Comparison

Fire Safe vs CoTD

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

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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-

About

CoTD

Features
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The Code of the Day app will generate engineer’s “Code of the Day” if that feature has been enabled on the control panel. This app will generate a random engineers code which is valid for that day up until midnight. It can also be used to generate a code to allow the user to reset their system after a false alarm. This is intended for use by installation companies only to reduce site visits and protect installations from rouge engineers. Once installed your will need register with our tech support and receive an activation code to use the app. Contact Tech support for activation code Monday - Friday, 8am - 5.30pm +44 (0) 1706 398740 support@orisec.co.uk

Screenshots

Fire Safe4 screens
CoTD3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CoTD at none against Fire Safe's 2. CoTD also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads and device support 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. Fire Safe sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. CoTD asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Fire Safe versus CoTD: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFire SafeCoTD
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (14 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings14 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperiCertifiColin Galbraith

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Fire Safe

Subscriptions2
  • Unlimited Fire Reports$14.991 Month
  • Fire Safe Subscription 12$79.991 Year
None

CoTD

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fire Safe free?
Fire Safe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CoTD free?
CoTD is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Fire Safe or CoTD have ads?
Neither Fire Safe nor CoTD shows ads.

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