Comparison

Blue Dispatch vs Sherlock Warrants

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

Head to head
About

Blue Dispatch

This app simplifies off-duty job management for law enforcement officers. It helps find, book, and track extra shifts with features like smart job filters and earnings tracking. Privacy is prioritized with location tracking only active during clocked-in hours.

Highlights
  • Smart job filters
  • Easy booking and scheduling
  • Earnings tracking
  • Location tracking when active
  • Transparent shift information
  • Clock in/out with real-time tracking
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Built for law enforcement. Designed for real-world schedules. This app makes managing off-duty jobs simple, secure, and officer-first. Whether you’re looking for extra shifts or staying on top of your hours, everything you need is in one place. Key Features Include: Smart Job Filters Quickly find the jobs that fit your schedule, location, and preferences. Easy Booking & Scheduling View upcoming shifts, see job details at a glance, and book with a single tap. Earnings Tracking Keep tabs on your income with clear, automatic logs of your completed jobs. Location Tracking Only When Active Your privacy matters. Location is only used while you’re clocked in. Never before or after. Transparent Shift Info See when a job starts and ends, and any important instructions. All up front. Clock In & Out with Confidence Start and stop your jobs with real-time tracking and clear time stamps. Whether you’re picking up one shift or managing a busy off-duty calendar, this app helps you stay organized, informed, and in control.

About

Sherlock Warrants

This app assists sworn law enforcement officers in generating court-ready warrants. It automates the complex paperwork by taking probable cause statements and building the necessary legal documents, statutes, and provider details. Offers hands-free voice input and organized case management.

Highlights
  • Automated warrant generation
  • Voice and text input
  • InstaWrite and Build modes
  • 35 warrant families
  • 150+ provider integrations
  • Case-organized library
  • Hands-free operation
Features
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Sherlock Warrants is built for sworn law enforcement officers. Verified access only. The warrant is the hardest paperwork in policing: the statutes, the structure, the format the court expects, the hours it takes to get all of it exactly right. Sherlock was built for that job first. You bring the probable cause. Sherlock builds the warrant around it. Talk to it or type to it. Say "Hey Sherlock" and tell it what you need on the case you are already working: "On my homicide case, I need call detail records and timing advance locations for the suspect's Verizon phone." Sherlock picks the correct warrant family, asks for the precise records from the right provider, and writes a complete, court-ready application and affidavit around the probable cause statement you supply. Statutes quoted word for word, formatted the way your court expects. Sherlock never writes your probable cause and never decides your legal grounds. Those are yours. It does the clerical work, so you can do the police work. With your probable cause statement ready, the draft comes back in about two minutes. Review it, edit right on the page, print it or export it. TWO WAYS TO WRITE InstaWrite: One tap. A complete, court-formatted warrant for your warrant type and provider appears instantly, statutes and items to be seized already in place. Add your case specifics, trim what does not apply, sign. Build: Want to be walked through it? Build asks for exactly what the warrant needs, field by field, and writes it in finished form. BUILT FOR THE WARRANTS YOU ACTUALLY WRITE Person, place, thing and vehicle searches. DUI blood draws. GPS vehicle trackers. Cellphone pings. Tower dumps. Arrest warrants. In all, 35 warrant families across 7 categories. Not sure which one? Describe what you need and Sherlock selects the family for you. ANY PROVIDER, THE RIGHT RECORDS 150 named providers across 19 categories: phone carriers, social media, banks, rideshare, doorbell cameras and more. Every warrant comes populated with the current items to be seized for that provider, plus the legal process address and service details preloaded, so you ask for the right records and the warrant lands exactly where it has to go. Provider not on the list? Sherlock looks it up on the spot. SAY "HEY SHERLOCK" Hands free, in the field or at the desk. Tell it what you need and keep moving. YOUR LIBRARY, ORGANIZED BY CASE Every warrant you write is saved to your Library and tied to its case number. Working a case that needs more than one warrant? Start the next one from the last one. Sherlock carries the case details forward, so the suspect, the location, and the facts you already entered are waiting. The second warrant on a case takes minutes, not another evening. Your whole filing history, on your phone or on the web. FREE. VERIFIED ACCESS ONLY. Free for sworn officers and authorized civil investigators. No cost to you, no cost to your agency. Supported by a small group of vetted sponsors. Every account is identity verified before access is granted. Sherlock Warrants accepts no crime reports, tips, or complaints from anyone, and transmits nothing to any law enforcement agency. It is a drafting tool for the officer who is already assigned the case. SECURE BY DESIGN Runs in a secure United States government cloud environment built for criminal justice information, architected to the FBI CJIS Security Policy, with your data encrypted in transit and at rest. Launching in Arizona. More US jurisdictions on the way. Less paperwork. More police work. Sherlock Warrants is a drafting assistance tool. All output is a draft for review. The sworn officer or authorized investigator is solely responsible for verifying the accuracy, completeness, and legal sufficiency of every document before signing or submitting it to a court. Sherlock Warrants does not provide legal advice. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Blue Dispatch4 screens
Sherlock Warrants4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Sherlock Warrants at 5.0 against Blue Dispatch's 3.8. Sherlock Warrants also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks). Blue Dispatch's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (9 vs 1). On price, ads, monetization model and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Sherlock Warrants sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days. Blue Dispatch asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sherlock Warrants holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Blue Dispatch has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Blue Dispatch ships an update every 3 weeks, Sherlock Warrants every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Blue Dispatch versus Sherlock Warrants: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlue DispatchSherlock Warrants
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (9 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLaw Enforcement Specialists, IncBerner Company, Inc

Customer experience

Blue Dispatch

All ratings9 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Sherlock Warrants

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Blue Dispatch

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Sherlock Warrants

Subscriptions3
  • Pro Weekly$9.997 Days
  • Pro Monthly$19.001 Month
  • Pro Annual$190.001 Year

Questions

Is Blue Dispatch free?
Blue Dispatch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sherlock Warrants free?
Sherlock Warrants is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Blue Dispatch or Sherlock Warrants?
Sherlock Warrants is rated higher. Blue Dispatch averages 3.8 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Sherlock Warrants averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Blue Dispatch or Sherlock Warrants have ads?
Neither Blue Dispatch nor Sherlock Warrants shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Blue Dispatch or Sherlock Warrants?
Blue Dispatch ships an update every 3 weeks, and Sherlock Warrants every 10 days. Most recently, Blue Dispatch was updated on October 25, 2026 and Sherlock Warrants on October 24, 2026.

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