Comparison

Firefighters Emergency vs FireTek

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

Head to head
About

Firefighters Emergency

Locate over 30,000 fire emergency facilities and equipment across the United States. Search by map, region, state, or address. Save your favorites for quick access.

Highlights
  • Locate 30,000+ fire emergency facilities
  • Search by GPS or address
  • Map view of facilities
  • Filter by region or state
  • Save favorite locations
  • Offline data availability
Features
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Get the position (GPS or address) of all the fire emergency facilities and equipments in the United States directly to your iPhone, iPad and iPod. The app provides the following fire emergency facilities and equipments: - dry riser inlet; - fire alarm box; - fire extinguisher; - fire flapper; - fire hose; - fire hydrant; - fire water pond; - suction point; - water tank. The app also allows to: - Search in more than 30000 fire emergency facilities and equipments available; - Check the fire emergency facilities and equipments directly from the map; - Search fire emergency facilities and equipments by region, US state, address, street name or geolocation (latitude, longitude - GPS location service supported); - Save your favorites fire emergency facilities and equipments; - If offline, new fire emergency facilities and equipments are missing; - Coverage United States.    IMPORTANT NOTE: the app displays all the AVAILABLE fire emergency facilities and equipments provided by OpenStreetMap (http://openstreetmap.org/) and OverpassTurbo (http://overpass-api.de/). If you don't see some data, please understand it is not app fault but a lack of information at the source. Thus, please do not leave a bad review for this kind of issues. The app displays a banner and an interstitial ads to support dev to implement new features.

About

FireTek

This app provides incident notifications and mapping details for first responders. Users can respond to scenes or stations, share their intentions and ETA, and access a history of recent and past calls.

Highlights
  • Incident notifications (push/SMS)
  • Incident mapping and details
  • Respond to scene/station
  • Share intentions and ETA
  • Recent call list
  • Historical call data by location
Features
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Designed for first responders, the app sends incident notifications (push or SMS) and allows the authorized user to get additional information and mapping details for the incident. The user can then respond to scene or station, making his or her intentions and ETA known to other department members. It also provides a list of recent calls for the department and a historical listing of all calls associated with a location/address. It's simple, secure, and lightning fast.

Screenshots

Firefighters Emergency4 screens
FireTek4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: FireTek at 44% against Firefighters Emergency's 0%. FireTek also leads on rating (3.5 vs 1.0) and ads (none vs shown). Firefighters Emergency's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FireTek holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FireTek has 31 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Firefighters Emergency's written reviews are positive against 44% of FireTek's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Firefighters Emergency ships an update every 20 months, FireTek weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Firefighters Emergency versus FireTek: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFirefighters EmergencyFireTek
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (2 ratings)3.5 (31 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews44.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings231 — better
Update frequencyEvery 20 monthsWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB71 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperAndrea BisegnaUnderdog Technologies LLC dba FireTek

Customer experience

Firefighters Emergency

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

FireTek

All ratings31 ratings
Positive64.5%
Neutral6.5%
Negative29.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive44.4%
Neutral11.1%
Negative44.4%

In-app purchases

None

Firefighters Emergency

No in-app purchases

None

FireTek

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Firefighters Emergency free?
Firefighters Emergency is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FireTek free?
FireTek is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Firefighters Emergency or FireTek?
FireTek is rated higher. Firefighters Emergency averages 1.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while FireTek averages 3.5 from 31 ratings.
Do Firefighters Emergency or FireTek have ads?
Firefighters Emergency shows ads; FireTek does not.
Which is updated more often, Firefighters Emergency or FireTek?
Firefighters Emergency ships an update every 20 months, and FireTek weekly. Most recently, Firefighters Emergency was updated on September 8, 2026 and FireTek on September 2, 2026.

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