Bryx Mobile vs The Fire Horn
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
The Fire Horn
This app provides emergency responders with real-time updates on dispatched calls, including location and mapping details. It offers near real-time information on assignments and historical data.
- Real-time call dispatch notifications
- View call location
- Mapping and address overlays
- Hydrant information
- Historical dispatch data
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The Fire Horn for iPhone and iPad is an app that allows emergency responders to view calls as they are dispatched and sent via The Fire Horn. Receive notifications of calls as they are sent, and view their location. Explore mapping, hydrant, address overlays, and where you've been dispatched to in near real time. First Responders are encouraged to provide feedback via email at service@thefirehorn.com and phone (855) 347-3476! Requires membership of an agency utilizing The Fire Horn
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bryx Mobile at 48% against The Fire Horn's 0%. Bryx Mobile also leads on rating (4.2 vs 3.7) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 22 months). The Fire Horn's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Bryx Mobile holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bryx Mobile has 285 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of Bryx Mobile's written reviews are positive against 0% of The Fire Horn's.
Bryx Mobile ships an update fortnightly, The Fire Horn every 22 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bryx Mobile | The Fire Horn |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (285 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 47.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 285 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 22 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bryx | The Fire Horn |
Customer experience
Bryx Mobile
The Fire Horn
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
The Fire Horn
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bryx Mobile
No in-app purchases
The Fire Horn
No in-app purchases
Questions
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