Rapid_Mobile vs ScanSeries
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rapid_Mobile
Access your security account base directly from your iOS device. View signal history, contact information, panel details, and make account updates. Manage no-actions, passcodes, schedules, and review answering service messages.
- View signal history
- Access contact information
- Manage panel details
- Update account data
- Enter advanced no-actions
- Review answering service messages
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The second generation of Rapid Response's iOS app is here! Customers of Rapid Response Monitoring can access their security account base directly from the iPhone, iPad, or iTouch with RapidMobile. View all of your account information including signal history, contacts, panel info, zoning, no-actions, passcodes, schedules and account changes. Update data, enter advanced no-actions, view your answering service messages and more!
ScanSeries
Streamline inspections of fire and life safety devices with this comprehensive mobile tool. Quickly gather data, generate verifiable reports, and ensure compliance with code requirements. This app is designed for users of the BuildingReports Web-based inspection reporting system.
- Fire and life safety device inspections
- Quick data gathering
- Verifiable inspection reports
- Code compliance checks
- FireScan, SafetyScan, SprinklerScan, SuppressionScan, SecurityScan, HVACScan modules
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BuildingReports’ mobile and online inspection reporting tools enable inspectors to quickly gather data on fire and life safety devices to ensure they are working properly and meet code requirements, or identify actions needed to meet compliance through easily verifiable inspection reports. BuildingReports has the solutions, inspected device data and the qualified network to cement its reputation as the most trusted name in compliance reporting. *Note: This application is for customers who use the BuildingReports Web-based inspection reporting system only. It is an all-in-one application and contains: FireScan, SafetyScan, SprinklerScan, SuppressionScan, SecurityScan, and HVACScan. The app is supported on iPhone 4S (or newer) and iPod Touch 5th Gen. (or newer) devices.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ScanSeries at 3.8 against Rapid_Mobile's 3.2. ScanSeries also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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.
ScanSeries holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 30 and 48 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 45% of Rapid_Mobile's written reviews are positive against 43% of ScanSeries's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Rapid_Mobile ships an update every 3 months, ScanSeries every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and July 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rapid_Mobile | ScanSeries |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (30 ratings) | 3.8 (48 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.5% of reviews — better | 42.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 30 | 48 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rapid Response Monitoring | BuildingReports.com, Inc |
Customer experience
Rapid_Mobile
ScanSeries
In-app purchases
Rapid_Mobile
No in-app purchases
ScanSeries
No in-app purchases
