SMARTGOV Mobile vs CFS Checklist
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SMARTGOV Mobile
Manage inspections and ensure compliance with this mobile tool designed for SmartGov Community Development users. Streamline your workflow and maintain regulatory standards on the go.
- Mobile inspection management
- Compliance tracking
- SmartGov Community Development integration
- Workflow streamlining
- Regulatory standard adherence
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Mobile Inspection and Compliance management designed exclusively for SmartGov Community Development users.
CFS Checklist
This app provides a daily fire inspection checklist for construction sites, helping to identify and mitigate safety risks. Users can complete the inspection and generate PDF reports for officials or personal records, aligning with fire code requirements.
- Daily fire inspection checklist
- Identify safety risks
- Generate PDF reports
- Code compliance
- Easy navigation
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Construction Fire Safety Coalition's daily fire inspection checklist, required per 2021 International Fire Code § 3303.3. This app allows Construction Site Safety Directors to reduce the frequency and severity of construction fires by answering questions that identify safety risks. Users will walk through their daily inspection using this easy-to-navigate checklist and generate a PDF report of the answers to share with the fire and building officials as per the code, appropriate parties, or save for their records. Visit https://constructionfiresafety.org/ for additional materials and resources from the Construction Fire Safety Coalition
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CFS Checklist at 5.0 against SMARTGOV Mobile's 3.8. CFS Checklist also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). SMARTGOV Mobile's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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.
CFS Checklist holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SMARTGOV Mobile has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SMARTGOV Mobile | CFS Checklist |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 161 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Paladin Data Systems | American Wood Council |
Customer experience
SMARTGOV Mobile
CFS Checklist
In-app purchases
SMARTGOV Mobile
No in-app purchases
CFS Checklist
No in-app purchases
Questions
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