SBMonitor vs RISS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SBMonitor
Connect to your surveillance system to monitor multiple devices remotely. View live audio and video feeds, track device locations on a map, and configure combined media streams for comprehensive oversight.
- Monitor live video
- Monitor live audio
- Track device location on map
- Configure multiple device connections
- Combine audio, video, and location
- Timestamp of last known location
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Use this app to connect to your surveillance system. You can set up connections to monitor multiple devices that are served by different servers. Features: - Monitor live video of a remote device - See time stamp of image frames - Monitor live audio of a remote device - Follow moving remote device on a map - See timestamp of last known location - Configure connections to multiple devices - Enable combination of audio, video, and location for each device - Disallow configuration from device screen - Start and Stop Media Streams
RISS
This app facilitates secure information sharing for law enforcement and criminal justice partners. It supports investigations, promotes officer safety, and provides access to key resources and systems. Users require an existing account and specific training to access its features.
- Secure information sharing
- Facilitates criminal investigations
- Promotes officer safety
- Access to RISSIntel
- Officer Safety Event Deconfliction System
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RISS Mobile is the official app for the Regional Information Sharing Systems (RISS) Program. The mission of RISS is to assist local, state, federal, and tribal criminal justice partners by providing adaptive solutions and services that facilitate information sharing, support criminal investigations, and promote officer safety. RISS has been supporting the law enforcement and criminal justice communities for 50 years. See www.riss.net for additional information. The RISS Mobile App provides query capabilities for key RISS resources including RISSIntel and various information sharing platforms such as RISSLeads and RISS Officer Safety & Wellness Website. The RISS Mobile App also provides entry capabilities for RISSafe our Officer Safety Event Deconfliction System. Additional Capabilities to Follow RISSNET Mobile App users must have an existing RISSNET account and meet the full set of established user requirements for access including required training courses.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: RISS at every 4 months against SBMonitor's every 38 months. SBMonitor's advantage is iOS requirement (11.4 vs 16.4). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for SBMonitor against 5.0 for RISS. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 5 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
SBMonitor ships an update every 38 months, RISS every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on June 6, 2026 and August 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SBMonitor | RISS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 38 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.4 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Systems Engineering Technologies Corporation | Regional Organized Crime Information Center, Inc. |
Customer experience
SBMonitor
RISS
In-app purchases
SBMonitor
No in-app purchases
RISS
No in-app purchases
