IFSTA Essentials 8 User Reviews

IFSTA Essentials 8
IFSTA Essentials 8
International Fire Service Training Association

Is IFSTA Essentials 8 Safe?

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Is IFSTA Essentials 8 Legit?

IFSTA Essentials 8 appears legitimate, with a few gaps. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for IFSTA Essentials 8 is 73/100.

Based on 73 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

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Review on App

Id recommend spending your money on the audio book. When it comes to the state finial exam, don’t bother buying the practice exam questions. They weren’t helpful at all. Honestly, your best bet is to know the book front to back (it felt like I was taking a promotional exam). Unfortunately none of the questions from that app showed up on the actual exam.
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Seems good but can’t buy anything

I really enjoyed the first chapter of the audiobook and liked using it to read along. However, it won’t let me buy the rest of the chapters. I looked into it, and it seems like I can’t make any purchases at all.

Response from developer

Hi Kaya, we would like to help you with your purchases, could you please send details of your issue to support@ifsta.org? Thanks.

Very helpful

Works well and has been very helpful in conjunction with my other study and testing material.

Practice tests

Some of the answers in the practice test are wrong. For example, one of the questions asked “what is the primary way to shut off power” I put breaker box and the answer was electric meter! Everyone knows that to shut off power you go to the breaker box in a residence. Another function I noticed is your progress does not save in an exam. I went to go look up a question after getting it wrong in the exam and I had to completely restart. Please review some of the questions and provide a feature that helps you keep your progress in an exam, that would make the app a lot better
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Response from developer

Hi Smoke and Flames, thank you for sharing your feedback. Please contact our support team at support@ifsta.org with details of your issue.

Please add a login system.

I purchased the NFSTA 8 Essentials exam prep through this app and it’s been very helpful. However, one big limitation is that it can only be used on the device it was purchased on. For example, I bought it on my home iPad, but I can’t access it on my school iPad due to restrictions.

It would make a huge difference if the app included a login or account system so purchases could carry over to any device. This would be a major benefit for firefighters in training who need flexibility to study wherever they are. Please consider adding this feature, it would make the app much more effective and accessible.
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Several issues

The audio book, flash cards, and practice tests have all been super helpful for studying, however the app has several bugs that my classmates and I have run into.
The main one is the audio book will just stop. Then it’s impossible to get it to start playing again.

Response from developer

Hi TannerNeverDies, Thanks for the feedback. We ask that you submit any issues with details and screenshots/screen recordings, if possible, to support@ifsta.org.

Not there yet.

Practice tests have incorrect answers. After doing some practice tests and getting questions wrong, realized they were correct when reviewing them comparing the book to the tests.
Second the audio book has flaws where it will read a section and continuously repeats that section so you have to manually forward yourself through the chapters.

I would NOT recommend using the practice tests and if you use the audio book, certain chapters will start repeating.
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Response from developer

Hi FDBueller, please contact support@ifsta.org with the issues you are experiencing, we would like to take a closer look. Thanks.