First Due Mobile vs MCSJ Attendance Entry
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
First Due Mobile
Receive real-time incident notifications and navigate directly to emergencies with optimized routing. Access critical building data, pre-plans, and team communication tools for enhanced situational awareness and faster response.
- Incident tracking and notification
- Emergency response routing
- Building data integration
- Pre-incident planning
- Team chat communication
- Live unit tracking
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First Due Mobile is finally here! Be notified, arrive safely and understand your scene like never before. First Due Mobile includes: -Incident tracking and notification -Emergency response specific routing -Integrated Assessor, Building Department and Fire Prevention data! -Quick size-up on every building -Detailed pre-plans on every building including residential! -Pre-Incident Planning & Mapping -Chat for easy communication with your team -Incident statusing and responding functionality -Live unit and team member tracking during incident
MCSJ Attendance Entry
This companion app allows users to log in with their existing MCSJ account to manage employee attendance. Submit your own attendance, approve for your team, and access employee details and pay history.
- Log attendance
- Submit attendance
- Approve employee attendance
- View employee information
- View paycheck history
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Companion to Edmunds & Associates' MCSJ software suite. Allows users to log in using their MCSJ account information to enter and submit attendance, approve attendance for employees within that user's department, view their employee information, and view their paycheck history.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MCSJ Attendance Entry at 5.0 against First Due Mobile's 2.8. MCSJ Attendance Entry also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). First Due Mobile's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 9 months) and ratings volume (853 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MCSJ Attendance Entry holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: First Due Mobile has 853 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
First Due Mobile ships an update every 2 weeks, MCSJ Attendance Entry every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | First Due Mobile | MCSJ Attendance Entry |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (853 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 17.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 853 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 226 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Locality Media, Inc. | Edmunds GovTech, Inc. |
Customer experience
First Due Mobile
MCSJ Attendance Entry
Bugs and requests
First Due Mobile
Reported bugs
4 issues- Addresses not accurately displayed
- Inability to log out or switch between departments
- Inconsistent behavior across iOS and Android
- Unreliable push notifications and alerts
Requested features
5 requests- Dark mode option
- Improved scheduling and shift management
- Apple Watch integration for alerts
- Offline functionality and caching
- Streamlined user interface and navigation
MCSJ Attendance Entry
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
First Due Mobile
No in-app purchases
MCSJ Attendance Entry
No in-app purchases
Questions
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