Comparison

Crisis Track vs GridCritical

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Crisis Track

This app streamlines disaster management for communities by integrating damage assessments and FEMA grant applications into existing workflows. It offers features for tracking road closures, labor costs, and emergency tasks, providing an executive view of operations.

Highlights
  • Preliminary damage assessment
  • Road closure tracking
  • Force labor and equipment cost tracking
  • Emergency management task tracking
  • Executive view of operations
  • Dynamic in-field forms
Features
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Crisis Track helps a community conduct damage assessments and process FEMA grant applications by integrating disaster management into an organization’s typical disaster workflows - clearing roads, inspecting buildings, maintaining parks, and mapping the community. The consolidation of these activities provides the emergency manager with a community-wide view of disaster management operations. Crisis Track Features include: Preliminary Damage Assessment - consistently conduct a preliminary damage assessment with little or no team training. Road Closures - capture debris and damage information due to closures on roadways and bridges Force Labor and Equipment Cost Tracking - accumulate disaster costs into the FEMA Preliminary Damage Assessment forms based on preloaded rates. Emergency Management Task Tracking - track typical and atypical emergency management tasks to help you keep appraised of their status. Executive View – provide your leadership with real-time updates on disaster operations, current damage assessments, and FEMA declaration thresholds. Dynamic Forms – update the in-field mobile apps upon request should your information needs change. Flexible Licensing – provide unlimited access to your departments and partner organizations The Crisis Track system will enhance your emergency management operations for a faster, more efficient, more collaborative disaster management process. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

About

GridCritical

Features
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The Voltagy GridCritical Platform is an enterprise-grade emergency response and resource management system designed specifically for utility companies. Built to handle the complex demands of storm response operations, the platform provides comprehensive tools for managing field resources, tracking work orders, and coordinating restoration efforts across large geographic areas.

Screenshots

Crisis Track3 screens
GridCritical3 screens

Verdict

The call

Crisis Track and GridCritical are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Crisis Track versus GridCritical: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrisis TrackGridCritical
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size120 MB76 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEMSystems LLCVoltagy

In-app purchases

None

Crisis Track

No in-app purchases

None

GridCritical

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Crisis Track free?
Crisis Track is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is GridCritical free?
GridCritical is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Crisis Track or GridCritical have ads?
Neither Crisis Track nor GridCritical shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Crisis Track or GridCritical?
Crisis Track ships an update every 2 months, and GridCritical every 2 months. Most recently, Crisis Track was updated on October 24, 2026 and GridCritical on October 8, 2026.

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