BC Wildfire Service vs DispatchMe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BC Wildfire Service
Stay informed about wildfires and related conditions across British Columbia with real-time updates. Access an interactive map, receive customizable notifications for saved locations, and report fires directly through the app.
- Interactive wildfire map
- Burn prohibitions
- Smoke forecasts
- Customizable notifications
- In-app incident reporting
- Evacuation information
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The BC Wildfire Service App provides up-to-date wildfire information on your mobile phone, helping you stay informed about wildfires and wildfire-related events and conditions across British Columbia. Features Include Interactive Wildfire Map - Wildfire perimeters when available - Burn prohibitions - Smoke forecasts - Weather conditions - Evacuation information when available - Road conditions, and more. Wildfire Dashboard - Updates from BC Wildfire Service - Incident statistics - Daily situation report during peak fire season Saved Locations and Saved Incident information - Evacuation orders and alerts - Burn prohibitions - New wildfires - Weather - Fire prohibitions - Customizable notifications Report a Fire - In-app incident reporting - Offline report of fire
DispatchMe
This app allows users to view and update their response status for department calls. It also facilitates communication with department members through quick messages and texts, with support for multiple departments.
- View response status
- Update status
- Quick message feature
- Texting feature
- Multi-department support
- Contact list
- Text all feature
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Paging Unlimited - DispatchMe (Unified Responding) This App is used to see who is responding to your Department's Calls and change your status. You can communicate with members on your department via our Quick Message and Text feature. We also now have Multi Department support as a contact list and text all feature. This App is of no use to you if you are not a Paging Unlimited Customer.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: DispatchMe at fortnightly against BC Wildfire Service's every 3 months. DispatchMe also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 29%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
BC Wildfire Service ships an update every 3 months, DispatchMe fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BC Wildfire Service | DispatchMe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 28.8% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 80 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Government of British Columbia | N3 Sales Inc. |
Customer experience
BC Wildfire Service
DispatchMe
Bugs and requests
BC Wildfire Service
Reported bugs
54 issues- Saved location alerts for old one
- Map dots all over, zoom broken
- Current location broken
- Map not available in satellite mode
- Layers do not load
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- White screen, nothing else
- Smoke forecast cannot be removed
- Dashboard switches between app and browser
- App glitches randomly
- Map makes terrain larger, print smaller
- Clicking 'more details' does nothing
- Cannot see fire size
- No notification of new wildfire
- Cannot click on fires for details
- Fires from last year still present
- Relays old and outdated information
- Still bugs to update app
- Saved location freezes, doesn't update
- Alerts for fires not close to radius
- App resets map when going back
- Cannot click on a fire for details
- Slow updating status of active fires
- Cannot set for region, unable to get updates
- Cannot save location or fires
- Map not updating properly
- Filter wildfire list by fire centre not working
- Side legend on map will not close
- Location pin too big
- Map zooms all the way out after viewing details
- Add location for notifications doesn't work
- Contact form doesn't work
- Whole thing is laggy and glitchy
- Map doesn't show up
- Cannot submit feedback
- New version has many issues
- App runs terribly on iOS
- No longer provides detail when clicking fires
- Only provides weather stations
- Nothing loads
- Map does not work
- Redirects to non-functional app
- Does not show all major roads
- App won't open properly
- Half of the screen goes blank
- Fires near me stalls and says error
- App hasn't updated information
- Endless waiting for info
- Could not sign up for notifications
- Tweets took minutes to appear, two years old
- Maps are awkward and mislabeled
- Missing information for updates
- Latest version doesn't respect in-app notification settings
- Spamming with news and alerts
- Still says there is a new version update
Requested features
10 requests- More detailed terrain features
- Version optimized for low network scenarios
- Add more photos to Media tab
- Return ability to select perimeter for notifications
- Bring back desktop version for community planning
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- Name fires by area
- Reinstate browser version
- Add more dysfunction and corruption
- Add more fighters, helicopters, machines
- Make app optional, not in place of website
DispatchMe
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
BC Wildfire Service
No in-app purchases
DispatchMe
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is BC Wildfire Service free?
Is DispatchMe free?
Do BC Wildfire Service or DispatchMe have ads?
Which is updated more often, BC Wildfire Service or DispatchMe?
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