Comparison

FireMapper Enterprise vs Bit Map

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

FireMapper Enterprise

This app provides a comprehensive digital mapping and information sharing solution for emergency services and public safety organizations. It offers real-time mapping, situational awareness, and incident management with a rich suite of symbology for various emergency scenarios. Designed for ease of use, it requires minimal training to get started.

Highlights
  • Real-time mapping
  • Situational awareness
  • Incident management
  • Rich symbology library
  • Customizable solutions
  • Information sharing
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Built by a team of Australian volunteer firefighters, FireMapper is the complete mapping and information sharing solution for first responders, emergency service agencies and public safety organisations. We offer flexible, hosted and integrated solutions, including customisation and customer-specific functionality. FireMapper includes a rich suite of symbology, including Australasian All Hazards, US PMS 936 symbology and modules focused on wildfire, search and rescue, urban operations and impact assessment. Missing the capability to easily capture, manage and distribute critical information at incidents? FireMapper Enterprise is a subscription-based app providing real-time mapping, situational awareness, and incident management capabilities. Intuitive, simple and easy-to-use, anyone can get started using FireMapper with just 10 minutes of training. FireMapper Standard provides a standalone capability without an Enterprise subscription and is also available on the App Store.

About

Bit Map

This app offers advanced mapping and navigation capabilities, supporting both online and offline map services. It allows users to record locations, create custom layers, and georeference map images directly within the application.

Highlights
  • Offline map support (JPEG, TIFF, PNG)
  • Online vector/raster map services
  • Offline vector layer support (GeoPackage, Shapefile)
  • Record tracks and waypoints
  • Create and update custom layers
  • Georeference map images within the app
  • Support for hundreds of coordinate systems
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Bit Map provides mapping and navigation with offline maps (inc. JPEG, TIFF, PNG), online vector or raster map services (inc. WFS, WMTS, TMS, XYZ, OSM-compatible services), and offline vector layers (inc. GeoPackage, Shapefile, File Geodatabase, GPX, KML). Record locations as tracks and waypoints. Create and update custom layers and attributes. Style (symbology) of vector layers is highly customisable. Bit Map was the first iOS app to provide navigation with arbitrary user-supplied maps in 2009. Map image files need not be georeferenced before importing, as Bit Map includes 4 methods to georeference map images within the app. Bit Map can even publish your map layers to a Web Map and automatically keep them in sync with the web map! Bit Map is built on a true GIS foundation and can manage data in hundreds of different coordinate systems, projections and geographic datums. Layers with different projections can be displayed simultaneously in the same map. Disclaimer: Do not use Bit Map while operating a motor vehicle, other vehicle, machinery or in any potentially dangerous situation. Do not rely on Bit Map, or on the accuracy of data presented by Bit Map, for any purpose in which inaccuracies or any app behaviour could cause danger, loss, damage or problems of any kind to the user or to any third party. Users are responsible for abiding by the copyright and license terms of any data, maps and services that they import, configure or use in Bit Map. Some features are not available in the 'Lite' version (see web site for details).

Screenshots

FireMapper Enterprise4 screens
Bit Map3 screens

Verdict

The call

FireMapper Enterprise and Bit Map both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of FireMapper Enterprise's written reviews are positive against 25% of Bit Map's. FireMapper Enterprise also leads on price (Free vs $3.99) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On rating, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

FireMapper Enterprise is free to download; Bit Map costs $3.99 up front. Bit Map sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. FireMapper Enterprise asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for FireMapper Enterprise against 5.0 for Bit Map. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of FireMapper Enterprise's written reviews are positive against 25% of Bit Map's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FireMapper Enterprise ships an update every 3 weeks, Bit Map monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
FireMapper Enterprise versus Bit Map: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFireMapper EnterpriseBit Map
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationSubscriptionPaid — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFire Front Solutions Pty LtdNIXANZ

Customer experience

FireMapper Enterprise

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bit Map

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%

In-app purchases

None

FireMapper Enterprise

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Bit Map

One-time1
  • Bit Map Pro$12.99

Questions

Is FireMapper Enterprise free?
FireMapper Enterprise is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bit Map free?
Bit Map costs $3.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, FireMapper Enterprise or Bit Map?
FireMapper Enterprise and Bit Map are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do FireMapper Enterprise or Bit Map have ads?
Neither FireMapper Enterprise nor Bit Map shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FireMapper Enterprise or Bit Map?
FireMapper Enterprise ships an update every 3 weeks, and Bit Map monthly. Most recently, FireMapper Enterprise was updated on October 4, 2026 and Bit Map on October 11, 2026.

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