Comparison

Fieldguard vs Drone Radar by Mainline

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

Head to head
About

Fieldguard

This app provides timely and contextual air threat information for organizations operating in Ukraine. It offers relevant alerts, threat type details, and a personal SOS button with geolocation for emergencies. Administrators can also initiate safety check-ins and view a live alert map.

Highlights
  • Region-specific alerts
  • Contextual threat information
  • Personal SOS button with geolocation
  • Administrator safety check-ins
  • Live alert map
  • Customizable sound settings
Features
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Fieldguard is an essential safety tool designed for humanitarian, volunteer, and other non-governmental organizations operating in Ukraine. Our mission is to provide staff with timely, contextual, and reliable information to make informed safety decisions during air threats. This app is intended for use by employees of client organizations and requires an organization-provided activation key. Key Features of Fieldguard: RELEVANT ALERTS Monitor only the specific regions you need. This reduces "alert fatigue" and ensures that notifications are always relevant to your team's location and operational needs. CONTEXTUAL THREAT INFORMATION Instead of a generic siren, Fieldguard specifies the type of threat (e.g., missiles, drones, aviation activity) using our proprietary NLP analysis module. This provides crucial context for better risk assessment. PERSONAL SOS BUTTON WITH GEOLOCATION For individual emergencies, authorized users can activate the SOS button. This sends an immediate distress signal with their precise, real-time geolocation to all designated administrators. The critical alert is delivered simultaneously to the web dashboard and the administrators' own mobile apps, ensuring a rapid and targeted response. EMERGENCY SAFETY CHECK Administrators can initiate a critical "Are you OK?" check-in with selected users or groups directly from the admin dashboard. This high-priority alert is designed to bypass silent mode, ensuring it is seen and heard immediately, allowing organizations to quickly account for their team's safety. LIVE ALERT MAP Get a real-time, at-a-glance overview of the security situation. The in-app interactive map displays all currently active air alerts across Ukraine, helping you visualize the full operational picture. CUSTOMIZABLE SOUND SETTINGS Our multi-tiered sound system helps distinguish between different threat levels by sound alone. Each sound group, including all-clear notifications, can be enabled or disabled, giving users full control. NOTIFICATION HISTORY & STATUS INDICATORS Review a full history of past alerts and instantly assess the current situation with a clear, color-coded status screen. Why Fieldguard for Your Organization? Fieldguard is built to provide situational awareness and active safety management for teams on the ground. To ensure clear communication for both international and local personnel, the entire interface and all alerts are available in both English and Ukrainian. By delivering clear, prioritized, and customizable information—including critical tools like the SOS Button and the Safety Check feature—we help enhance the safety protocols of your organization. Support: For questions or support inquiries, please contact us at: support@fieldguard.com.ua Important Disclaimer: The Fieldguard application uses data from open sources. Always follow official recommendations and instructions from local authorities and the State Emergency Service of Ukraine.

About

Drone Radar by Mainline

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Turn your iPhone into part of a community acoustic radar network. Drone Radar listens for sound patterns that may match drone engines. Analysis happens on the device. When the app finds a likely match, it uploads a short audio sample and location context for further analysis. It does not continuously stream your surroundings. PUT A SPARE PHONE ON DUTY Place it by a window or in a sheltered outdoor location, connect it to power, and let it listen. Every contributing phone expands coverage, and every useful recording helps build a more accurate real-world dataset. HOW IT WORKS • On-device analysis looks for drone-like engine sounds. • Only short candidate clips are uploaded. • Precise location is used privately to place detections; the public map obscures the sensor’s exact location. • A live status view shows when your sensor is listening and what it has detected. A COMMUNITY-BUILT NETWORK One phone can hear only so much. A network of phones can cover streets, neighborhoods, and eventually much larger areas. Your spare device can become a small but meaningful part of a shared protective network. CURRENT STAGE Drone Radar is in an early data-collection stage. It does not yet provide emergency alerts and must not be relied upon for safety-critical decisions. This release helps collect real-world samples and improve reliable drone recognition. PRIVACY Audio is analyzed on-device. An uploaded candidate clip may contain nearby voices, and detection records include precise location. This data is private and used only to operate and improve Drone Radar. The app does not use advertising tracking. Microphone and precise location access are required for detection. Notifications are optional.

Screenshots

Fieldguard4 screens
Drone Radar by Mainline4 screens

Verdict

The call

Fieldguard and Drone Radar by Mainline are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Fieldguard versus Drone Radar by Mainline: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFieldguardDrone Radar by Mainline
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDmytro UhrynMainline

In-app purchases

None

Fieldguard

No in-app purchases

None

Drone Radar by Mainline

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fieldguard free?
Fieldguard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Drone Radar by Mainline free?
Drone Radar by Mainline is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Fieldguard or Drone Radar by Mainline have ads?
Neither Fieldguard nor Drone Radar by Mainline shows ads.

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