Comparison

Bryx Mobile vs EMS Platoon Shift Calendar

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

Head to head
About

Bryx Mobile

This app enhances communication and situational awareness for first responders. It delivers critical alerts with scene details, routing, and navigation, while also offering features like hydrant information, past call data, and real-time messaging.

Highlights
  • Real-time alerts from CAD
  • Routing and navigation tools
  • Hydrant information
  • Past call data
  • Site survey data attachment
  • Live location updates
  • Internet dispatch radio streams
Features
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Bryx Mobile is a free mobile alerting and messaging app that provides enhanced communications and situational awareness for first responders. Receiving data directly from the CAD, Bryx Mobile sends alerts to mobile devices, providing priority information about the scene along with routing and navigation tools. The app boasts industry-leading speed, content, and ease of use, and is completely free for first responders serving communities around the world. Bryx Mobile is packed with features that empower you and your team, before and at the scene. • View hydrants around the job, color-coded for flow rate and condition. • Quickly view job information for prior calls to the same address. • Attach site survey data to include entry access and hazardous materials information. • Enhance team communication through real-time messaging and live location updates for users. • View the exact job location within your district and a highlighted route from your station to the scene. • Enable dispatching by agency or unit and view supplemental updates from CAD in real time - all without creating any extra work for dispatchers. • Configure internet dispatch radio streams and play them directly from Bryx Mobile. Some hardware required. • Bryx Mobile’s first-in-class engineering is backed by dedicated, round-the-clock support from the same engineers who built the system. This app is only intended to be used by first responders, and your station chief must add users to the approved access list. Note: This app may use background audio streaming. Continued use of audio streaming running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. Bryx, Inc.

About

EMS Platoon Shift Calendar

This app helps emergency medical services personnel manage their platoon schedules. It allows users to select their platoon, view days off, and track overtime pay. It also includes a list of local hospitals and a 10-minute rule check.

Highlights
  • Platoon scheduling
  • Days off display
  • Mutual and off day tracking
  • Overtime pay calculation
  • Hospital directory
  • 10-minute rule check
Features
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- Updates and fixes will be more frequent in the coming months - Easily select your platoon (red days are days off) and add mutuals and off. - A, B, C, D , E, F, G, H Platoons available - Display multiple platoons - Overtime Pay Schedule - List of 911 receiving Hospitals within the area - 10 minute Hospital Rule Check

Screenshots

Bryx Mobile4 screens
EMS Platoon Shift Calendar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Bryx Mobile at none against EMS Platoon Shift Calendar's shown. Bryx Mobile also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (285 vs 25). EMS Platoon Shift Calendar's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.2). On price, rating, review sentiment 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Bryx Mobile against 4.2 for EMS Platoon Shift Calendar. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bryx Mobile has 285 ratings behind it against 25, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 48% of Bryx Mobile's written reviews are positive against 45% of EMS Platoon Shift Calendar's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bryx Mobile ships an update fortnightly, EMS Platoon Shift Calendar every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Bryx Mobile versus EMS Platoon Shift Calendar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBryx MobileEMS Platoon Shift Calendar
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (285 ratings)4.2 (25 ratings) — better
Positive reviews47.5% of reviews — better45.5% of reviews
Number of ratings285 — better25
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.216.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB28 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperBryxLato Productions, LLC

Customer experience

Bryx Mobile

All ratings285 ratings
Positive76.1%
Neutral7.4%
Negative16.5%
Written reviews40 reviews
Positive47.5%
Neutral17.5%
Negative35.0%

EMS Platoon Shift Calendar

All ratings25 ratings
Positive76.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative16.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive45.5%
Neutral9.1%
Negative45.5%

Bugs and requests

Bryx Mobile

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Scanner feature only works when app is left open
  • App mutes phone when open, pausing audio
  • App crashes when opened, then fine after restart
  • Removed from Apple CarPlay in newest update
  • Stopped getting alerts and notifications on iPhone
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  • Map doesn't always work or is not accurate

Requested features

10 requests
  • Navigation options for apps to use
  • Notes with time stamps and updates for call to see while enroute
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Easy in and out of duty feature (long press, shortcut, action button, widget)
  • Settings stored in iCloud
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  • Set alert tone by unit rather than call type
  • Ability to upload custom alert tones
  • Toggle critical alerts inside the app
  • Filter calls by unit, especially at night
  • CarPlay functionality improvements

EMS Platoon Shift Calendar

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Bryx Mobile

No in-app purchases

None

EMS Platoon Shift Calendar

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bryx Mobile free?
Bryx Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is EMS Platoon Shift Calendar free?
EMS Platoon Shift Calendar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bryx Mobile or EMS Platoon Shift Calendar?
EMS Platoon Shift Calendar is rated higher. Bryx Mobile averages 4.2 out of 5 from 285 ratings, while EMS Platoon Shift Calendar averages 4.2 from 25 ratings.
Do Bryx Mobile or EMS Platoon Shift Calendar have ads?
EMS Platoon Shift Calendar shows ads; Bryx Mobile does not.
Which is updated more often, Bryx Mobile or EMS Platoon Shift Calendar?
Bryx Mobile ships an update fortnightly, and EMS Platoon Shift Calendar every 2 months. Most recently, Bryx Mobile was updated on November 1, 2026 and EMS Platoon Shift Calendar on November 6, 2026.

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