First Due Mobile vs Station Check
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
Station Check
This app helps organizations manage checklists, assets, inventory, and workflows for public safety and commercial industries. It allows for easy tracking of equipment, people, and inspections, with notifications for attention-needed items.
- Checklist management
- Asset management
- Inventory tracking
- Workflow automation
- Real-time notifications
- Reporting and configuration
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Station Check keeps your entire organization aligned and ready for what’s next with our easy-to-use mobile app for checklists, asset management, inventory and workflow. We help public safety (fire departments, EMS, police), municipalities, and a wide range of commercial industries easily manage everything from inventory, vehicles, equipment, people, credentials, pre-plans, building inspections, hydrant checks and more – all from any internet-enabled mobile device. Easily send and receive notifications when something needs attention. Quickly update the status of checks, inspections, and maintenance using our app, and easily run reports and configure the details of your account using the web portal at app3.stationcheck.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: First Due Mobile at 2.8 against Station Check's 1.9. First Due Mobile also leads on ratings volume (835 vs 9) and review sentiment (18% vs 0%). Station Check's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). 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.
First Due Mobile holds the better App Store score, 2.8 against 1.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: First Due Mobile has 835 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 18% of First Due Mobile's written reviews are positive against 0% of Station Check's.
First Due Mobile ships an update fortnightly, Station Check every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | First Due Mobile | Station Check |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (835 ratings) — better | 1.9 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 17.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 835 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| 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 | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Locality Media, Inc. | ESO Solutions, Inc. |
Customer experience
First Due Mobile
Station Check
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
Station Check
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
First Due Mobile
No in-app purchases
Station Check
No in-app purchases
Questions
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