Comparison

Resgrid Responder vs MASD 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

MASD Alerting

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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
MASD Alerting4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Resgrid Responder at every 5 months against MASD Alerting's every 13 months. MASD 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, MASD Alerting every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on September 6, 2026 and May 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Resgrid Responder versus MASD Alerting: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterResgrid ResponderMASD Alerting
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews38.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 months — betterEvery 13 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.112.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size127 MB65 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperResgrid, LLC.Mach Alert, Inc.

In-app purchases

None

Resgrid Responder

No in-app purchases

None

MASD Alerting

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Resgrid Responder free?
Resgrid Responder is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MASD Alerting free?
MASD Alerting is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Resgrid Responder or MASD Alerting have ads?
Neither Resgrid Responder nor MASD Alerting shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Resgrid Responder or MASD Alerting?
Resgrid Responder ships an update every 5 months, and MASD Alerting every 13 months. Most recently, Resgrid Responder was updated on September 6, 2026 and MASD Alerting on May 16, 2026.

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