Visual Pre Plans vs Chief Commander
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
Chief Commander
This app provides essential information for emergency response vehicles like fire trucks and ambulances. It offers features such as hydrant locations, pre-plans, responder status, and two-way CAD integration for enhanced operational awareness.
- Hydrant locations
- Pre-plans
- Who is Responding
- Unit Statuses
- Two Way CAD integration
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Chief Commander is ideal for Fire Trucks, Ambulances, Command Vehicles, and other response vehicles that need information at their fingertips. Enhance the system with Two Way CAD integration where available. Includes Hydrant locations, Preplans, Who is Responding, Unit Statuses, and more...
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Chief Commander at 5.0 against Visual Pre Plans's 3.8. Chief Commander also leads on iOS requirement (14 vs 16.6). Visual Pre Plans's advantage is ratings volume (21 vs 1). 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.
Chief Commander 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.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Visual Pre Plans | Chief Commander |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 14 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 195 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FlowMSP, Inc | Chief Technologies |
Customer experience
Visual Pre Plans
Chief Commander
In-app purchases
Visual Pre Plans
No in-app purchases
Chief Commander
No in-app purchases
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