Comparison

Bryx Mobile vs FDMapBook

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

FDMapBook

Features
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MapBook is a digital emergency response application that provides: -Digital mapping capabilities for emergency response - Water source readiness and hydrant tracking tools - Occupancy information and building data - Data synchronization and offline access - Multi-user collaboration features

Screenshots

Bryx Mobile4 screens
FDMapBook3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: FDMapBook at every 3 days against Bryx Mobile's fortnightly. FDMapBook also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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, FDMapBook every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Bryx Mobile versus FDMapBook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBryx MobileFDMapBook
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (276 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews51.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings276 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.215.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB12 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperBryxCircuit Dojo LLC

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

FDMapBook

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Bryx Mobile

No in-app purchases

None

FDMapBook

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bryx Mobile free?
Bryx Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FDMapBook free?
FDMapBook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Bryx Mobile or FDMapBook have ads?
Neither Bryx Mobile nor FDMapBook shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bryx Mobile or FDMapBook?
Bryx Mobile ships an update fortnightly, and FDMapBook every 3 days. Most recently, Bryx Mobile was updated on October 11, 2026 and FDMapBook on September 30, 2026.

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