Comparison

TC Mobile vs Firefighter Trades

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

Firefighter Trades

Facilitates simple shift trading for firefighters. Post days you need covered or browse available trades from colleagues of the same rank. Propose, accept, and confirm trades directly within the app, with real-time notifications for updates.

Highlights
  • Post trade-off days
  • Browse available trades by rank
  • Propose and confirm trades
  • Real-time push notifications
  • Direct contact with trade partners
  • Built for firefighter scheduling rules
Features
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Firefighter Trades makes shift trading simple for fire department members. Instead of mass emails, group texts, and bulletin boards, post the days you need covered and browse days posted by other firefighters of your rank — then propose, accept, and confirm trades right from your phone. POST YOUR TRADE-OFF DAYS Add the days you want to trade off in a few taps. Mark special conditions or blocked days so potential partners know the details up front. FIND AVAILABLE TRADES Browse days posted by other members of your department, filtered to your rank and outside your own division, in a list or calendar view. PROPOSE AND CONFIRM TRADES Offer one or more of your posted days in exchange. The other firefighter picks the day that works, and both days are marked confirmed. If plans change, either party can cancel and both days go right back on the board. STAY IN THE LOOP Push notifications tell you the moment a proposal comes in, gets accepted or declined, or a confirmed trade is cancelled — and optionally when a new day matching your rank is posted. Once a trade is confirmed, call or text your trade partner directly from the app. BUILT BY A FIREFIGHTER, FOR FIREFIGHTERS Designed around real department shift-trading rules: rank-to-rank trades, division scheduling, and station assignments. Interested in getting your department on the app? We'd love to have you, just email us at firefightertradesapp@gmail.com Note: Firefighter Trades helps you arrange trades with other members — always finalize trades through your department's official scheduling system and per department policy.

Screenshots

TC Mobile4 screens
Firefighter Trades4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Firefighter Trades at 5.0 against TC Mobile's 3.8. Firefighter Trades also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). TC Mobile's advantage is ratings volume (48 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

Firefighter Trades holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TC Mobile has 48 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TC Mobile ships an update every 3 weeks, Firefighter Trades every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
TC Mobile versus Firefighter Trades: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTC MobileFirefighter Trades
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (48 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings48 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size199 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTablet Command, IncSEAN WESTPHAL

Customer experience

TC Mobile

All ratings48 ratings
Positive68.8%
Neutral4.2%
Negative27.1%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral11.1%
Negative38.9%

Firefighter Trades

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

In-app purchases

None

TC Mobile

No in-app purchases

None

Firefighter Trades

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TC Mobile free?
TC Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Firefighter Trades free?
Firefighter Trades is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TC Mobile or Firefighter Trades?
Firefighter Trades is rated higher. TC Mobile averages 3.8 out of 5 from 48 ratings, while Firefighter Trades averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do TC Mobile or Firefighter Trades have ads?
Neither TC Mobile nor Firefighter Trades shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TC Mobile or Firefighter Trades?
TC Mobile ships an update every 3 weeks, and Firefighter Trades every 9 days. Most recently, TC Mobile was updated on September 29, 2026 and Firefighter Trades on October 7, 2026.

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