Comparison

BART vs EventSafe

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

EventSafe

Features
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This app is used at mass participation events such as charity walks, fun runs and bike races. It records and uploads your current location for use by the event operations personnel to assist in personal physical safety of all participants, and to aid event management.

Screenshots

BART4 screens
EventSafe3 screens

Verdict

The call

BART and EventSafe are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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, EventSafe monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
BART versus EventSafe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBARTEventSafe
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews59.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.114.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB93 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEMERG Solutions PTY LTDGraeme Vincent

In-app purchases

None

BART

No in-app purchases

None

EventSafe

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BART free?
BART is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is EventSafe free?
EventSafe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BART or EventSafe have ads?
Neither BART nor EventSafe shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BART or EventSafe?
BART ships an update every 6 weeks, and EventSafe monthly. Most recently, BART was updated on October 3, 2026 and EventSafe on September 26, 2026.

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