SALUS vs BC Wildfire Service
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SALUS
This app helps manage jobsite safety and operations. It allows users to report hazards, track personnel and subcontractors, manage tasks, and log worker hours. It also facilitates document organization and instant communication for safety alerts.
- Report and get alerted of jobsite hazards
- Track personnel and subcontractor presence
- Manage job status and outstanding tasks
- Fast and easy time tracking for workers
- Smart paperwork and document tracking
- Instant notifications for safety hazards
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Salus Features: - Report and get alerted of hazards on or around the jobsite. - See how many people are on your jobsites with GPS. - Check jobs and stay up to date on their status. - Ability to see all subcontractors on site at all times. - Stay on top of outstanding tasks with an easy to use management system. - Fast and easy time tracking for workers to log their hours. - Cover all your liability and stay up-to-date with smart paperwork tracking. - Organize all your paperwork by person and jobsite. - Collect and view documents immediately. - Instantly send signed documents to all involved parties. - Send and receive instant notifications for safety hazards to reduce injuries. - Easy to use photo attachments for all onsite updates.
BC Wildfire Service
Access real-time wildfire information for British Columbia, including an interactive map with perimeters, burn prohibitions, and weather conditions. Receive customizable notifications for saved locations and report new fires directly through the app.
- Interactive wildfire map
- Burn prohibitions
- Smoke forecasts
- Evacuation information
- Customizable notifications
- In-app fire reporting
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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 rating: BC Wildfire Service at 3.0 against SALUS's 2.5. SALUS's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (38% vs 29%). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
BC Wildfire Service holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 7 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 38% of SALUS's written reviews are positive against 29% of BC Wildfire Service's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
SALUS ships an update fortnightly, BC Wildfire Service every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SALUS | BC Wildfire Service |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (23 ratings) | 3.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 37.5% of reviews — better | 28.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 80 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Salus Technologies Inc | Government of British Columbia |
Customer experience
SALUS
BC Wildfire Service
Bugs and requests
SALUS
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
SALUS
No in-app purchases
BC Wildfire Service
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is SALUS free?
Is BC Wildfire Service free?
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Do SALUS or BC Wildfire Service have ads?
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