Visual Pre Plans vs FireRoster
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Visual Pre Plans
This application streamlines fire department pre-planning and incident response with an image-based system. It allows for quick creation, updating, and sharing of pre-plan data, providing instant on-scene access to critical information for better operational coordination.
- Image-based pre-planning
- Fast pre-plan creation (under 5 minutes)
- Instant on-scene access to pre plans
- CAD notifications and integration
- Risk scoring
- Real-time team location tracking
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WHO WE ARE Visual Pre Plans is an image-based fire department pre planning and operations software designed to eliminate all obstacles preventing successful incident mitigation. With Visual Pre Plans, conveniently pre plan via mobile and desktop applications, easily creating, updating and sharing useful pre plans. HOW IT WORKS Pre-plan a building in as little as 5 minutes Instant on-scene access to pre plans & risk scores for all members via CAD notifications. Estimated time of arrival and team on map help ICs coordinate response. High hazard notes display with incident location details to indicate dangerous locations. Risk scoring & CAD integration Easy program management
FireRoster
Manage your work schedule, submit requests, and receive real-time updates from your mobile device. This app simplifies shift trades, leave requests, and keeps you connected, eliminating the need for manual tracking.
- View schedules anywhere
- Submit leave requests
- Submit shift trades
- Real-time updates
- Notifications
- Designed for fire departments
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FireRoster Mobile is designed for line-level users to easily check schedules, look ahead, submit leave and time-off requests, and stay connected through notifications — all from your mobile device. Built by firefighters, for firefighters, FireRoster Mobile puts schedules, trades, leave requests, and overtime right in your pocket — without the spreadsheets, texts, or whiteboard chaos. - View your schedule anywhere - Submit leave & shift trades on the go - Real-time updates & notifications - Designed specifically for fire departments Your roster doesn’t stop when you leave the station — now neither do you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Visual Pre Plans at 64% against FireRoster's 0%. Visual Pre Plans also leads on ratings volume (21 vs 1). FireRoster's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.8) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.6). 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.
FireRoster holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Visual Pre Plans has 21 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 64% of Visual Pre Plans's written reviews are positive against 0% of FireRoster's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Visual Pre Plans ships an update monthly, FireRoster every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Visual Pre Plans | FireRoster |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (21 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 195 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FlowMSP, Inc | Battalion 3 Technologies, LLC |
Customer experience
Visual Pre Plans
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In-app purchases
Visual Pre Plans
No in-app purchases
FireRoster
No in-app purchases
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