Comparison

Resgrid Unit vs Live Alarm

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

Head to head
About

Resgrid Unit

This app helps emergency response teams coordinate personnel, resources, and incidents. It provides AVL tracking, status updates, and offline support for communication and management in critical situations. It can also manage calls and dispatch personnel via multiple channels.

Highlights
  • Personnel and resource management
  • Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) tracking
  • Operational status and task tracking
  • Offline support for communication
  • Incident and call management
  • Multi-channel dispatching
Features
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Resgrid is a logistics, communication and management (LCM) system that can be used by fire departments (volunteer and career), police, emergency medical services (EMS), search and rescue (SAR), hazmat, CERT, emergency management and other first responder or disaster response organizations to coordinate, communicate and manage personnel, resources (units/apparatuses), incident and reporting. The Resgrid Unit app is intended to be used by Units, both apparatuses and groups of personnel, to provide AVL (Automatic Vehicle Location) and support for tracking operational status, objective and task completion, events, dispatch units, personnel accountability and much more. The Resgrid Unit app also supports offline scenarios (after syncing with the system via an Internet connection) to allow usage of the app and tracking of events where there is no cellular signal. Resgrid can manage your calls, generated either internally or from an external CAD system. Auto import calls via emails, text messages or API calls. Resgrid can dispatch via Push Notifications, Email, Text Messages and Voice Calls. So even your personnel without smartphones or cell phones at all can use landlines to get dispatched from anywhere in the world. Resgrid is the only complete LCM (Logistics, Communication & Management) system for first responders and disaster response. With a suite of mobile applications (for Personnel, Units, Incident Commands and Data Reporting) and a zero-installation cloud-based SaaS backend, you can get up and running in minutes. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

About

Live Alarm

This app enhances emergency response and navigation for first responders. It facilitates quick communication, coordination, and situational awareness in high-risk environments. Users can manage events, share information, and track locations to improve safety and reduce harm.

Highlights
  • Emergency navigation
  • First responder coordination
  • Situational awareness
  • Event management
  • Real-time map
  • Chat and file sharing
Features
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Live Alarm by North Shore Research Inc DBA Lifeline Applications is a public safety first responder app. This service allows users to navigate emergencies quickly and reduce the risk of harm. It addresses emergency response and navigation. Lifeline Applications builds mobile and web first responder apps. Live Alarm, a leader in first responder apps, helps you lower risk and increase safety. Since Live Alarm is designed as a first responder app, it addresses a wide range of different applications, including use as a patrol app, and a search and rescue app. Live Alarm needs background location permission so it can provide accurate geolocation to first responders during urgent or emergency situations. Background location updates may be turned off in the application’s main menu based on user need. Why should I care about Live Alarm? For those in law enforcement, fire, and EMS, we know you face a wide range of risky situations daily. The environment is often ambiguous, and changes fast. You know good communication, coordination, and situational awareness are critical to navigate these risks. Unfortunately, when your technology tools are not up to the task, your problems get compounded. Apps for police, fire, and EMS can do much better. What is Live Alarm? Live Alarm is a mobile and web application developed by Lifeline Applications to help you respond to dangerous situations faster, safer, and smarter. By drawing on years of real world experience in high risk environments, we designed a first responder app to help you solve many of the problems faced in navigating communication, coordination, and situational awareness. Live Alarm may be used as a search and rescue app to help find missing persons. It may also be used to help coordinate firefighter response, EMS ambulance calls, as well as a patrol app. How does it work? You create and manage events from a mobile device or computer web browser. You can also share events with other organizations that use Live Alarm. This is made easy through a simple and flexible event management interface. You can include other law enforcement agencies, fire departments, or ambulances. Create a common understanding of the situation through chat, file, photo and video sharing. Coordinate and maintain situational awareness through a live, editable map. This lets you increase safety, reduce risk, and even save lives. Live Alarm is a first responder app that can be used in a variety of different ways, including as a patrol app, and a search and rescue app.

Screenshots

Resgrid Unit4 screens
Live Alarm4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Live Alarm at every 3 weeks against Resgrid Unit's every 5 months. Live Alarm also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.1). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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 — 5.0 for Resgrid Unit against 5.0 for Live Alarm. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Resgrid Unit ships an update every 5 months, Live Alarm every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Resgrid Unit versus Live Alarm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterResgrid UnitLive Alarm
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size127 MB67 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperResgrid, LLC.North Shore Research Inc

Customer experience

Resgrid Unit

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Live Alarm

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Resgrid Unit

No in-app purchases

None

Live Alarm

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Resgrid Unit free?
Resgrid Unit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Live Alarm free?
Live Alarm is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Resgrid Unit or Live Alarm?
Resgrid Unit and Live Alarm are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Resgrid Unit or Live Alarm have ads?
Neither Resgrid Unit nor Live Alarm shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Resgrid Unit or Live Alarm?
Resgrid Unit ships an update every 5 months, and Live Alarm every 3 weeks. Most recently, Resgrid Unit was updated on October 6, 2026 and Live Alarm on October 5, 2026.

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