Resgrid Unit vs ArcGIS Navigator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
ArcGIS Navigator
Navigate to your destinations with voice-guided, turn-by-turn directions and offline map access. This tool allows field teams to efficiently access and route on custom maps, view asset information, and manage daily work lists. It requires an ArcGIS account and Navigator license to function.
- Voice-guided turn-by-turn directions
- Offline navigation with local data
- Access custom Esri navigation maps
- Search assets and route on roads
- Vehicle-specific travel modes
- Manage daily work lists and stops
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ArcGIS is available on your desktop, in a browser, and now on your iPhone or iPad. Navigate to where you need to be, unlock efficiency, and improve your field workforce reliability. To use Navigator, you must have an ArcGIS account and a Navigator license. Key Features: - Use voice-guided turn-by-turn directions with automatic route recalculation. - Navigate completely offline with locally stored data (even in the background). - Access Esri's navigation maps or use your own maps—search your assets, route on your roads, and view your layers. - Follow shared routes. - Complete stops one at a time, or create a work list for an entire day's work. - View information about your assets. - Use vehicle-specific travel modes. - Receive stops from an email, your own app, or other ArcGIS apps such as Collector for ArcGIS. Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Resgrid Unit at 5.0 against ArcGIS Navigator's 2.7. Resgrid Unit also leads on update cadence (every 5 months vs every 13 months). ArcGIS Navigator's advantage is ratings volume (19 vs 2) and iOS requirement (14.5 vs 18.1). 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.
Resgrid Unit holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ArcGIS Navigator has 19 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Resgrid Unit ships an update every 5 months, ArcGIS Navigator every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Resgrid Unit | ArcGIS Navigator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 2.7 (19 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 16.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 19 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 13 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.1 | 14.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 127 MB | 134 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Resgrid, LLC. | ESRI |
Customer experience
Resgrid Unit
ArcGIS Navigator
In-app purchases
Resgrid Unit
No in-app purchases
ArcGIS Navigator
No in-app purchases
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