Hyper vs Surry County Sheriffs Office
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hyper
Receive real-time emergency alerts for your location and any other configured addresses, such as a child's school or workplace. Share critical updates instantly through various social media platforms and email.
- Real-time emergency updates
- Public safety alerts
- Hazardous materials notifications
- Weather alerts
- Monitor multiple locations
- Share alerts via social media
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Get up-to-the-minute updates on emergencies that affect you and your loved ones, from weather to hazardous materials to public safety alerts. Hyper-Reach Anywhere connects to the world-class Hyper-Reach Emergency Notification System in your county to provide you instant information. If your county does not have Hyper-Reach yet, ask them for it. In addition to providing timely information about your own location, you can receive emergency information on any number of other locations you configure, like your child’s school, parent’s home, or your work. Share relevant alerts instantly via email, Facebook, Twitter, or other social media.
Surry County Sheriffs Office
This official app provides citizens of Surry County, North Carolina, with transparency and information from their Sheriff's Office. It enables users to submit anonymous tips and access contact details.
- Submit anonymous tips
- View contact information
- Official Sheriff's Office communication
- Citizen transparency tool
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The official app for the Surry County Sheriff's Office in NC. The Surry County Sheriff's Office app was developed for the citizens of Surry County North Carolina to provide transparency and information. This app provides the ability to submit anonymous tips and view contact information.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Surry County Sheriffs Office at 3.0 against Hyper's 2.2. Surry County Sheriffs Office also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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.
Surry County Sheriffs Office holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 9 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 7% of Hyper's written reviews are positive against 0% of Surry County Sheriffs Office's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Hyper ships an update every 3 months, Surry County Sheriffs Office every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hyper | Surry County Sheriffs Office |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.2 (19 ratings) | 3.0 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 7.1% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ashergroup, Inc. | County of Surry (Sheriff's Office) |
Customer experience
Hyper
Surry County Sheriffs Office
In-app purchases
Hyper
No in-app purchases
Surry County Sheriffs Office
No in-app purchases
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