AlertMedia vs FactSet RMS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AlertMedia
This app allows organizations to quickly identify threats and communicate with impacted individuals. Administrators can send multi-channel notifications, manage messages, and receive real-time threat warnings. Employees can view notifications, respond to surveys, and report incidents.
- Rapid threat identification
- Multi-channel notification sending
- Message and response management
- Real-time local threat warnings
- Incident reporting
- Event page updates
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NOTE: This app is for employers and employees already using AlertMedia’s emergency communication software. AlertMedia enables organizations to rapidly identify threats that impact their people or business and communicate faster to impacted individuals. Perform under pressure and protect your people from anywhere with our intuitive, full-featured mobile app. For administrators: AlertMedia’s mobile app gives you agility and visibility during critical events, wherever you are. In just a few clicks, you can send a multi-channel notification from your phone using the same intuitive screens you’re familiar with from the web or by leveraging your pre-built templates. In addition to sending notifications, you can easily manage your incoming messages and responses, connect with stakeholders via conference call, update event pages, and receive real-time warnings for any local threat that may impact your people or business. For employees: If your organization uses AlertMedia, download the app to ensure you never miss important communications. From the app, you can easily view new notifications, reply with helpful information, respond to surveys, and check event pages for updates from your organization. In the event you need to report an incident to administrators, you can quickly signal for help with your location attached. NOTE: This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease device battery life.
FactSet RMS
Manage research and contact records for CodeRed clients. Create, edit, sync, and download information. Search and filter research by keywords, entities, and date ranges.
- Create research records
- Edit research records
- Sync research records
- Download research records
- Search research by keyword
- Search research by entity
- Search research by date range
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This application supports RMS functionality for CodeRed clients: - Create, edit, sync, and download research and contact records - Search and download research by keyword(s), entity, and/or date range
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: AlertMedia at 4.5 against FactSet RMS's 4.0. AlertMedia also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (135 vs 4). FactSet RMS's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 16.4). 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.
AlertMedia holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AlertMedia has 135 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
AlertMedia ships an update every 2 weeks, FactSet RMS every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AlertMedia | FactSet RMS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (135 ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 135 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 91 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alert Media | FactSet Research Systems, Inc. |
Customer experience
AlertMedia
FactSet RMS
Bugs and requests
AlertMedia
Reported bugs
5 issues- User made inactive error
- Password reset link expired
- Login errors after initial use
- Cannot create account
- Error message when submitting code
FactSet RMS
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
AlertMedia
No in-app purchases
FactSet RMS
No in-app purchases
Questions
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