Comparison

Varsom vs FEI SECURE

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

Head to head
About

Varsom

Features
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About Varsom Improve planning for winter trips into the hills and mountains or on frozen lakes. Prevent damage from floods with better knowledge. Report where you have seen avalanches. Together we can save lives and reduce damages due to avalanches, floods, landslides and dangerous ice conditions. This app gathers in one place the most important features from the Varsom Platform needed in the outdoors, for field inspections and for readiness, crisis management and rescue situations. Observations from regobs.no, warnings from varsom.no, and support maps from xgeo.no and iskart.no are included. The app is also available in English, such that visitors from abroad may read and submit observations, as well as receive warnings. As a bonus, the app now works well outside Norway. Varsom and the warning services for avalanches, landslides, ice conditions and floods are services provided by the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE) in co-operation with the Norwegian Public Roads Administration and the Norwegian Meteorological Institute.

About

FEI SECURE

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With this app you can visualise all the information inside of a FEI SECURE NFC enabled product, like wine bottles, helmets, clothes and much more. For more information, visit the site www.feisecure.com

Screenshots

Varsom4 screens
FEI SECURE4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Varsom at every 6 weeks against FEI SECURE's every 5 months. FEI SECURE's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Varsom ships an update every 6 weeks, FEI SECURE every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Varsom versus FEI SECURE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVarsomFEI SECURE
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB24 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperNorges Vassdrags- og EnergidirektoratMattia Dorigo

In-app purchases

None

Varsom

No in-app purchases

None

FEI SECURE

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Varsom free?
Varsom is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FEI SECURE free?
FEI SECURE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Varsom or FEI SECURE have ads?
Neither Varsom nor FEI SECURE shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Varsom or FEI SECURE?
Varsom ships an update every 6 weeks, and FEI SECURE every 5 months. Most recently, Varsom was updated on October 10, 2026 and FEI SECURE on September 26, 2026.

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