Resgrid Responder vs iSpyMobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
iSpyMobile
This application provides first responders with live, constantly updating data and information crucial for emergency response success. It offers flexible technology for fire, police, and EMS agencies, delivering real-time call notifications, locations, and mapping.
- Call notification
- Call information
- Call location
- Map layers
- Address history
- Directions
- Apparatus-specific features
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Helping first responders help people. Getting you invaluable data, information, and details for first-response success. Flexible technology for all emergency-related agencies including fire, police, EMS, and more. All live streaming, constantly updating. An iSpyFire account is required to use this application. Features include: Call notification Call information Call location Map layers Address history Directions Responding Apparatus-specific features including AVL and personnel on board BATTERY CONSUMPTION Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. iSpyFire has been designed to use GPS and other sensors sparingly. The app relies on location data only while you are responding to a location or when you are attempting to create a new location (except when an apparatus is in AVL mode, in which case it is constantly checking).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Resgrid Responder at 4.4 against iSpyMobile's 2.8. Resgrid Responder also leads on monetization model (free vs freemium). iSpyMobile's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (30 vs 7). On price, review sentiment, 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.
Resgrid Responder holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 30 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of Resgrid Responder's written reviews are positive against 32% of iSpyMobile's.
Resgrid Responder ships an update every 5 months, iSpyMobile every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 6, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Resgrid Responder | iSpyMobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (7 ratings) — better | 2.8 (30 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 38.5% of reviews — better | 31.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 30 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.1 | 15.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 127 MB | 376 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Resgrid, LLC. | iSpyFire, Inc. |
Customer experience
Resgrid Responder
iSpyMobile
Bugs and requests
Resgrid Responder
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
iSpyMobile
Reported bugs
18 issues- App crashes when opening native maps
- Notifications don't respect disable settings
- Closed calls not displaying despite toggle enabled
- Calls not loading or showing as zero calls
- App force closes when accessing notifications from lock screen
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- Inconsistent call alerts (sometimes missing, sometimes delayed)
- Settings reset after logout/login
- App logging out unexpectedly
- Buttons unresponsive in new UI
- App crashes when selecting response status
- Notification tone defaults to system sound instead of app selection
- Automatic updates overriding user disable settings
- Call information not populating for weeks
- Spinning loading circle indefinitely
- Interface appears different on each app open
- Delayed call notifications (5+ minutes late)
- Calls visible in alerts but not in app dashboard
- App won't load calls after receiving alert
Requested features
14 requests- Revert to previous app version design
- Adjustable text size controls
- Dark mode toggle option
- Google Maps integration option
- Persistent notification settings
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- Ability to disable notifications per shift
- Better closed call history access
- Improved map zoom defaults
- Agency-specific notification filtering
- Critical alert override for Do Not Disturb mode
- Swipe navigation controls
- Hydrant distance display
- Call plans section functionality
- Better CAD notes visibility
In-app purchases
Resgrid Responder
No in-app purchases
iSpyMobile
No in-app purchases
Questions
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