Visual Pre Plans vs Vector
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
Vector
Manage your work schedule on the go. Receive and respond to callback shifts, submit time off and trade requests, and stay updated with group notifications. Requires your organization to be a Vector Scheduling member.
- Receive callback shifts
- Respond to group notifications
- Check work schedule
- Submit time off requests
- Submit trade requests
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This is the Vector Scheduling mobile application. This application will allow you to receive and respond to callback shifts, send and respond to group notifications, check your work schedule, submit time off and leave requests, submit trade requests, and more. This application requires that your organization be a member of Vector Scheduling.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Visual Pre Plans at 64% against Vector's 11%. Visual Pre Plans also leads on rating (3.8 vs 1.9) and update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Visual Pre Plans holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 1.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 59 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Visual Pre Plans's written reviews are positive against 11% of Vector's.
Visual Pre Plans ships an update monthly, Vector every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Visual Pre Plans | Vector |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (21 ratings) — better | 1.9 (59 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 64.3% of reviews — better | 11.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 21 | 59 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 194 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FlowMSP, Inc | Vector Solutions, Inc. |
Customer experience
Visual Pre Plans
Vector
In-app purchases
Visual Pre Plans
No in-app purchases
Vector
No in-app purchases
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