Comparison

BART vs AMPI

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

Head to head
About

BART

This application enhances communication and information access for emergency services personnel. It provides tools for team coordination, message feeds, and resource location, aiming to improve response times and safety.

Highlights
  • Pager message feed
  • Message centre
  • Parallel notifications (SMS, email, push)
  • Member qualifications
  • Rostering and availability
  • Mapping and geolocation
  • Incident routing
Features
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Are you a volunteer or professional emergency services worker? Stay connected with your team and find the information you need quickly and easily with BART. Don’t let limited budgets and resources stop you from doing the work that keeps your community safe! Bringing together a range of information critical to the event at hand, BART facilitates stronger communication between teams, safer working environments and quicker response times. BART helps teams communicate better: - Pager message feed (for approved members) - Message centre - Parallel SMS, email and push notifications - Member qualifications - Rostering, availability and attendance BART makes it easy to find the right information: - Mapping and geolocation - Incident routing - Resource locations (using map layers) - Estimated arrival time to headquarters Please note you must be registered for BART to use this Application. Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

About

AMPI

Features
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The Australasian Marine Pilots Institute (AMPI) is the peak professional body representing pilots across the Australasian region. The AMPI mobile App is an information-sharing tool to help improve maritime safety and enhance engagement amongst its members and maritime industry stakeholders. The App also contains a variety of useful information resources regarding pilot transfer arrangements for operational reference purposes. The 'Next Port Report Forms' enable Australian marine pilots to notify the next port where non-compliance with the pilot transfer requirements is identified. Users must agree to the User Agreement to gain access to the App. The AMPI mobile App is another great step forward to improve maritime safety outcomes for marine pilots throughout the Australasian region - proudly developed by Australian developers 'App Wizard' (appwizard.com.au). For further information, or to report technical issues with the App, please contact the App developers via email to info@appwizard.com.au

Screenshots

BART4 screens
AMPI4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: BART at every 6 weeks against AMPI's every 16 months. AMPI's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BART ships an update every 6 weeks, AMPI every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
BART versus AMPI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBARTAMPI
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews59.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 16 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.112.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB98 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperEMERG SOLUTIONS PTY LTDAustralasian Marine Pilots Institute Limited

Bugs and requests

BART

Reported bugs

19 issues
  • Personal information not saving
  • Notification volume linked to iOS media volume
  • App not working after updates
  • White app with red lines downloaded
  • App remains in settings after deletion
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  • Error: 'You may be offline. Check your connection and try again.'
  • App not displaying alerts or messages
  • Saving tones not working for iPhones
  • Sound not working on iPhone 11, especially on silent mode
  • App crashing when accepting/declining jobs
  • Streaming of radio traffic stopped unexpectedly
  • Radio playback function not working
  • App not alerting via audible tone
  • Push notifications not working since iOS 8 update
  • Map icon not always appearing
  • App crashes frequently
  • Don't get SMS job notifications
  • Text too small to read on iPhone 5
  • App does not auto rotate with phone orientation

Requested features

13 requests
  • Apple Watch app availability
  • More critical alert tones
  • Modern alert types
  • Ability to disable unused features
  • Users add their own qualifications
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  • Siri support for hands-free responding
  • Responding/not responding button on Apple Watch
  • Personal messaging between users
  • Alert when phone is on silent
  • More hydrant data
  • Profile upload from stored photo
  • Regions for other parts of Australia
  • Multiple ringtones

AMPI

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

BART

No in-app purchases

None

AMPI

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BART free?
BART is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AMPI free?
AMPI is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BART or AMPI have ads?
Neither BART nor AMPI shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BART or AMPI?
BART ships an update every 6 weeks, and AMPI every 16 months. Most recently, BART was updated on November 10, 2026 and AMPI on November 11, 2026.

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