Comparison

AlertMedia vs SMS Mobile

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Rapid threat identification
  • Multi-channel notification sending
  • Message and response management
  • Real-time local threat warnings
  • Incident reporting
  • Event page updates
Features
Read full description

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.

About

SMS Mobile

This app allows users to report incidents and identify hazards from remote locations, both online and offline. It utilizes customizable forms to meet specific business needs and integrates with a safety and risk management application for report assessment and feedback monitoring.

Highlights
  • Offline incident reporting
  • Customizable forms
  • Hazard identification
  • Integration with SMS Solution
  • Report feedback monitoring
  • Remote location reporting
Features
Read full description

Rolls-Royce SMS Mobile makes it possible to report events or incidents online or offline from remote locations. The app is intended to be used for reporting safety incidents, or identifying hazards or risks of interest, through customisable forms that can be designed to meet individual business needs. Updates to the application data are managed seamlessly through our API. Send a report from the app to safety and risk management application, SMS Solution, where it will be assessed. Then, monitor the feedback and status of your sent report from within the app. SMS Mobile provides you access to everything you need to complete the reporting process from your mobile device.

Screenshots

AlertMedia4 screens
SMS Mobile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: AlertMedia at 87% against SMS Mobile's 0%. AlertMedia also leads on rating (4.5 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (135 vs 1). SMS Mobile's advantage is iOS requirement (12.2 vs 15.1). 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

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

AlertMedia holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AlertMedia has 135 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of AlertMedia's written reviews are positive against 0% of SMS Mobile's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AlertMedia ships an update fortnightly, SMS Mobile every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and June 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
AlertMedia versus SMS Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlertMediaSMS Mobile
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (135 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews87.2% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings135 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.112.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB151 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAlert MediaRolls-Royce Controls and Data Services (NZ) Limited

Customer experience

AlertMedia

All ratings135 ratings
Positive86.7%
Neutral1.5%
Negative11.9%
Written reviews39 reviews
Positive87.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.8%

SMS Mobile

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

AlertMedia

No in-app purchases

None

SMS Mobile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AlertMedia free?
AlertMedia is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SMS Mobile free?
SMS Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, AlertMedia or SMS Mobile?
AlertMedia is rated higher. AlertMedia averages 4.5 out of 5 from 135 ratings, while SMS Mobile averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do AlertMedia or SMS Mobile have ads?
Neither AlertMedia nor SMS Mobile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AlertMedia or SMS Mobile?
AlertMedia ships an update fortnightly, and SMS Mobile every 2 months. Most recently, AlertMedia was updated on September 17, 2026 and SMS Mobile on June 19, 2026.

Other comparisons