Comparison

AlertMedia vs Envoy

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
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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.

About

Envoy

Streamline your office experience with tools for coordinating schedules, navigating workspaces, and booking desks or rooms. Manage visitor invitations, track deliveries, and report workplace issues efficiently.

Highlights
  • Coordinate office schedules
  • Interactive workplace maps
  • Book desks and rooms
  • Invite and track visitors
  • Package delivery notifications
  • Report workplace issues
Features
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Make your workplace work better for you with Envoy. Coordinate your office schedule with coworkers, see where to go with workplace maps, reserve the perfect desk, book a nearby conference room, invite visitors, see past visits, get notified about packages, report workplace issues, and more. COORDINATE YOUR OFFICE SCHEDULE Set your schedule for hybrid work. Easily see who plans to work onsite each day so you can plan to be there too. Invite coworkers to join you in person for collaborative work. NAVIGATE WITH INTERACTIVE WORKPLACE MAPS Know where to go and who to meet in the office. Find where your coworkers are sitting, book meeting rooms, see visitor details, and know where to pick up deliveries–all from the interactive workplace map. EASILY BOOK THE PERFECT DESK Book a desk by the hour, day, or week. Find a desk with the amenities you need to be comfortable and productive in the workplace. Save a spot by your team, favorite coworkers, or key collaborators to get things done. BOOK A ROOM FOR LAST-MINUTE MEETINGS Easily find the closest available meeting room on the interactive workplace map, so you can book a space, even when you’re on the go. Check in to your next meeting right from your phone, or free up the room for someone else. INVITE VISITORS & GET NOTIFIED WHEN THEY ARRIVE Invite guests to your office and keep track of who is scheduled to arrive and when, so you’re prepared for every visit. Receive a notification when your visitor arrives so your guest is never kept waiting. KEEP TRACK OF YOUR DELIVERIES Get notified as soon as your package arrives and easily confirm once you’ve picked it up, so you feel confident getting mail delivered to work. REPORT WORKPLACE ISSUES Create tickets right on your phone, including taking photos and noting the location of issues in the moment, so your facilities and IT teams can resolve them quickly. VIEW PAST VISITS Automatically maintain an up-to-date record of your workplace visits with Envoy Passport™.

Screenshots

AlertMedia4 screens
Envoy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: AlertMedia at 87% against Envoy's 18%. AlertMedia also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Envoy's advantage is ratings volume (18K vs 135) and rating (4.7 vs 4.5). 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

Envoy holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Envoy has 18K ratings behind it against 135, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 87% of AlertMedia's written reviews are positive against 18% of Envoy's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AlertMedia ships an update fortnightly, Envoy weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
AlertMedia versus Envoy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlertMediaEnvoy
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (135 ratings)4.7 (18K ratings) — better
Positive reviews87.2% of reviews — better17.6% of reviews
Number of ratings13518K — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB106 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAlert MediaEnvoy, Inc.

Customer experience

AlertMedia

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

Envoy

All ratings17,793 ratings
Positive91.4%
Neutral2.5%
Negative6.0%
Written reviews165 reviews
Positive17.6%
Neutral4.8%
Negative77.6%

Bugs and requests

AlertMedia

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Envoy

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Notification toast covers over the functionality
  • Randomly reallocated the desks booked
  • Camera no longer works
  • Crashes for entire company
  • Booking desks in the future has some date issues
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  • Your schedule feature not working

Requested features

5 requests
  • Make booking desks easier please
  • Dark mode option
  • Recurring schedules
  • Recently visited office locations
  • Can add to wallet

In-app purchases

None

AlertMedia

No in-app purchases

None

Envoy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AlertMedia free?
AlertMedia is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Envoy free?
Envoy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, AlertMedia or Envoy?
Envoy is rated higher. AlertMedia averages 4.5 out of 5 from 135 ratings, while Envoy averages 4.7 from 18K ratings.
Do AlertMedia or Envoy have ads?
Neither AlertMedia nor Envoy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AlertMedia or Envoy?
AlertMedia ships an update fortnightly, and Envoy weekly. Most recently, AlertMedia was updated on September 17, 2026 and Envoy on September 24, 2026.

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