Comparison

Union Reach vs FireTek

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

Head to head
About

Union Reach

This platform offers unions a reliable communication channel through advanced push notifications. It supports text, audio, and video messages, ensuring members receive important union news and events. Additionally, it provides a free conference call line for all members.

Highlights
  • State-of-the-art push notifications
  • Text, audio, and video message formats
  • High read rate for communications
  • Free conference call line for members
  • Supports up to 200 simultaneous calls
  • Unlimited use of conference line
Features
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Welcome to Union Reach. The Union Mobile Communications Platform!! Union Reach is a specially designed mobile messaging platform, created to provide unions with a state-of-the-art push notifications system. Push notifications are the single most reliable format of communications today, with an over 80% read rate, (whereas mass e-mail blasts are only being read by as little as 30% of the recipients). Unions need a fast, reliable mode of communications to inform their entire membership of pertinent news, information, events and important union business that affect their lives—and their families. Union Reach is the perfect solution to meet that need! Union Reach has 4 Patents pending, and offers unlimited size push notifications in textual, audio or even video formats! To make this new mobile messaging app even more desirable to the union members—special Membership Benefits have been added including a free conference call line for every union member who downloads the Union Reach mobile app. This conference line (bridge) supports up to 200 calls simultaneously. It offers you unlimited use and it's completely free!! Use for business, social or even personal use. Add your local today at www.unionreach.net.

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

Union Reach4 screens
FireTek4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: FireTek at 3.5 against Union Reach's 2.6. FireTek also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (44% vs 29%). 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

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 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 27 and 31 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of Union Reach's written reviews are positive against 44% of FireTek's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Union Reach ships an update every 2 months, FireTek weekly. Both last shipped on October 2, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Union Reach versus FireTek: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUnion ReachFireTek
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.6 (27 ratings)3.5 (31 ratings) — better
Positive reviews29.4% of reviews44.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2731 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB53 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperUnions-America.com, Inc.Underdog Technologies LLC dba FireTek

Customer experience

Union Reach

All ratings27 ratings
Positive40.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative59.3%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive29.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative70.6%

FireTek

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

In-app purchases

None

Union Reach

No in-app purchases

None

FireTek

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Union Reach free?
Union Reach 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, Union Reach or FireTek?
FireTek is rated higher. Union Reach averages 2.6 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while FireTek averages 3.5 from 31 ratings.
Do Union Reach or FireTek have ads?
Neither Union Reach nor FireTek shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Union Reach or FireTek?
Union Reach ships an update every 2 months, and FireTek weekly. Most recently, Union Reach was updated on October 2, 2026 and FireTek on October 2, 2026.

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