Visual Pre Plans vs Lowdown
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
Lowdown
Manage brewery operations directly from your iPhone. This app allows you to view and update your to-do list, edit brew sheets in real-time, and scan kegs. It's the mobile extension of a comprehensive brewery management system.
- View To-Do list
- Update brew sheets
- Scan kegs
- Real-time updates
- Brewery operations management
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The mobile counterpart to Lowdown's Brewery Management Software. View your location's To-Do list, update brew sheets in real time, scan kegs, and more all from your iPhone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Lowdown at 5.0 against Visual Pre Plans's 3.8. Visual Pre Plans's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 11 months) and ratings volume (21 vs 1). 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.
Lowdown 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.
Visual Pre Plans ships an update monthly, Lowdown every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and June 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Visual Pre Plans | Lowdown |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (21 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 194 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | FlowMSP, Inc | LOWDOWN, LLC |
Customer experience
Visual Pre Plans
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In-app purchases
Visual Pre Plans
No in-app purchases
Lowdown
No in-app purchases
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