Comparison

ManageBridge vs WAVE PTX

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

Head to head
About

ManageBridge

This app extends powerful critical event management and communication tools to mobile devices. It allows users to securely send notifications, manage event task lists, and monitor safety reports from anywhere. Stay in control of your critical communications on the go.

Highlights
  • Send secure notifications with images
  • Create and manage event task lists
  • Monitor notification and safety reports
  • View Safety Connection user updates
  • Record and send voice messages
Features
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Everbridge ManageBridge brings the same set of rich communication features and critical event management tools available in the desktop version to mobile devices. The mobile app is available to Everbridge clients, providing more control than ever before over their critical communications. Features: - Securely send notifications complete with images to contacts by selecting individuals, groups, rules or a geographical region - Create, launch and manage event task lists from anywhere - Monitor notification and safety event reports - View updates from Safety Connection users - Record a voice message and send it immediately or save it as a template Whether it’s launching notifications on-the-fly or from a template to monitoring Safety Connection activities – ManageBridge makes managing all your critical events available convenient anywhere, anytime!

About

WAVE PTX

This app enables secure, reliable push-to-talk communication across various networks and devices. It extends existing two-way radio services to broadband users, enhancing team productivity with instant messaging and multimedia sharing.

Highlights
  • Secure broadband PTT communication
  • Carrier-independent network use
  • Emergency calling
  • Real-time streaming video
  • Voice and text messaging
  • User location tracking
Features
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Take Push-To-Talk Further: Based on 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Mission Critical Push-To-Talk (MCPTT) standards, WAVE PTT provides fast, secure, reliable broadband PTT communication across any network, any device. Expand existing land mobile radio (LMR) service to include broadband users on the devices and networks they already have. Extend two-way radio push-to-talk communication to phones, tablets and PCs and increase team productivity with instant communication anywhere you have a network or Wi-Fi connection. • Carrier-independent, use any 3G/4G LTE, public Wi-Fi, or private data network connection • Emergency calling and other critical communications features • Real time streaming video • Voice messaging, pre-recorded or record-and-send • Group and private 1-1 PTT calls • Group and private 1-1 text messaging • Persistent threaded history of messages, texts, multimedia • Interoperability to LMR networks • Multimedia - share images, videos, or files • Locate and track users on a map WAVE PTT is not available for use by individual consumers. Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

Screenshots

ManageBridge4 screens
WAVE PTX4 screens

Verdict

The call

ManageBridge and WAVE PTX both sit at 3.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 79% of ManageBridge's written reviews are positive against 36% of WAVE PTX's. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.7 for ManageBridge against 3.7 for WAVE PTX. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 38 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 79% of ManageBridge's written reviews are positive against 36% of WAVE PTX's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ManageBridge ships an update every 2 months, WAVE PTX every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
ManageBridge versus WAVE PTX: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterManageBridgeWAVE PTX
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (15 ratings)3.7 (38 ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.6% of reviews — better35.7% of reviews
Number of ratings1538 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615 — better
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB77 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperEverbridge, Inc.Motorola Solutions, Inc

Customer experience

ManageBridge

All ratings15 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral6.7%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive78.6%
Neutral3.6%
Negative17.9%

WAVE PTX

All ratings38 ratings
Positive65.8%
Neutral7.9%
Negative26.3%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive35.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative64.3%

In-app purchases

None

ManageBridge

No in-app purchases

None

WAVE PTX

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ManageBridge free?
ManageBridge is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is WAVE PTX free?
WAVE PTX is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ManageBridge or WAVE PTX?
WAVE PTX is rated higher. ManageBridge averages 3.7 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while WAVE PTX averages 3.7 from 38 ratings.
Do ManageBridge or WAVE PTX have ads?
Neither ManageBridge nor WAVE PTX shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ManageBridge or WAVE PTX?
ManageBridge ships an update every 2 months, and WAVE PTX every 4 months. Most recently, ManageBridge was updated on September 22, 2026 and WAVE PTX on September 13, 2026.

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