Comparison

Resgrid Responder vs SuffolkVa Alerting

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

Head to head
About

Resgrid Responder

This app provides a comprehensive logistics, communication, and management system for first responder organizations. It helps coordinate personnel, resources, and incidents, with features for dispatching, staffing, and reporting.

Highlights
  • Personnel and apparatus status tracking
  • Automated staffing schedules
  • Dispatch management with notes and files
  • Multi-channel dispatch notifications
  • Incident logging and note-taking
  • Big Board for station display
Features
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Resgrid is a logistics, communication and management (LCM) system that can be used by fire departments (volunteer and career), police, emergency medical services (EMS), search and rescue (SAR), hazmat, CERT, emergency management and other first responder or disaster response organizations to coordinate, communicate and manage personnel, resources (units/apparatuses), incident and reporting. Resgrid will show you the status and staffing level of all your personnel and apparatuses. Set automated staffing schedules, attach notes, images and files to dispatches (calls), blast out messages, poll personnel, create and view callbacks and much more. Log calls, take notes, use the Big Board to show all information on a monitor in your station. Resgrid can manage your calls, generated either internally or from an external CAD system. Auto import calls via emails, text messages or API calls. Resgrid can dispatch via Push Notifications, Email, Text Messages and Voice Calls. So even your personnel without smart phones or cell phones at all can use land lines to get dispatched from anywhere in the world. Resgrid is the only complete LCM (Logistics, Communication & Management) system for first responders and disaster response. With a suite of mobile applications (for Personnel, Units, Incident Commands and Data Reporting) and a zero-installation cloud based SaaS backend you can get up and running in minutes. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

About

SuffolkVa Alerting

Features
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Mach Alert is a full featured fire station alerting (FSA) solution designed to provide state of the art alerting functionality and reliability to public safety answering points (PSAP), fire and EMS facilities, and, with optional add-ons, to first responders in the field. Whether operating as a standalone system or via interface to a computer aided dispatch (CAD) product, Mach Alert is designed to minimize time spent dispatching at the 911 center and maximize the amount of critical information delivered to first responders when they need it most with tones, voice, and a robust catalog of add-ons and customization options. The Mach Alert Mobile Application is an optional companion for full Mach Alert FSA systems. Like functionality is only available with an associated services agreement.

Screenshots

Resgrid Responder4 screens
SuffolkVa Alerting4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Resgrid Responder at every 5 months against SuffolkVa Alerting's every 42 months. SuffolkVa Alerting's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Resgrid Responder ships an update every 5 months, SuffolkVa Alerting every 42 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Resgrid Responder versus SuffolkVa Alerting: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterResgrid ResponderSuffolkVa Alerting
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews38.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 months — betterEvery 42 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.112.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size127 MB64 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperResgrid, LLC.Mach Alert Inc.

In-app purchases

None

Resgrid Responder

No in-app purchases

None

SuffolkVa Alerting

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Resgrid Responder free?
Resgrid Responder is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SuffolkVa Alerting free?
SuffolkVa Alerting is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Resgrid Responder or SuffolkVa Alerting have ads?
Neither Resgrid Responder nor SuffolkVa Alerting shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Resgrid Responder or SuffolkVa Alerting?
Resgrid Responder ships an update every 5 months, and SuffolkVa Alerting every 42 months. Most recently, Resgrid Responder was updated on October 24, 2026 and SuffolkVa Alerting on October 27, 2026.

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