BlackBerry AtHoc vs AWBS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BlackBerry AtHoc
Receive critical alerts and share real-time media from the field during events. Easily send duress signals or your GPS location for enhanced security. Operators can manage alerts and ensure safety on the go.
- Receive critical alerts
- Share pictures and videos from the field
- Send one-click duress signals
- Share real-time GPS location
- Send alerts on the go
- Manage system on the go
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The BlackBerry AtHoc mobile app brings the industry’s leading crisis communication capabilities to the palm of your hands. During an event, users can receive critical alerts, and easily share pictures and videos from the field back to their operations center to enhance situational awareness across the organization. Users can also send one-click duress signals or even share their real-time GPS location to give further awareness of their location for added security and protection. In addition, system operators are enabled to send alerts and manage their system while on-the-go, helping to get the word out and ensure safety for their people. Learn more about BlackBerry AtHoc’s Mobile Apps here: https://www.athoc.com/products/platform.html#mobile Note: • Use of the BlackBerry AtHoc mobile app requires an Organization Code from your system administrator. • The BlackBerry AtHoc mobile app uses GPS services when location tracker feature is ON. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
AWBS
Manage aircraft weight and balance throughout its maintenance lifecycle. This system allows for easy inventory tracking, recording weighing data, and generating flight clearance forms to ensure operational limits are met.
- Aircraft handbook maintenance support
- Inventory management
- Record aircraft weighing data
- Wireless weighing system interface
- Basic weight and CG management
- Flight clearance form generation
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Lockheed Martin's Automated Weight and Balance System supports the complete lifecycle of aircraft handbook maintenance. Quickly and easily manage the inventory of the aircraft by marking items in or out on the Basic Weight Checklist. Record aircraft weighing data on the Aircraft Weighing Record while optionally interfacing with wireless aircraft weighing systems. Manage basic aircraft weight and CG by creating entries on the Basic Weight and Balance Record. Create Flight Clearance Forms to ensure that your aircraft is within operational limits.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: AWBS at 100% against BlackBerry AtHoc's 19%. AWBS also leads on rating (4.2 vs 2.6) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.0). BlackBerry AtHoc's advantage is ratings volume (74 vs 6) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
AWBS holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BlackBerry AtHoc has 74 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 19% of BlackBerry AtHoc's written reviews are positive against 100% of AWBS's.
BlackBerry AtHoc ships an update every 2 months, AWBS every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BlackBerry AtHoc | AWBS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (74 ratings) | 4.2 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 19.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 74 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 126 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AtHoc, Inc. | Lockheed Martin |
Customer experience
BlackBerry AtHoc
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In-app purchases
BlackBerry AtHoc
No in-app purchases
AWBS
No in-app purchases









