Comparison

fiResponse Texas vs ICS

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

Head to head
About

fiResponse Texas

This system manages emergency responses to all-hazard incidents, focusing on wildland fires. It offers a common operating picture for multi-agency use, enabling seamless data sharing across devices and platforms. The mobile app enhances situational awareness for field responders.

Highlights
  • Incident management
  • Resource management
  • Real-time resource tracking
  • Situational awareness
  • Multi-agency data sharing
  • Incident weather viewing
  • GPS mapping
Features
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fiResponse™ is an enterprise system that provides capabilities for managing emergency response to all-hazard incidents with an emphasis on wildland fire. The software is designed to support the entire lifecycle of an incident delivering a common operating picture that allows multi-agency use with seamless synchronization and data sharing between different users, agencies, and devices through multiple platforms, including Desktop, Web, and Mobile. fiResponse™ core capabilities are built for incident management, resource management, and real-time resource tracking through spatially enabled platforms - designed to enhance situational awareness and support operational activities. The fiResponse™ Mobile App is primarily designed for emergency response users in the field to support situational awareness. Key fiResponse™ Mobile App features include viewing, creating, and/or editing incident information; dispatching to an incident and/or selecting an incident to follow; routing to an incident; viewing incident weather; collecting incident photos; mapping from GPS or digitizing on screen incident points, lines, and/or polygons; mapping from GPS in background mode; optionally sharing resource location and viewing other resource locations on the map; and viewing, creating, and/or editing incident log messages. The fiResponse™ system including the Mobile App can be configured to meet organizational needs. Note: This app requires you to have a fiResponse account with the host agency to login and view/edit information.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

fiResponse Texas4 screens
ICS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ICS at 4.2 against fiResponse Texas's 2.4. fiResponse Texas's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0.0). 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

ICS holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 6 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
fiResponse Texas versus ICS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterfiResponse TexasICS
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.4 (8 ratings)4.2 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—85.7% of reviews
Number of ratings8 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better14.0.0
Further details — not scored
Size305 MB43 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperTechnosylva Inc.Mike Comer

Customer experience

fiResponse Texas

All ratings8 ratings
Positive37.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative62.5%

ICS

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%

In-app purchases

None

fiResponse Texas

No in-app purchases

None

ICS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is fiResponse Texas free?
fiResponse Texas is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ICS free?
ICS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, fiResponse Texas or ICS?
ICS is rated higher. fiResponse Texas averages 2.4 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while ICS averages 4.2 from 6 ratings.
Do fiResponse Texas or ICS have ads?
Neither fiResponse Texas nor ICS shows ads.

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