Responder vs Respond
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Responder
This secure messaging app provides a closed user-group communication platform for businesses. It offers features like priority alerts, status updates, and location reporting to enhance worker management and emergency response.
- Secure 2-way closed user group messaging
- Priority alert messaging
- Repeated alerts for missed messages
- Status updates
- Location reporting
- Integration with PageOne Connect/Flare
- API gateway integration
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The Responder App from PageOne offers business users a secure, closed user-group two-way messaging service that fully integrates with PageOneβs Connect/Flare messaging and worker management service. The Responder app supports status and location monitoring to enhance worker management and improve incident or emergency response. Features:- Secure 2-way closed user group messaging and alerting Priority alert messaging option (overrides silent) Repeated alerts for missed priority alerts Status Updates Location Reporting option (auto-disabled when status is Unavailable) Integrates with PageOne Connect/Flare messaging suite Integrates with third-party software systems via PageOne API gateway
Respond
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Respond-ER helps your organisation manage incidents from the first alert to the stand-down. Raise an incident in seconds and send it straight to the people who need to know. If someone does not acknowledge, Respond-ER re-alerts them and then escalates to the next person, so a missed alert does not stall the response. You can see who has responded, where they are, and their current status. Everything for the incident sits in one place. Use the live chat to coordinate, work through the action cards for your role, and keep notes, photos, documents, and voice notes attached to the record. Your emergency plans are built in, so the right procedure is one tap away when it matters. Between incidents, keep your teams ready. Run inspections and audits from your phone, record defects with photos, and score the results for reporting. Follow your situational awareness picture so you understand your posture before anything happens. Features: Real-time incident alerts with acknowledgement and escalation Live incident chat and role-based action cards Notes, photos, documents, and voice notes on every incident Emergency and business continuity plans Mobile inspections and audits with photo capture and scoring Situational awareness dashboard Secure sign-in with biometric unlock Organisations use Respond-ER to alert their people, coordinate the response, and keep an accurate record of what happened.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Respond at every 4 weeks against Responder's every 8 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Responder ships an update every 8 months, Respond every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Responder | Respond |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 37.5% of reviews | β |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 4 weeks β better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | β |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PageOne Communications Ltd | Adjutant Software Ltd |
In-app purchases
Responder
No in-app purchases
Respond
No in-app purchases









