TRACK vs Response for FirstNet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TRACK
This incident management system software helps track personnel, equipment, and assignments using NIMS/ICS compliant methods. It reads agency identification tags and allows for incident creation, assignment management, and personnel accountability reports.
- NIMS/ICS Compliant
- Reads Salamander Tags (PDF417 & QR)
- Data Synchronization
- Incident Creation & Management
- Assignment Management
- Resource Tracking
- Personnel Accountability Reports (PAR)
Read full descriptionHide full description
The Salamander TRACK APP is National Incident Management System (NIMS) compliant Incident Command System (ICS) software for your tablet or smartphone that will read your Salamander created agency identification or accountability tags. The software is compatible with all current and previous versions of Salamander TAG APP and ID solutions including PAS V, fireTRAX, & interTRAX PDF417 or QR barcoded tags. Features & functionality include: Data Synchronization – Activity data can be shared with any of Salamander’s full line of tracking and reporting products. Downloadable Resources – Download resources, personnel and equipment, into the activity from your SalamanderLive™ account. Incident Creation – Start, end, and resume activities by collecting start date and time, elapsed time, and location. Assignment Management – Manually build or scan ICS assignments that can be re-used from activity to activity saving time. Resource Tracking – Read personnel, equipment, or company tags (PDF417 & QR Codes). Electronically scan or manually place them into assignments and create a date and time stamped history of activity. Manual Entry – Manually create personnel on the fly even if they don’t already have a Salamander ID tag. Personnel Accountability Reports (PAR) – Conduct PAR checks to verify personnel counts.
Response for FirstNet
This platform enables teams to communicate, collaborate, and coordinate during daily operations and emergencies. It offers features for managing multiple operations, sharing information, and mobilizing teams with real-time location tracking and notifications.
- Overarching channels for segregating information
- Real-time user location tracking
- Interactive information sharing workspace
- Emergency notification and team mobilization
- Integrated to-do lists and task management
- Push-to-talk (EPTT) integration
Read full descriptionHide full description
The Response for FirstNet platform is a mobile situational awareness platform for day-to-day and emergency operations allowing teams or user groups to communicate, collaborate, and coordinate. With our overarching channels feature, you can segregate information into operational containers and only allow invited users to share and view the data. Channels enable organizations to manage multiple operations, departments, sectors, or investigations at the same time. Within Response for FirstNet are three modules that can be purchased individually. Locate is the geospatial solution that provides real-time positions of users, static markers, and shapes combined with direction capability and traffic all displayed on the map interface. The Connect module is an interactive information sharing workspace where teams can share texts, videos, whiteboards, documents, audio files, and photographs. Annotate and draw on all items and integrated to-do lists/task management. The Activate module is a very simple to use emergency notification and team mobilization tool. Users can accept or decline activation and get turn-by-turn directions to the incident as well as necessary details. Lastly, we integrate leading cellular EPTT (push to talk) solutions so that calls can be made directly from within Response. Call us for more details.
Screenshots
Verdict
TRACK and Response for FirstNet are too close to call on the numbers: across 9 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
Response for FirstNet holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 9 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TRACK | Response for FirstNet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (5 ratings) | 4.8 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 142 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | OrangeHook, Inc. | Intrepid Networks LLC |
Customer experience
TRACK
Response for FirstNet
In-app purchases
TRACK
No in-app purchases
Response for FirstNet
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is TRACK free?
Is Response for FirstNet free?
Which has better reviews, TRACK or Response for FirstNet?
Do TRACK or Response for FirstNet have ads?
Which is updated more often, TRACK or Response for FirstNet?
Other comparisons















