Active · vs PNW Callout
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Active ·
This app offers real-time situational awareness for first responders. It provides a live location view of team members, enhancing coordination and response efforts.
- Real-time location tracking
- Situational awareness for teams
- Enhanced coordination
- First responder focused
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Active provides a situational awareness for first responders, enabling a real-time location view of team members.
PNW Callout
This event management tool helps teams track attendance for activities and notify members of requests. It can report member locations during active events until they mark themselves safe. Requires an active team subscription to use.
- Event attendance management
- Member notifications
- Location reporting during events
- Marking members safe
- Team subscription required
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PNW Callout is an event management tool for teams that need to manage attendance for events, trainings, and other activities. PNW Callout was developed here in the Pacific Northwest and is well suited for Search and Rescue teams of all sizes, as well as other teams that need a simple event management tool. PNW Callout notifies members as soon as their attendance has been requested, and can report each member's location while they are actively responding to an event, until they mark themselves home safe. Please note that the active GPS functionality can dramatically decrease battery life. NOTE: You must be a member of a team with an active subscription in order to use this application.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PNW Callout at 5.0 against Active ·'s 4.2. PNW Callout also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 6 weeks) and device support (4 vs 1). On price, ratings volume, 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.
PNW Callout holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 3 respectively.
Active · ships an update every 6 weeks, PNW Callout every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on June 30, 2026 and July 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Active · | PNW Callout |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 221 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Motorola Solutions, Inc | HOME SAFE LLC |
Customer experience
Active ·
PNW Callout
In-app purchases
Active ·
No in-app purchases
PNW Callout
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Active · free?
Is PNW Callout free?
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