BC Wildfire Service vs Sts’ailes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BC Wildfire Service
Access real-time wildfire information for British Columbia, including an interactive map with perimeters, burn prohibitions, and weather conditions. Receive customizable notifications for saved locations and report new fires directly through the app.
- Interactive wildfire map
- Burn prohibitions
- Smoke forecasts
- Evacuation information
- Customizable notifications
- In-app fire reporting
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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
Sts’ailes
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Welcome to the App of the Sts’ailes! We have developed the Sts’ailes app to be a communications platform for our community. Our app helps Sts’ailes staff, community members, band members, and the general public to keep up with what's going on around the Nation. Our app distributes important and exclusive information about news, events, press releases, career opportunities, and emergency alerts; requesting and collecting feedback directly from app users via fillable forms; collect signatures and document authorizations from individual app users; and internal communications and authorizations between administrative users. Users can utilize native iOS functionality to quickly and easily add posted events to their device calendar with one tap, as well as receive push notifications. Connect directly to the Band Office – submit requests, information, and questions that will be associated with your user account; make your voice heard! Authorize or reject documents sent by the Band Office, and issue corrections. App features include: - View personalized feed supplied by the Band Office in a chronological order or by category: - News - Events - Jobs - Documents - Forms - Receive push notifications from the Band Office at a moment's notice for: - Job Opportunities - Band Meeting Announcements - Community Events - Emergency Notices - Programs & Training - Application forms for Band Resources - Any other important communications - Provide signatures for submitted forms - Provide document authorizations and/or corrections - Add events to their device's calendar with one tap - Download, share, or print PDF or JEG documents from the Band Office - Complete and submit fillable forms to provide information, feedback, or ask questions - Receive personalized communications based on their user account or associated user groups Download the Sts’ailes App today!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: BC Wildfire Service at every 3 months against Sts’ailes's every 9 months. BC Wildfire Service also leads on device support. Sts’ailes's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price 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
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, Sts’ailes every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BC Wildfire Service | Sts’ailes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 28.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | — |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | — |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 80 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Government of British Columbia | Sts'ailes |
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
Sts’ailes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
BC Wildfire Service
No in-app purchases
Sts’ailes
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is BC Wildfire Service free?
Is Sts’ailes free?
Which is updated more often, BC Wildfire Service or Sts’ailes?
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