Comparison

Bryx Mobile vs SHO

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

SHO

This app assists firefighters in calculating water flow rates, pump discharge pressures, and nozzle reactions. It can be used with a Bluetooth flow meter or as a standalone calculator with established fire flow formulas. Educational videos on water flow are also included.

Highlights
  • Calculate fire hose flow rates
  • Determine pump discharge pressures
  • Calculate nozzle reaction
  • Perform NFPA 1962 nozzle flow tests
  • Standalone water flow calculator
  • Water flow education videos
Features
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The SHO-FLOW app is a dual featured application that can be used with or without a TFT SHO-FLOW® Bluetooth® flow meter. When used in conjunction with a SHO-FLOW, users can determine actual flow rates for fire hose lines and nozzles as well as calculate true Pump Discharge Pressures (PDP), Nozzle Reaction, and Hose Friction. In addition an NFPA 1962 nozzle flow test can be performed. As a stand-alone water flow calculator, many of these functions can be performed using established fire flow formulas. The app also includes water flow education videos and recommendations for target fire flows when using water or foam. The TFT SHO-FLOW flow meter is designed to quickly determine flow rates present in a fire hose line and wirelessly transmit the rate to a nearby smart device. Any firefighting, training, or testing operation that utilizes hose lines or nozzles is a potential application. Please read the manual before operation. The Bluetooth word mark and logos are registered trademarks owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of such marks by Task Force Tips, LLC is under license.

Screenshots

Bryx Mobile4 screens
SHO4 screens

Verdict

The call

Bryx Mobile and SHO both sit at 4.2 stars, but that hides the real split: 49% of Bryx Mobile's written reviews are positive against 0% of SHO's. Bryx Mobile also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (282 vs 12). SHO's advantage is iOS requirement (14.2 vs 18.2). On price, rating, 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

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 SHO. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bryx Mobile has 282 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 49% of Bryx Mobile's written reviews are positive against 0% of SHO's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bryx Mobile ships an update fortnightly, SHO every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Bryx Mobile versus SHO: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBryx MobileSHO
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (282 ratings)4.2 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews48.7% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings282 — better12
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.214.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB145 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperBryxTask Force Tips

Customer experience

Bryx Mobile

All ratings282 ratings
Positive76.6%
Neutral7.1%
Negative16.3%
Written reviews39 reviews
Positive48.7%
Neutral15.4%
Negative35.9%

SHO

All ratings12 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral8.3%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

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

SHO

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Bryx Mobile

No in-app purchases

None

SHO

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bryx Mobile free?
Bryx Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SHO free?
SHO is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bryx Mobile or SHO?
Bryx Mobile and SHO are both rated 4.2 out of 5 on the App Store, from 282 and 12 ratings respectively.
Do Bryx Mobile or SHO have ads?
Neither Bryx Mobile nor SHO shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bryx Mobile or SHO?
Bryx Mobile ships an update fortnightly, and SHO every 2 months. Most recently, Bryx Mobile was updated on October 16, 2026 and SHO on September 27, 2026.

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