Pelican RALS vs Tyler Shield Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pelican RALS
Control your Pelican RALS lighting devices remotely from your smartphone. Adjust brightness and power with a simple interface. This app is compatible with Bluetooth-enabled RALS products, including the Pelican 9440B.
- Remote operation via smartphone
- Bluetooth connectivity
- Simple on/off button
- Dimming slider for brightness control
- Compatible with Pelican 9440B
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Now operate your Pelican RALS via your smart phone. The new Pelican app allows you to operate any Bluetooth enabled versions of the RALS product range. Features include a simple on/off button and a dimming slider to select the required setting for your lighting application. Compatible products: Pelican 9440B
Tyler Shield Mobile
Enhance officer safety and preparedness with intelligent, law-specific dispatching. This app provides context-aware critical information based on role and location, ensuring mission-critical data is always accessible.
- Intelligent, law-specific dispatching
- Context-aware critical information
- Easy-to-read route to calls
- Responder location and ETA
- Instant access to building maps and plans
- Secure communications
- Real-time call details
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Police crews stay safer and better prepared using Tyler Shield Mobil created specifically for licensed users of Tyler Technologies’ Law Enforcement software solutions. With intelligent, law-specific dispatching capabilities, this app offers context awareness, which presents critical information based on your role and where and when you are. This intuitive app knows the information users need – at the moment they need it - ensuring mission-critical information is always at their fingertips with features including: • Easy-to-read route to the call • Location of other responders and their estimated time of arrival • Instant access to building maps, preplans, and tactical plans • Access to building contact information including names and phone numbers • Real-time access to call details and incident narrative • Secure communications with dispatch and other responders • Immediate access to incident summary reports • Search functionality for persons and vehicles Tyler users empower themselves using Shield Mobile with the confidence of knowing they won’t ever miss a call or be delayed waiting on others for information.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Tyler Shield Mobile at 3.8 against Pelican RALS's 2.5. Tyler Shield Mobile also leads on review sentiment (53% vs 17%) and ratings volume (329 vs 2). Pelican RALS's advantage is iOS requirement (7.0 vs 17.0). 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.
Tyler Shield Mobile holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tyler Shield Mobile has 329 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of Pelican RALS's written reviews are positive against 53% of Tyler Shield Mobile's.
Pelican RALS ships an update every 2 months, Tyler Shield Mobile every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pelican RALS | Tyler Shield Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (2 ratings) | 3.8 (329 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews | 52.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 329 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 155 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Pelican Products, Inc. | Tyler Technologies, Inc |
Customer experience
Pelican RALS
Tyler Shield Mobile
Bugs and requests
Pelican RALS
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Tyler Shield Mobile
Reported bugs
8 issues- Date of birth incorrect
- Routing function incorrect
- Can't print
- Clipping to clipboard no longer works
- App re-logs and shows in service if not shut down
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- Calls not updated
- Details not loading
- Buggy
Requested features
9 requests- Wish it had CarPlay
- Connect to Apple CarPlay
- Support for CarPlay
- Add CarPlay capabilities
- Ability to view call details of other calls when on a ticket
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- Fix issue with re-logging and showing in service
- Update in real-time without logging out
- Adjust status order
- Automatically remove secondary location when going back in service
In-app purchases
Pelican RALS
No in-app purchases
Tyler Shield Mobile
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Pelican RALS free?
Is Tyler Shield Mobile free?
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