Deploy Pro vs Pik Friends
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Deploy Pro
This app provides first responders with essential tools for search and rescue operations. It features a collaborative map for tracking locations and important points, a field reference guide, and a triage counter. Users can also document damage with a built-in camera and take notes.
- Collaborative map with user pins and markers
- Categorized map markers (Hazards, Victims, etc.)
- FEMA-sourced reference guide
- Triage counter
- Built-in camera for damage reports
- Notepad for information storage and sharing
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Deploy Pro is designed as an app with CERT teams in mind but can be used by any search and rescue team or other first responders.The map feature allows users to see pins (user locations) and markers (locations set by users) in the area they are responding to. There are 30 different user pins, making it easy to designate team colors and 20 shareable map markers that users can place on the map to designate important locations. The map markers are grouped into 5 categories: Hazards, Command, Victims, Damage, Search X. Markers by default are set to the user's location, but can also be manually placed by dragging the map, or typing in an address. Users can add notes to markers and also share the lat/long with other users if needed. The reference guide is sourced from the FEMA Basic CERT course, and it includes all the information that might be needed when in the field, in addition to other relevant topics like Knots and Hazmat markings. The app also includes a triage counter to track victim counts by triage color, a built-in camera for damage reports, and a notepad to store information and share with other users.
Pik Friends
This utility app helps identify friends who have stopped playing a popular augmented reality game. It analyzes video captures of your in-game friend list to detect changes in activity, indicating who may have quit. This unofficial fan-made tool aims to simplify managing your in-game social connections.
- Identify inactive friends
- Analyze video for friend data
- Detect changes in step count
- Unofficial fan-made tool
- Supports latest game versions
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This app makes it easy to find friends who may not already be playing Pikmin Bloom. Now you don't have to send postcards to your friends who don't play the game anymore! This is made by a fan of Pikmin Bloom, and it is unofficial. How to use 1) Create a video that shows all your friends in Pikmin Bloom. 2) This app reads the texts in the video to get your friend's name (Account ID) and step count. 3) You can see if your friend is playing the game from the change in their step count. Caution This app has been tested with Pikmin Bloom version 39.0, but if there is any change in the graphic design of Pikmin Bloom, this app may not work properly. iOS 15.2 or later
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Deploy Pro at 4.9 against Pik Friends's 1.0. Deploy Pro also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (14 vs 1). Pik Friends's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Deploy Pro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pik Friends asks for nothing beyond the download.
Deploy Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Deploy Pro has 14 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Deploy Pro ships an update every 3 months, Pik Friends every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and July 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Deploy Pro | Pik Friends |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (14 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.1 — better | 15.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael Ross | Tatsuya Yamaguchi |
Customer experience
Deploy Pro
Pik Friends
In-app purchases
Deploy Pro
- Lifetime License$9.99
Pik Friends
No in-app purchases
