Comparison

Metro Alert vs Plumb's | Standards

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

Head to head
About

Metro Alert

This app connects emergency first responders with communication centers, providing real-time location alerts and aircraft availability. It also offers medical reference information, photo sharing, and educational resources for emergency situations.

Highlights
  • Real-time location alerts
  • Aircraft availability and ETA
  • HIPAA compliant photo sharing
  • Medical and trauma reference
  • Access to education and courses
  • EMS pocket reference
Features
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Metro Alert is intended primarily for use by emergency first responders, but also may be utilized by those throughout the country as a reference tool. Metro Alert links the emergency first responder directly with the receiving organization's communication center. The GPS function instantly alerts the communication center of your location while we verify aircraft availability and ETA. This speeds response times and places the flight crew on standby at no cost to your patient. You still must go through your normal request channels to launch the helicopter. Metro Alert also provides additional functions and important reference information for medical and trauma emergencies including: • Send EKG, wound, accident scene photos • Send HIPAA compliant social media photos • Access education references and courses • EMS pocket reference • Contact information and more Although all public safety providers may utilize Metro Alert, registration is required for full activation and functionality. Registration is free and will take less than three minutes. Designed for all public safety personnel, this application was designed and tested in collaboration with emergency first responders.

About

Plumb's | Standards

This app provides trusted veterinary clinical decision support, integrating comprehensive drug information and treatment guidance. It offers tools for diagnosis, treatment, and client education, designed for veterinary professionals.

Highlights
  • Veterinary drug and dosing information
  • Drug interaction checker
  • Conversion calculator
  • Diagnosis and treatment monographs
  • Management algorithms
  • Differential diagnosis lists
  • Client education handouts
Features
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Welcome to Standards of Care, the veterinary clinical decision support tool from the team behind Plumb’s and Clinician’s Brief, with Plumb’s built in. Subscribed to Plumb’s? If you’re subscribed to the veterinary drug reference, Plumb’s, you can access all your prescribing information and tools in this app. Included in Plumb’s: - Comprehensive, continually updated veterinary drug and dosing information - Veterinary drug interaction checker with animal-specific guidance - A conversion calculator for quick math in the app - Notes feature for saving favorite notes and protocols - Convenient favorites feature for making your own quick reference list Visit plumbs.com to learn more. Subscribed to Standards™? If you’re subscribed to Standards of Care™, you can access all your Standards features (including Plumb’s) in this app. Included in Standards: - All the features of Plumb’s (see above) - Practical, peer-reviewed diagnosis and treatment monographs - An extensive library of diagnosis and management algorithms for step-by-step support - Peer-reviewed differential diagnosis lists - Shareable clinical handouts to support client education Visit standards.vet to learn more. DISCLAIMER Standards of Care and Plumb’s are online clinical resources to be used only for information purposes at the discretion of trained veterinary medical and pharmaceutical professionals to support diagnosis and treatment of small animal veterinary conditions. Learn more at standards.vet or plumbs.com. APP SUPPORT If you have feature requests or suggestions or simply need help, please visit help.plumbs.com and click on the chat icon to submit a request. Our responsive support team will be in touch with you. Privacy policy: https://plumbs.com/privacy-policy Terms of use: https://plumbs.com/terms-use Terms & conditions: https://plumbs.com/terms-conditions

Screenshots

Metro Alert2 screens
Plumb's | Standards4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Plumb's | Standards at 4.9 against Metro Alert's 3.0. Plumb's | Standards also leads on ratings volume (3.4K vs 2) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Metro Alert's advantage is monetization model (free vs subscription) and review sentiment (67% vs 56%). 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Plumb's | Standards holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Plumb's | Standards has 3.4K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Metro Alert's written reviews are positive against 56% of Plumb's | Standards's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Metro Alert ships an update every 2 months, Plumb's | Standards every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Metro Alert versus Plumb's | Standards: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMetro AlertPlumb's | Standards
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)4.9 (3.4K ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better55.8% of reviews
Number of ratings23.4K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB62 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperMetro Aviation, Inc.Brief Media

Customer experience

Metro Alert

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Plumb's | Standards

All ratings3,416 ratings
Positive98.8%
Neutral0.5%
Negative0.6%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive55.8%
Neutral11.6%
Negative32.6%

Bugs and requests

Metro Alert

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Plumb's | Standards

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Signing in issues
  • Crashing
  • Login/password reset problems
  • Compatibility issues on iPad

Requested features

2 requests
  • Add calculator function
  • Improve renewal/subscription management

In-app purchases

None

Metro Alert

No in-app purchases

None

Plumb's | Standards

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Metro Alert free?
Metro Alert is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Plumb's | Standards free?
Plumb's | Standards is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Metro Alert or Plumb's | Standards?
Plumb's | Standards is rated higher. Metro Alert averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Plumb's | Standards averages 4.9 from 3.4K ratings.
Do Metro Alert or Plumb's | Standards have ads?
Neither Metro Alert nor Plumb's | Standards shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Metro Alert or Plumb's | Standards?
Metro Alert ships an update every 2 months, and Plumb's | Standards every 3 weeks. Most recently, Metro Alert was updated on October 16, 2026 and Plumb's | Standards on October 27, 2026.

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