INVENTORY vs ICS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
INVENTORY
Manage equipment issued, returned, and consumed during events. Track asset status and ensure proper maintenance reporting through a centralized database. Assign equipment to personnel by scanning tags and update inventory levels in real-time.
- Track issued, turned-in, and consumed inventory
- Assign equipment to personnel via tag scanning
- Scan equipment tags for returns
- Real-time inventory updates
- Equipment maintenance reporting
- Integrates with SalamanderLive™
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Quality inventory management is an important aspect to maintaining situational awareness during events. Track inventory that is issued, turned-in, and consumed during incidents and events with Salamander’s interoperable INVENTORY APP. Assure that your equipment is properly maintained and reported on from within the INVENTORY MANAGEMENT equipment database through SalamanderLive™. Issue mode: From a mobile device, the app user can scan a Salamander personnel TAG and then scan one-to-many equipment TAGs to assign equipment to that personnel. The fixed assets will decrement in SalamanderLive as they are assigned to show they are active in the field. Return mode: Equipment can be returned to your inventory by scanning the equipment TAG. When equipment is turned in, the quantity on-hand is incremented and reflected in SalamanderLive.
ICS
This application simplifies the creation and sharing of ICS-214 forms. It offers an intuitive workflow for adding details and activity entries, with offline capabilities for uninterrupted work. Users can pre-populate forms with default fields to save time during ongoing incidents.
- Friendly workflow for details and entries
- Offline authoring and editing
- Shareable ICS-214 form export
- Set default fields for pre-population
- Optimized for field use
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An easy-to-use app to help prepare and share the ICS-214 form. Friendly workflow: Add details and activity entries using a friendly workflow optimized for field use. Work Offline: Designed to work completely offline for authoring and editing activity details even while off the grid. Share Official ICS-214: When connectivity is available, use the share option to export or send out a copy of the ICS-214 form. Set Default Fields: Use the "214 Default Fields" option in settings to set defaults that will pre-populate new ICS-214 forms upon creation. This will save time when working the same incident and/or with the same team for multiple operational periods. Coming next: Support for spreadsheet format, preview the form, edit filename, attach images & location, electronically sign PDFs, and more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: INVENTORY at 4.7 against ICS's 4.2. INVENTORY also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 86%). 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.
INVENTORY holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of INVENTORY's written reviews are positive against 86% of ICS's.
| Parameter | INVENTORY | ICS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3 ratings) — better | 4.2 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 85.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | OrangeHook, Inc. | Mike Comer |
Customer experience
INVENTORY
ICS
In-app purchases
INVENTORY
No in-app purchases
ICS
No in-app purchases








