Comparison

UtilSoft FOSMS vs Storm Manager

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

Head to head
About

UtilSoft FOSMS

This app digitizes safety inspection records for equipment, vehicles, and crews. It allows for the recording of safety-related job briefings and facilitates electronic data export and import to a central repository. Say goodbye to paper and pen with this tablet-based solution for immediate action and electronic signature capture.

Highlights
  • Record safety inspections
  • Document job briefings
  • Manage equipment and vehicle records
  • Electronic data export/import
  • Digital signature capture
  • Tablet-based data entry
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UtilSoft FOSMS helps keeps records of safety inspections of equipment, vehicles, and crews. Also, safety related job briefing details can also be recorded. The inspection details can be exported and imported to and from a central repository. UtilSoft worked with leading electric, gas and water utilities to design a comprehensive system that documents and manages problems encountered by field personnel. UtilSoft has a proven solution. Say goodbye to the clipboard, paper and pen! Take immediate action via the tablet, and store all information and obtain signatures electronically.

About

Storm Manager

This app streamlines resource management for companies responding to natural disasters. It facilitates resource acquisition, workforce coordination, expense tracking, and real-time communication to expedite recovery efforts.

Highlights
  • Resource activation and acquisition
  • Workforce development and crew rosters
  • Time and expense tracking
  • GPS tracking of resources
  • Meals and lodging management
  • Real-time communication
  • Dynamic reporting
Features
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Storm Manager helps companies impacted by Natural Disasters manage the influx of resources needed to deal with the disaster. Storm Manager brings unmatched efficiency to the process of securing the resources needed, tracking them throughout the event, providing meals & lodging, and ensuring everyone gets paid for the prudent charges incurred to provide service. Storm Manager works with all emergency response operations including: Utilities, DOTs, Gas, Cable / Fiber, Telecom, Wildfire Fighters, Insurance Adjusters, and FEMA. The Storm Manager systems facilitates the acquiring and management of resources throughout the entire restoration event, including: Resource Activation / Acquisition Workforce Development / Crew Rosters Time / Expense Tracking, Approval, & Invoicing GPS Tracking of Resource Locations Meals & Lodging Direct Communication to Workforce Dynamic Reporting & Data Requests Digital record of all activity (time, user GPS) Contract Management (during blue-sky days) Storm Manager connects the impacted companies with their entire workforce both internal and external in real-time. Field based users use this mobile application to update their crew roster, track their time, submit their expenses, and get directions to their hotels. After major events, Storm Manager helps Utilities get the lights on quicker, DOTs clear the roads quicker, Wildfire Fighters put the fires out quicker.

Screenshots

UtilSoft FOSMS4 screens
Storm Manager4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: UtilSoft FOSMS at 5.0 against Storm Manager's 2.6. Storm Manager's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (17 vs 2). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

UtilSoft FOSMS holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Storm Manager has 17 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

UtilSoft FOSMS ships an update every 4 months, Storm Manager every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
UtilSoft FOSMS versus Storm Manager: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUtilSoft FOSMSStorm Manager
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better2.6 (17 ratings)
Positive reviews—66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings217 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size159 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUtilsoft, LLCWRM Software Inc.

Customer experience

UtilSoft FOSMS

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Storm Manager

All ratings17 ratings
Positive41.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative58.8%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

UtilSoft FOSMS

No in-app purchases

None

Storm Manager

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is UtilSoft FOSMS free?
UtilSoft FOSMS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Storm Manager free?
Storm Manager is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, UtilSoft FOSMS or Storm Manager?
UtilSoft FOSMS is rated higher. UtilSoft FOSMS averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Storm Manager averages 2.6 from 17 ratings.
Do UtilSoft FOSMS or Storm Manager have ads?
Neither UtilSoft FOSMS nor Storm Manager shows ads.
Which is updated more often, UtilSoft FOSMS or Storm Manager?
UtilSoft FOSMS ships an update every 4 months, and Storm Manager every 4 weeks. Most recently, UtilSoft FOSMS was updated on June 1, 2026 and Storm Manager on September 17, 2026.

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