TC Mobile vs FireTrade Shift Swap
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TC Mobile
Receive real-time emergency incident information, including location and type, directly on your iPhone. Get updates from your computer-aided dispatch system and easily navigate to incident locations using your preferred mapping app.
- Real-time incident notifications
- Incident location and type details
- Unit assignments and comments
- Navigation integration with mapping apps
- Progressive incident updates
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TC Mobile brings the insight and control of Tablet Command’s enterprise service to your iPhone. TC Mobile is an iPhone application that delivers Apple Push Notifications and emergency incident information including incident location and type, units assigned and comments from your computer-aided dispatch (CAD). Tap on the address to be routed to the location of the incident via Apple Maps, Google Maps, Waze, or Foreflight Mobile.* Receive up-to-date information from the CAD including progressive comments throughout the incident.* TC Mobile requires Tablet Command’s enterprise incident command service. Tablet Command and TC Mobile can be interfaced with your agency’s computer aided dispatch system and provide instant notifications of incidents to your iPad and iPhone. Contact us to learn how we can provide a reliable and accurate interface to your CAD. support@tabletcommand.com * Accurate location and CAD comments depend on the availability of data CAD integration data available. Location services disclaimer: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
FireTrade Shift Swap
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FireTrade Shift Swap is a simple, member-run tool for firefighters to coordinate shift trades. It replaces the buried group chat where trade requests get lost, can't be filtered, and leave no record of who owes whom. POST A TRADE IN SECONDS Your station, unit, and shift are filled in from your profile — just pick the date, note any payback you're offering, and post. Working a detail or overtime somewhere else? Change the station, unit, or shift right on the post. FIND COVERAGE FAST Browse open trades sorted by date, with filters for shift (A, B, C), rank, station, and date range. Urgent trades rise to the top. No more endless scrolling. VOLUNTEER AND CONFIRM Tap to sign up for any open trade. The poster sees who's available and picks one — and only then is contact information shared between the two of you, so you can work out the details. Phone numbers and emails are never publicly browsable. NEVER LOSE TRACK OF PAYBACKS Every confirmed trade is logged automatically in your ledger: who owes you, and who you owe. Only the person who is owed can mark a debt paid back, so nobody clears their own slate. BUILT FOR THE FIREHOUSE Big touch targets, minimal typing, and shift color-coding (A blue, B red, C green). Push notifications let you know the moment someone volunteers for your trade or selects you for theirs. Signing up takes about 30 seconds. New members are approved by an administrator who knows the membership, keeping the board to real crew only. Note: FireTrade Shift Swap is an independent tool created by and for firefighters. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by any fire department or agency. It does not connect to any official staffing system — confirmed trades must still be entered in your department's system. Rank and qualifications are on the honor system.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: TC Mobile at every 3 weeks against FireTrade Shift Swap's every 2 months. FireTrade Shift Swap's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, 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.
TC Mobile ships an update every 3 weeks, FireTrade Shift Swap every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TC Mobile | FireTrade Shift Swap |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (48 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 48 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 199 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tablet Command, Inc | John Nelson |
In-app purchases
TC Mobile
No in-app purchases
FireTrade Shift Swap
No in-app purchases
Questions
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