BerkeleyCrime vs Chronote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BerkeleyCrime
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BerkeleyCrime keeps you informed about police, fire, and medical activity happening across the City of Berkeley, CA. Built for speed, clarity, and transparency, the app shows active and recent calls for service from the past 48 hours, with a typical delay of 10–20 minutes. No ads, just the information that matters. Key Features Live Incident Feed View active police, fire, and medical calls across Berkeley, updated throughout the day, with unit assignments and status shown for each call. Interactive Map See incidents plotted geographically, along with nearby fire stations and hospitals, so you can understand what's happening in context. Live Fire Department Unit Status Track Berkeley Fire Department units in real time. Clear Categories Incidents are color-coded by type to help you quickly understand what's happening nearby. Historical Search Search past calls by date range, department, incident type, address, or fire unit to identify patterns or check past activity. Where available, data including: arrests, response times, and call details are provided. Custom Push Notifications Choose exactly which call types you want to be notified about, from over 200 categories, so your alerts stay relevant to you. Fast & Lightweight The app pulls directly from Berkeley's public call-for-service data. Designed for the Community Built for residents, students, journalists, and anyone who wants quick situational awareness.
Chronote
Capture thoughts and events instantly with automatic timestamps. Organize your notes chronologically by custom topics for easy review. Perfect for journaling, activity logging, and idea tracking.
- Automatic timestamps on every note
- Chronological timeline view
- Customizable topics for organization
- Quick and clean note entry
- Ideal for journaling and activity logging
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Never forget when it happened. Chronote captures your thoughts instantly — with automatic timestamps on every note. Quick, clean, and chronological: perfect for journaling moments, logging activities, tracking ideas, or building a reliable daily log. Jot down anything in seconds: a fleeting idea, meeting takeaway, symptom, habit, or random memory. Chronote adds the exact date & time automatically — no manual entry needed. Review your notes in a beautiful timeline view, organized by time and grouped into custom topics. Whether you're reflecting on life, documenting projects, or simply never wanting to wonder "when did I write that?", Chronote keeps your thoughts dated, organized, and always accessible.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: BerkeleyCrime at every 10 days against Chronote's every 6 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
BerkeleyCrime ships an update every 10 days, Chronote every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BerkeleyCrime | Chronote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.1 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BGHDDevelopment LLC | Martin Pietrowski |
In-app purchases
BerkeleyCrime
No in-app purchases
Chronote
No in-app purchases









