First Due Mobile vs fiResponse NC
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
fiResponse NC
This enterprise system manages emergency responses to all-hazard incidents, focusing on wildland fires. It provides a common operating picture for multi-agency use with seamless data sharing across devices and platforms. Designed for field users, it enhances situational awareness and supports operational activities.
- Incident management
- Resource management
- Real-time resource tracking
- Situational awareness
- Multi-agency data sharing
- Incident weather viewing
- GPS mapping
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fiResponse™ is an enterprise system that provides capabilities for managing emergency response to all-hazard incidents with an emphasis on wildland fire. The software is designed to support the entire lifecycle of an incident delivering a common operating picture that allows multi-agency use with seamless synchronization and data sharing between different users, agencies, and devices through multiple platforms, including Desktop, Web, and Mobile. fiResponse™ core capabilities are built for incident management, resource management, and real-time resource tracking through spatially enabled platforms - designed to enhance situational awareness and support operational activities. The fiResponse™ Mobile App is primarily designed for emergency response users in the field to support situational awareness. Key fiResponse™ Mobile App features include viewing, creating, and/or editing incident information; dispatching to an incident and/or selecting an incident to follow; routing to an incident; viewing incident weather; collecting incident photos; mapping from GPS or digitizing on screen incident points, lines, and/or polygons; mapping from GPS in background mode; optionally sharing resource location and viewing other resource locations on the map; and viewing, creating, and/or editing incident log messages. The fiResponse™ system including the Mobile App can be configured to meet organizational needs. Note: This app requires you have a fiResponse account with the host agency to login and view/edit information.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: First Due Mobile at 2.8 against fiResponse NC's 1.5. First Due Mobile also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (835 vs 10). fiResponse NC's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.0). 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.
First Due Mobile holds the better App Store score, 2.8 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: First Due Mobile has 835 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two.
First Due Mobile ships an update fortnightly, fiResponse NC every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | First Due Mobile | fiResponse NC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (835 ratings) — better | 1.5 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 17.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 835 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 226 MB | 243 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Locality Media, Inc. | Technosylva Inc. |
Customer experience
First Due Mobile
fiResponse NC
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
fiResponse NC
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
First Due Mobile
No in-app purchases
fiResponse NC
No in-app purchases
Questions
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