eICS vs Response for FirstNet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
eICS
Manage emergency situations and facilitate effective responses with a proven subset of incident command tools. Perform critical tasks, update objectives, and communicate with team members from any location. Information is immediately available to keep everyone connected and informed.
- Manage incidents
- Assign ICS positions
- Track candidate availability
- Respond with availability and ETA
- View and add event log entries
- Update objectives
- Send messages
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With the eICS app, you can perform critical tasks using a proven subset of incident command tools to manage emergency situations and facilitate an effective response from wherever you are when a crisis arises. According to your roles and permissions, you can: • Create, update, and manage incidents • Enter command center and other location details • Assign ICS positions and track candidate availability • Respond with availability, location and ETA • View and add event log entries • Update objectives • Create, view, filter, and send messages to one or more recipients • Assign priorities to messages, add messages to the event log, and attach photos • Access Coordinated Response add-on features Information entered in the app is immediately available in the eICS solution to keep everyone up-to-date and connected through the command or emergency operations center. About eICS eICS is a web-based operations and emergency management solution that facilitates planning for, responding to and recovering from minor disruptions and major disasters. eICS provides the tools necessary for the most effective response, as well as the means to complete reporting and comply with NRF, NEMSIS, HICS, NIMS and other accrediting agency standards. A valid account is required to access this Juvare solution. Learn more at www.juvare.com.
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
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: eICS at 5.0 against Response for FirstNet's 4.8. Response for FirstNet's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 3). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
eICS holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 9 respectively.
eICS ships an update every 3 months, Response for FirstNet every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | eICS | Response for FirstNet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.8 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 149 MB | 142 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | EMSystems LLC | Intrepid Networks LLC |
Customer experience
eICS
Response for FirstNet
In-app purchases
eICS
No in-app purchases
Response for FirstNet
No in-app purchases
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