Active · vs Cool Guard
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.
Cool Guard
Monitor your K9 partner's environmental comfort levels remotely. Receive instant push notifications and view warning or alarm events when heat or cold triggers are met. Allows departments and dispatch to monitor K9 status.
- K9 comfort tracking
- Heat and cold trigger alerts
- Push notifications
- Warning and alarm event display
- Department and 911 dispatch monitoring
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Now you can track the comfort of you K9 Partner anytime on your smart phone. Anytime the Heat Index reaches your hot or cold trigger set point, the Cool Guard K9 Handler App send a push notification to you and quickly displays the Warning or Alarm event in the app so that you can check on your partner. Your Department and 911 Dispatch has eyes on your K9 Partner as part of the capability of this app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Cool Guard at 5.0 against Active ·'s 4.2. Cool Guard also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks). Active ·'s advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 2) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). 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.
Cool Guard holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively.
Active · ships an update every 6 weeks, Cool Guard every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Active · | Cool Guard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 209 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Motorola Solutions, Inc | TouchLync, Inc |
Customer experience
Active ·
Cool Guard
In-app purchases
Active ·
No in-app purchases
Cool Guard
No in-app purchases
