap holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ActiveAlert has 738 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
ActiveAlert ships an update every 8 days, Responder Roadmap every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ActiveAlert | Responder Roadmap |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (738 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 738 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 2 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 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Active911 | David Gallaher |
Customer experience
ActiveAlert
Responder Roadmap
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
Responder Roadmap
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ActiveAlert
No in-app purchases
Responder Roadmap
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is ActiveAlert free?
Is Responder Roadmap free?
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