Comparison

Bryx Mobile vs Alastar Collaboration

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

Alastar Collaboration

Features
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Alastar Collaboration provides a more efficient means of sharing information amongst a diverse user group.

Screenshots

Bryx Mobile4 screens
Alastar Collaboration4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Alastar Collaboration at 15.1 against Bryx Mobile's 18.2. On price, update cadence, 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bryx Mobile ships an update fortnightly, Alastar Collaboration every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Bryx Mobile versus Alastar Collaboration: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBryx MobileAlastar Collaboration
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (282 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews48.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings282 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.215.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB45 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperBryxReadyOp Communications, Inc.

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

Alastar Collaboration

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Bryx Mobile

No in-app purchases

None

Alastar Collaboration

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bryx Mobile free?
Bryx Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Alastar Collaboration free?
Alastar Collaboration is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Bryx Mobile or Alastar Collaboration have ads?
Neither Bryx Mobile nor Alastar Collaboration shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bryx Mobile or Alastar Collaboration?
Bryx Mobile ships an update fortnightly, and Alastar Collaboration every 4 weeks. Most recently, Bryx Mobile was updated on October 20, 2026 and Alastar Collaboration on October 21, 2026.

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