CrisisGo vs Apptegy for Staff
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CrisisGo
This app digitizes emergency response plans, making them accessible on mobile devices and desktops. It facilitates real-time alerts, communication, and access to critical information like maps and rosters during crises.
- Digital emergency response plans
- Alert notifications to responders
- Crisis checklists and communication
- Building maps for evacuations
- Individual and broadcast video communication
- Web portal for plan updates
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CrisisGo helps prepare those individuals that are responsible for others during a crisis. By taking Emergency Response Plans out of an organization’s three-ring binder and putting them onto smart phones, iPads, and desktops, CrisisGo is putting emergency response plans into the palm of the hands of those who need it most. Use CrisisGo for: • Sending alert notifications to responders • Providing crisis checklists, communication messaging, and ongoing crisis text messaging • Presenting building maps for evacuations and rosters • Allowing for individual and broadcast video communications that are then recorded to the server Key Features: • A login and password from your organization is required • A web portal is used to update emergency plans to publish content to your iPhones and iPads • Continuous improvement is achieved by validating an emergency plan using the crisis checklist during drills • Make your organizations emergency plan actionable CrisisGo is the most complete mobile crisis response software available. CrisisGo is now working with school districts across the nation and in Canada to transform their existing emergency response plans into actionable checklists for their staff. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life Questions? Contact our support team anytime at support@crisisgo.com.
Apptegy for Staff
Streamline communication between school staff, families, and the community. Manage urgent alerts, classroom updates, newsletters, and social media posts from a single platform. Reach families instantly via SMS and post to your website.
- Urgent alerts
- Classroom updates
- Newsletter creation
- Social media posting
- Two-way messaging
- Website posting
- SMS notifications
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Built for busy school staff, teachers and leaders, Apptegy for Staff: Communication Platform (formerly Thrillshare) makes it easy to communicate with families and strengthen your community. From urgent alerts to classroom updates, newsletters to social media posts, every message can be managed in one app. Share positive stories, send safe two-way messages, post to your website, and reach families instantly by SMS, all from your phone. Apptegy is the only platform that unifies every message, alert, website, and app into one secure experience. With proactive AI moderation, role-based permissions, and enterprise-grade compliance, Apptegy for Staff: Communication Platform protects your district from risk while empowering every role to communicate clearly, confidently, and consistently.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CrisisGo at 3.0 against Apptegy for Staff's 1.9. CrisisGo also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 9%) and device support (3 vs 1). Apptegy for Staff's advantage is chart position (#210 vs unranked) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
CrisisGo holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 108 and 140 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of CrisisGo's written reviews are positive against 9% of Apptegy for Staff's.
CrisisGo ships an update every 5 weeks, Apptegy for Staff every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CrisisGo | Apptegy for Staff |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (108 ratings) — better | 1.9 (140 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 8.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 108 | 140 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #210 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Tech Road, Inc. | Apptegy |
Customer experience
CrisisGo
Apptegy for Staff
Bugs and requests
CrisisGo
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Apptegy for Staff
Reported bugs
5 issues- Login issues
- Constant log-outs
- Notifications not working
- Inability to send messages
- Slow performance
Requested features
5 requests- Dark mode option
- Improved notifications
- Better organization of classes/groups
- Ability to upload videos
- More customization options
In-app purchases
CrisisGo
No in-app purchases
Apptegy for Staff
No in-app purchases
Questions
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