Comparison

FireTextResponse vs Tapeze (Typing)

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Push alert messaging for incidents
  • Incident call details
  • Dispatched incident audio
  • Responder status updates
  • Supplemental emergency notification tool
Features
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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.

About

Tapeze (Typing)

Features
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Tapeze is a compact gesture keyboard. Nine large keys hold the most common letters. Everything else — the rest of the alphabet, numbers, symbols and punctuation — lives in short swipes from those same nine keys. Because the keys are large, you hit them without looking. Because every swipe starts from a key you already know, the layout becomes muscle memory instead of a hunt. HOW IT WORKS • Tap a key to type the letter in its centre • Swipe from a key toward a neighbouring letter to type it • Swipe out and back for a capital • Draw a small circle on a key for its capital • Sweep sideways across three keys for a space, downward to delete • Swipe up from the space strip to reveal the symbols BUILT AROUND YOUR THUMBS Space and delete have no dedicated keys. They are full-width strips along the bottom and top edges, so they sit under your thumb wherever your hand rests. Swipe along the delete strip to remove a whole word; swipe along the space strip to move the cursor a character at a time. CAPITALS THAT BEHAVE Sentences capitalise themselves — at the start of a document, after a new line, and once a sentence ends. Any gesture the keyboard reads as a capital resolves to a letter, so a rounded stroke never leaves a stray symbol behind. MAKE IT YOURS Resize the keyboard, move the controls to either side, hide the on-key labels once you have learned the layout, and switch the gesture trail on or off. PRIVACY Tapeze does not collect your data. What you type is not recorded, not stored and not sent anywhere. Full Access is required so the keyboard can read the layout settings you choose in the app and paste from the clipboard — nothing leaves your device.

Screenshots

FireTextResponse4 screens
Tapeze (Typing)1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Tapeze (Typing) at monthly against FireTextResponse's every 2 months. FireTextResponse's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FireTextResponse ships an update every 2 months, Tapeze (Typing) monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
FireTextResponse versus Tapeze (Typing): the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFireTextResponseTapeze (Typing)
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (27 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews45.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings27 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS8.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFireTextResponse, LLCGiulio Mecocci

In-app purchases

None

FireTextResponse

No in-app purchases

None

Tapeze (Typing)

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FireTextResponse free?
FireTextResponse is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tapeze (Typing) free?
Tapeze (Typing) is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FireTextResponse or Tapeze (Typing) have ads?
Neither FireTextResponse nor Tapeze (Typing) shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FireTextResponse or Tapeze (Typing)?
FireTextResponse ships an update every 2 months, and Tapeze (Typing) monthly. Most recently, FireTextResponse was updated on November 6, 2026 and Tapeze (Typing) on November 5, 2026.

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