Metro Alert vs LIFENET Care
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Real-time location alerts
- Aircraft availability and ETA
- HIPAA compliant photo sharing
- Medical and trauma reference
- Access to education and courses
- EMS pocket reference
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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.
LIFENET Care
Facilitates seamless communication between EMS and hospitals with live video, audio, and secure text for consultations and alerts. It streamlines collaboration among healthcare providers, enabling them to connect as one team for integrated care delivery.
- Live video, audio, and secure text communication
- Consultations, alerts, and notifications
- Automatic or manual patient record creation
- Mobile and web-based access
- Configurable checklists for patient care
- Streamlined collaboration for integrated healthcare
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The LIFENET® Care app is an extension of the LIFENET Care ecosystem that will provide both EMS and hospitals with powerful communication capabilities. This app features live video, audio and secure text for consultations, alerts and notifications. It also offers the same reliable and secure data and device ecosystem that is designed to streamline communication and collaboration. The app is easy to use and enables healthcare providers to quickly connect as one team, simplifying the delivery of integrated healthcare. Together with our suite of devices, the new app is a valuable tool for healthcare providers. EMS and Hospital: • Automatic or manual creation of patient records. • Mobile and web-based options allow you to choose your device. • Prepare and collaborate with the entire care team for any type of patient, using checklists with audio, video or text for quick notifications, alerts or consults. • Configure, view and customize checklists, time goals and team members to fit your protocols.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Metro Alert at 67% against LIFENET Care's 0%. Metro Alert also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 26.0). LIFENET Care's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (8 vs 2). On price, update cadence, 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.
LIFENET Care holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 8 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Metro Alert's written reviews are positive against 0% of LIFENET Care's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Metro Alert ships an update every 2 months, LIFENET Care every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Metro Alert | LIFENET Care |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 4.6 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 114 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Metro Aviation, Inc. | Physio-Control, Inc. |
Customer experience
Metro Alert
LIFENET Care
In-app purchases
Metro Alert
No in-app purchases
LIFENET Care
No in-app purchases









