Winters Tools vs BC Wildfire Service
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Winters Tools
Easily find Winters product part numbers by entering specifications, scanning UPCs, or comparing with competitors. Convert temperature and pressure units with this handy utility.
- Part number configurator
- UPC scanner
- Competitor cross-over tool
- Temperature converter
- Pressure unit conversion
- Email part information
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Winters Tools-To-Go provides quick access to some of Winters’ top tools. - Know the pressure gauge or thermometer specifications but not the Winters part number? Our Configurator allows you to enter as much or as little information about the pressure gauge or thermometer which you require and automatically generates a number of Winters’ part number and description options. Then email that information to your purchasing office, your local distribution partner, a Winters’ sales office or anyone else. - Trying to identify a Winters product? Use the Winters Tools-To-Go UPC Scanner to quickly scan the product UPC (located on the product and on the packaging) and pull up the part number and product description. Then email that information to your purchasing office, your local distribution partner, a Winters’ sales office or anyone else. - The Winters Tools-To-Go Competitor Cross-Over allows you to choose a competitor’s product series and generate the equivalent Winters series. - The Temperature Converter quickly converts units of pressure to 12 other units. It also converts Celsius to Fahrenheit or Fahrenheit to Celsius. Winters Tools-To-Go . . . . Making it Easier to Get Instrumentation
BC Wildfire Service
Stay informed about wildfires and related conditions across British Columbia with real-time updates. Access an interactive map, receive customizable notifications for saved locations, and report fires directly through the app.
- Interactive wildfire map
- Burn prohibitions
- Smoke forecasts
- Customizable notifications
- In-app incident reporting
- Evacuation information
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The BC Wildfire Service App provides up-to-date wildfire information on your mobile phone, helping you stay informed about wildfires and wildfire-related events and conditions across British Columbia. Features Include Interactive Wildfire Map - Wildfire perimeters when available - Burn prohibitions - Smoke forecasts - Weather conditions - Evacuation information when available - Road conditions, and more. Wildfire Dashboard - Updates from BC Wildfire Service - Incident statistics - Daily situation report during peak fire season Saved Locations and Saved Incident information - Evacuation orders and alerts - Burn prohibitions - New wildfires - Weather - Fire prohibitions - Customizable notifications Report a Fire - In-app incident reporting - Offline report of fire
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Winters Tools at 100% against BC Wildfire Service's 29%. Winters Tools also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0). BC Wildfire Service's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 1). 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.
Winters Tools holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BC Wildfire Service has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Winters Tools's written reviews are positive against 29% of BC Wildfire Service's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on June 10, 2026 and September 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Winters Tools | BC Wildfire Service |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.0 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 28.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Winters Instruments Ltd | Government of British Columbia |
Customer experience
Winters Tools
BC Wildfire Service
Bugs and requests
Winters Tools
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
BC Wildfire Service
Reported bugs
54 issues- Saved location alerts for old one
- Map dots all over, zoom broken
- Current location broken
- Map not available in satellite mode
- Layers do not load
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- White screen, nothing else
- Smoke forecast cannot be removed
- Dashboard switches between app and browser
- App glitches randomly
- Map makes terrain larger, print smaller
- Clicking 'more details' does nothing
- Cannot see fire size
- No notification of new wildfire
- Cannot click on fires for details
- Fires from last year still present
- Relays old and outdated information
- Still bugs to update app
- Saved location freezes, doesn't update
- Alerts for fires not close to radius
- App resets map when going back
- Cannot click on a fire for details
- Slow updating status of active fires
- Cannot set for region, unable to get updates
- Cannot save location or fires
- Map not updating properly
- Filter wildfire list by fire centre not working
- Side legend on map will not close
- Location pin too big
- Map zooms all the way out after viewing details
- Add location for notifications doesn't work
- Contact form doesn't work
- Whole thing is laggy and glitchy
- Map doesn't show up
- Cannot submit feedback
- New version has many issues
- App runs terribly on iOS
- No longer provides detail when clicking fires
- Only provides weather stations
- Nothing loads
- Map does not work
- Redirects to non-functional app
- Does not show all major roads
- App won't open properly
- Half of the screen goes blank
- Fires near me stalls and says error
- App hasn't updated information
- Endless waiting for info
- Could not sign up for notifications
- Tweets took minutes to appear, two years old
- Maps are awkward and mislabeled
- Missing information for updates
- Latest version doesn't respect in-app notification settings
- Spamming with news and alerts
- Still says there is a new version update
Requested features
10 requests- More detailed terrain features
- Version optimized for low network scenarios
- Add more photos to Media tab
- Return ability to select perimeter for notifications
- Bring back desktop version for community planning
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- Name fires by area
- Reinstate browser version
- Add more dysfunction and corruption
- Add more fighters, helicopters, machines
- Make app optional, not in place of website
In-app purchases
Winters Tools
No in-app purchases
BC Wildfire Service
No in-app purchases
Questions
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