FireTextResponse vs Students For Safety
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FireTextResponse
This app provides first responders with push alerts for incident calls, dispatch audio, and responder status updates. It requires prior authorization from an agency's FireTextResponse system to function. It serves as a supplemental tool for emergency notifications.
- Push alert messaging for incidents
- Incident call details
- Dispatched incident audio
- Responder status updates
- Supplemental emergency notification tool
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NOTE: This application WILL NOT WORK unless first authorized by the agency from which emergency notifications will be generated. The FireTextResponse iPhone Application allows first responders to receive push alert messaging for incident calls, incident information or other messaging, actual page audio of the dispatched incident, responders status to the incident, and more. The FireTextResponse iPhone Application is for users of the FireTextResponse System only. Users must be registered with a departments FireTextResponse System first, before downloading and installing this application. This application will not work until authorized registration by the agency from which emergency notifications will be generated. FireTextResponse is a supplemental tool only and is not intended to replace an agency's normal form of emergency notification.
Students For Safety
This app allows students to report and record suspicious activities to help prevent harm. It securely transmits specific information to relevant authorities to initiate action.
- Report suspicious activity
- Record incidents
- Communicate safety concerns
- Transmit information to authorities
- Reduce harm to individuals
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Students For Safety (S4S) is a mobile application enabling students to communicate, report and record suspicious activity to reduce harm to individuals. S4S reports specific information to various entities to report or initiate action. If you see this app and can't access, notify your administration to call CAPSOL for more information.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Students For Safety at 100% against FireTextResponse's 45%. Students For Safety also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.9) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). FireTextResponse's advantage is ratings volume (27 vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). 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.
Students For Safety holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FireTextResponse has 27 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of FireTextResponse's written reviews are positive against 100% of Students For Safety's.
FireTextResponse ships an update every 2 months, Students For Safety monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FireTextResponse | Students For Safety |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (27 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 27 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FireTextResponse, LLC | CAPSOL, LLC |
Customer experience
FireTextResponse
Students For Safety
In-app purchases
FireTextResponse
No in-app purchases
Students For Safety
No in-app purchases
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