Comparison

BART vs Gould Instruments

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

Gould Instruments

Features
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Gould Instruments is the field companion for technicians who test and certify fire-safety and water systems. Connect to your Bluetooth flowmeter, run the test, capture the readings, and hand over a finished report before you leave the site. BUILT FOR THE EQUIPMENT YOU ACTUALLY SERVICE • Fire hydrants and hydrant flow tests • Fire sprinkler systems • Fire hose reels • Fire booster pumps • Fire supply mains • Backflow prevention devices • Thermostatic mixing valves (TMVs) • Emergency showers and eyewash stations • Hydrostatic pressure tests BLUETOOTH GAUGE, NO MANUAL TRANSCRIPTION Pair directly with your Gould flowmeter over Bluetooth Low Energy. Live pressure and flow readings stream straight into the app, plot on a chart as the test runs, and are recorded against the right asset — no clipboard, no re-typing numbers back at the office. The app remembers your last gauge and reconnects automatically. WORKS WHERE THE WORK IS Plant rooms, basements, remote sites — the app is offline-first. Everything you record is stored on the device and syncs to the cloud once you're back in range. Start a job with no signal, finish it, and let it upload later. Nothing waits on a network you don't have. REPORTS ON THE SPOT Generate a professional test report the moment the job is done, complete with your test data, site photos and an on-screen customer signature. Upload your own document template so every report goes out in your company's format. Review past reports in the app and share them straight from your device. ASSET LABELS AND QR SCANNING Print QR labels for equipment straight from the app, then scan them on your next visit and the asset's serial number and description fill themselves in — no squinting at a faded plate. Tap to focus makes scanning quick even in poor plant-room light. Owner and tester contact details get labels too, so anyone on site can scan them into their phone. OWNERS, TEST KITS AND RETEST REMINDERS Keep your owner contacts and test kit register in one place, with each kit's serial and verification date on hand for the report. Every report you complete schedules its own retest reminder, so the next service date turns up on your phone instead of on a spreadsheet. EVERYTHING IN ONE PLACE • Live gauge readings with test charts • Site photos attached to the right test • Customer signature capture • Owner contacts and test kit register • Automatic retest reminders • Past reports kept on the device • Automatic cloud sync and backup Gould Instruments turns a day of paperwork into a day of testing.

Screenshots

BART4 screens
Gould Instruments4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: BART at every 6 weeks against Gould Instruments's every 6 months. 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, Gould Instruments every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
BART versus Gould Instruments: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBARTGould Instruments
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews59.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB66 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperEMERG Solutions PTY LTDGould Instruments Pty Ltd

In-app purchases

None

BART

No in-app purchases

None

Gould Instruments

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BART free?
BART is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gould Instruments free?
Gould Instruments is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BART or Gould Instruments have ads?
Neither BART nor Gould Instruments shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BART or Gould Instruments?
BART ships an update every 6 weeks, and Gould Instruments every 6 months. Most recently, BART was updated on September 19, 2026 and Gould Instruments on September 10, 2026.

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