Comparison

Opsgenie vs FireHydrant

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

Head to head
About

Opsgenie

Manage incidents and service disruptions for always-on services. Receive real-time notifications, take immediate action on alerts, and collaborate with your team during critical events. Stay in control of your operations from your mobile device.

Highlights
  • Real-time push notifications for alerts and incidents
  • Direct action on alerts (Acknowledge, Close, Escalate)
  • Customizable dashboards for faster response
  • Execute custom actions on alerts
  • Audio/video conferencing for incident collaboration
  • View on-call schedules and user contact information
  • Manage service status and responders
Features
Read full description

Opsgenie is a modern incident management platform for operating always-on services, empowering Dev & Ops teams to plan for service disruptions and stay in control during incidents. The Opsgenie Application for iOS delivers the power of the solution to your mobile devices. You can receive push notifications when alerts and incidents arise, take action directly from the application, understand the status of all known issues and manage your on-call responsibilities. Opsgenie for iOS is free for all Opsgenie customers and requires a subscription to Opsgenie service. Your Opsgenie administrator will send an invite via email for you to create an account. Once your account is created, you can log in to Opsgenie service from the iOS app with your Opsgenie username and password. You can view additional documentation at http://www.opsgenie.com/docs/dashboard/ios-app Features: * Customizable dashboards for responding to alerts and incidents faster * Ability to create alerts and incidents with ease * Easy access and response to alerts and incidents (Acknowledge, Close, Escalate to Next, Take Ownership, Snooze and many more) * Ability to execute custom actions on alerts and incidents (i.e ping, restart server, …) * Opsgenie-hosted audio & video conferencing (Incident Command Center) to effectively collaborate during incidents * Service Catalogs to identify and manage service units * Ability to track each service’s status via dedicated status pages * Ability to define & add responders and/or stakeholders to incidents * Ability to select multiple alerts/incidents and execute an action for all * Alert/Incident list pages supporting native swipe gestures for actions * Ability to save and reuse the searches previously defined in order to filter alerts and incidents * Who Is On-Call page which enables viewing all schedules and active rotations of the moment * User Directory that enables accessing all users and their contact information * Ability to easily contact users via phone call, SMS, email, and Skype * Ability to mute/unmute notifications * Ability to enable/disable notification preferences, notification rules and contact methods

About

FireHydrant

This platform streamlines incident response for teams, enabling faster resolution and learning. It provides automated runbooks, scribe tools, and analytics to improve products and processes.

Highlights
  • Incident notification with push alerts
  • Automated incident assembly
  • Step-by-step automated runbooks
  • Built-in scribe tools
  • Guided retro templates
  • Customizable analytics
  • Jira ticket assignment
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FireHydrant is the only comprehensive reliability platform that allows teams to achieve reliability at scale by creating speed and consistency across the entire incident response lifecycle. Our solutions allow developers to resolve, learn, and mitigate incidents faster so they can focus on what matters most: keeping business operations running smoothly and the customers their businesses serve, happy. FireHydrant for iOS allows you to: Get Notified Be alerted of critical incidents with push notifications that can easily break through your Do Not Disturb settings – ensuring every alert gets acted on. Automate When an alert is acknowledged, FireHydrant helps you assemble the team more quickly and move straight into problem-solving by opening incidents directly from the app from an alert. Respond Preconfigured automated runbooks turn any engineer into a speedier, more confident responder with step-by-step guidance tied to your policies. Learn After the incident is over, use built-in scribe tools, guided retro templates, and customizable analytics to ensure learnings are captured. Plus, automatically assign follow-up tickets in Jira. Improve Iterate. Repeat. FireHydrant makes it easier to improve every step of the way, whether that’s your products, processes, or people.

Screenshots

Opsgenie4 screens
FireHydrant4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: FireHydrant at 4.3 against Opsgenie's 2.1. FireHydrant also leads on monetization model (free vs subscription) and review sentiment (33% vs 15%). Opsgenie's advantage is ratings volume (122 vs 8). 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

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

FireHydrant holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Opsgenie has 122 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 15% of Opsgenie's written reviews are positive against 33% of FireHydrant's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Opsgenie versus FireHydrant: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOpsgenieFireHydrant
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.1 (122 ratings)4.3 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews14.6% of reviews33.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings122 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size224 MB98 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOpsGenie, Inc.FireHydrant

Customer experience

Opsgenie

All ratings121 ratings
Positive20.7%
Neutral9.1%
Negative70.2%
Written reviews96 reviews
Positive14.6%
Neutral15.6%
Negative69.8%

FireHydrant

All ratings8 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%

Bugs and requests

Opsgenie

Reported bugs

20 issues
  • Push notifications not delivering despite correct settings
  • Keyboard not appearing during SSO browser login
  • App stuck in login loop or loading spinner
  • Notification rules not being recognized or applied
  • Critical alerts not working on iOS 15+
Show 15 more
  • App forgets login credentials after updates
  • SSO login redirects to web browser then hangs
  • Alerts showing as stale data requiring manual refresh
  • Links in alerts not opening when tapped
  • Apple Watch app showing incorrect on-call status
  • Apple Watch app timing out and not syncing alerts
  • App crashes when receiving alerts
  • Policy verification error preventing app opening
  • Cannot verify policy error on reinstall
  • Bulk acknowledge button not appearing with 50+ incidents
  • Notification banners blocking user actions
  • Dashboard showing incorrect on-call days with dots
  • Alerts not sounding or using wrong notification tone
  • App unable to handle large numbers of incidents
  • Slow app responsiveness and performance issues

Requested features

17 requests
  • Custom ringtone support for different alert types
  • Volume control for notifications
  • Ability to categorize which alerts are critical
  • Dark mode option
  • Multiple account support without logout
Show 12 more
  • Focus mode integration for different on-call schedules
  • Extended calendar view showing future schedules
  • App badge showing unacknowledged alert count
  • Custom vibration patterns
  • Ability to copy text from alert fields
  • Mute option for longer than 10 hours
  • Disable non-critical alerts while keeping critical ones
  • Sound preview functionality
  • In-app bug report submission
  • Notification rules configuration in app
  • Show primary/secondary on-call rotation status
  • Ringer volume control instead of app volume

FireHydrant

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Opsgenie

No in-app purchases

None

FireHydrant

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Opsgenie free?
Opsgenie is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FireHydrant free?
FireHydrant is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Opsgenie or FireHydrant?
FireHydrant is rated higher. Opsgenie averages 2.1 out of 5 from 122 ratings, while FireHydrant averages 4.3 from 8 ratings.
Do Opsgenie or FireHydrant have ads?
Neither Opsgenie nor FireHydrant shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Opsgenie or FireHydrant?
Opsgenie ships an update every 3 weeks, and FireHydrant every 3 weeks. Most recently, Opsgenie was updated on September 18, 2026 and FireHydrant on September 19, 2026.

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