FireM vs PlanStudio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FireM
This mobile application helps reduce investigation time during fire alarms by providing real-time notifications and event logging. It can differentiate between various fire panel conditions and discretely transmit alerts to specific individuals or groups, enhancing emergency response.
- Real-time fire alarm notifications
- Differentiates alarm, pre-alarm, fault, and isolate conditions
- Local and off-site event logging
- Discreet transmission of alarms to individuals/groups
- Works with any high-level interface and current fire alarm panels
- Enhances emergency response team capabilities
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The Fire Responder Fire Alarm Notification application has been specifically developed to reduce the investigative time during a fire alarm, as a mobile phone based application. A reduction in the investigation time provides significant fire safety benefit to minimize disruption and maximize occupant awareness in a real emergency. The Fire Respond application can be configured to discriminate between various Fire Panel notification conditions including Alarms, Pre Alarms, Faults and Isolates. A record of events is captured locally and off site to allow easy interpolation of reoccurring or troublesome alarm conditions. The First Respond application can also be adapted to include or replace paging/nurse call, security notification devices and can have settings adjusted to “discretely” transmit alarms to specific individuals or groups. The application provides multiple redundancy in respect to notification systems within a building. Any individual licensed for a particular building effectively becomes part of the ERT (Emergency Response Team). The application works with any high level interface, including current Fire Alarm Panels.
PlanStudio
Easily create spatially accurate evacuation signs and diagrams directly from your tablet. Mark up building plans with pre-configured icons and drafting tools, then publish finished signs with a single press. Compliant with Australian legislation.
- Spatially accurate plans with geotagging
- 100+ pre-configured icons for safety
- Compliant with Australian legislation
- Secure cloud storage
- Multiple sign templates
- Full suite of drafting tools
- Push-button publishing of signs
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Locatrix has developed technology to give certifiers, fire engineers and other competent persons a way to immediately create spatially accurate evacuation signs/diagrams. PlanStudio provides a simple and easy way to mark-up a building or structure and create spatially accurate evacuation signs/diagrams with the press of a button. A mobile app for drafting, editing, viewing and adding mark-ups to CAD drawings directly from your tablet. Onsite engineers can increase their productivity and revenue by connecting their work to cloud storage and directly create evacuation signs and diagrams. Traditional drafting software is complex and difficult to use, a manual mark-up often requiring transferring onto a sign template by a third party. PlanStudio is easy enough for a novice with robust, powerful features that will please any expert. Key features include: • Geotagging for spatially accurate plans • 100+ pre-configured icons for WHS and Emergency Management • Compliant with all relevant Australian legislation and standards • Secure online cloud repository • Multiple sign templates • Full suite of drafting tools compatible with iOS and Windows • All legislative updates for the app • Push button publishing of finished Evacuation • Signs via Locatrix
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: FireM at 5.0 against PlanStudio's 3.0. FireM also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
FireM holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.
FireM ships an update monthly, PlanStudio every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and August 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FireM | PlanStudio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 159 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LVX GLOBAL IP PTY LTD | Concept Safety Systems PTY LTD |
Customer experience
FireM
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In-app purchases
FireM
No in-app purchases
PlanStudio
No in-app purchases









