Comparison

iFire vs Fire Safe

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

Head to head
About

iFire

This app provides real-time team availability for volunteer firefighters, allowing them to quickly book on and off duty. It instantly updates availability across all team members' devices, making it easy to see who is available for call-outs. Optional subscription unlocks advanced statistics and notification features.

Highlights
  • Update availability instantly
  • View station crew availability
  • Set periods of unavailability
  • Receive low crew notifications
  • Track weekly availability hours
Features
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iFire shows your crew who is available right now, and makes booking on and off a single tap. Built by an on-call firefighter for on-call (retained) fire crews. WHO'S AVAILABLE, AT A GLANCE - A live crew list with everyone's status, rank and qualifications - Cover bars for every role (officers, drivers, BA wearers and more) turn orange or red as cover drops - Low crew alerts when your station falls below the levels you set YOUR STATUS IN ONE TAP - Available, delayed, unavailable, course or leave - "Back at..." timers book you back on automatically - Geofencing changes your status as you arrive at or leave the station* PLAN AHEAD - Book time off on the calendar - whole days, or from a start time to an end time - then change or cancel it any time - Set your rota once, with shift hours if you work shifts: you're only unavailable while you're at work - Set your day hour by hour: tap or drag the hours, then pick a status - See the whole crew's day, with how many are available each hour CALL-OUTS THAT GET THROUGH - Mobilisation alerts that sound through silent mode and Do Not Disturb - Answer "I'm responding" straight from the alert - See who is responding and how far away they are AND MORE - Station chat, events and training - Dark mode, set for the whole crew by your station or by you - Sort the crew list your way, choose which view it opens on, and show ranks if you like - Face ID / Touch ID app lock - Contracted hours tracking* FOR STATION MANAGERS Station managers can run their station from the iOnCall dashboard on a computer: availability planning, rotas, crewing rules and call-out history. * Included with a subscription. Your station may already cover this for you. SUBSCRIPTION iFire Premium is an optional auto-renewing subscription, monthly or yearly, that adds the features marked *, leave and course statuses, and extra statistics and alert options. - Price: £1.99 per month, or £8.99 per year - Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. - The subscription renews automatically unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. - Manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Privacy policy: https://ifire.ifireapp.net/privacy-policy.html Terms of use: https://ifire.ifireapp.net/app/html/terms

About

Fire Safe

Streamline fire extinguisher testing and reporting directly from your device. Automate reminders, generate comprehensive reports, and eliminate manual paperwork. This app offers a user-friendly interface for efficient fire safety management.

Highlights
  • Portable fire extinguisher testing
  • Automated reminders for tests
  • Comprehensive report generation
  • Cloud storage integration
  • Email and print reports
  • User-friendly interface
Features
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Fire Safe is for the engineer who services portable fire extinguishers. It keeps the record of the site, not just the certificate at the end of the visit. THE SITE REGISTER Every extinguisher on a site in one list, with the date its next service falls due. Monthly visual, annual service, the five-year extended service and the ten-year overhaul are worked out from BS 5306-3 and the unit type, so the list sorts itself by what is due first. Open a site before a visit and the work is already in front of you. SCAN THE UNIT Each extinguisher can carry a QR or NFC tag. Hold the phone to it and its record opens: the commissioning date, the last service, who carried it out, and what was found. Fire Safe lays the tags out on an Avery L7159 sheet, 24 to a page, for any office printer. Point the camera at a manufacturer's label and Fire Safe reads the make, model and rating off it. That happens on the phone; the image is not sent anywhere. WHAT THE SITE IS SHORT OF Enter a room's floor area and Fire Safe works out the class A cover required by BS 5306-8, then states the gap plainly: 26A required, 13A fitted, one more 9-litre water unit. Hazards and special risks are recorded alongside it. The shortfall is a quote you can leave on the day. THE SIX DOCUMENTS - Commissioning Certificate - Service Certificate - Asset Register - Corrective Action Notice - Monthly Visual Inspection Record - Fire Safety Log Book Every one prints as a proper A4 PDF, ready to email or hand over. The Corrective Action Notice is written from what you recorded, so a failed unit leaves the building with the fault in writing. FIRE BLANKETS AND HOSE REELS Blankets to BS EN 1869 and hose reels to BS EN 671-3 sit in the same register, with their own check lists and their own due dates. THE STANDARDS, ON YOUR PHONE Reference articles drawn from BS 5306-3, BS 5306-8, BS EN 3-7, BS EN 1869 and BS EN 671-3, and they work offline. YOUR WORK, BACKED UP The register syncs through your own iCloud account across your iPhone and iPad. Backups write to iCloud Drive, and restoring merges what is in the backup with what is already on the device rather than overwriting it. MINT BOOKS Completed visits can raise a draft invoice in Mint Books, priced per unit serviced. UPGRADING FROM AN EARLIER VERSION Your saved reports are brought across automatically on first launch. Fire Safe is one of the iCertifi family of certification apps for UK trades. SUBSCRIPTION Fire Safe Subscription is available as a monthly or a yearly auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage your subscription and turn auto-renewal off in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://icertifi.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/201659279-iCertifi-s-Privacy-Policy-all-apps-

Screenshots

iFire4 screens
Fire Safe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Fire Safe at 4.3 against iFire's 3.8. iFire's advantage is review sentiment (76% vs 50%) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. iFire sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Fire Safe sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fire Safe holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 14 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 76% of iFire's written reviews are positive against 50% of Fire Safe's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
iFire versus Fire Safe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriFireFire Safe
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (6 ratings)4.3 (14 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.3% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings614 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKernow SoftwareiCertifi

Customer experience

iFire

All ratings6 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive76.3%
Neutral7.9%
Negative15.8%

Fire Safe

All ratings14 ratings
Positive78.6%
Neutral7.1%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

iFire

Subscriptions2
  • iFire Subscription$1.991 Month
  • iFire Annual subcription$19.991 Year
2 purchases

Fire Safe

Subscriptions2
  • Unlimited Fire Reports$14.991 Month
  • Fire Safe Subscription 12$79.991 Year

Questions

Is iFire free?
iFire is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Fire Safe free?
Fire Safe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, iFire or Fire Safe?
Fire Safe is rated higher. iFire averages 3.8 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Fire Safe averages 4.3 from 14 ratings.
Do iFire or Fire Safe have ads?
Neither iFire nor Fire Safe shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iFire or Fire Safe?
iFire ships an update weekly, and Fire Safe weekly. Most recently, iFire was updated on October 14, 2026 and Fire Safe on October 5, 2026.

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