Storm Manager vs Samson App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Storm Manager
This app streamlines resource management for companies responding to natural disasters. It facilitates resource acquisition, workforce coordination, expense tracking, and real-time communication to expedite recovery efforts.
- Resource activation and acquisition
- Workforce development and crew rosters
- Time and expense tracking
- GPS tracking of resources
- Meals and lodging management
- Real-time communication
- Dynamic reporting
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Storm Manager helps companies impacted by Natural Disasters manage the influx of resources needed to deal with the disaster. Storm Manager brings unmatched efficiency to the process of securing the resources needed, tracking them throughout the event, providing meals & lodging, and ensuring everyone gets paid for the prudent charges incurred to provide service. Storm Manager works with all emergency response operations including: Utilities, DOTs, Gas, Cable / Fiber, Telecom, Wildfire Fighters, Insurance Adjusters, and FEMA. The Storm Manager systems facilitates the acquiring and management of resources throughout the entire restoration event, including: Resource Activation / Acquisition Workforce Development / Crew Rosters Time / Expense Tracking, Approval, & Invoicing GPS Tracking of Resource Locations Meals & Lodging Direct Communication to Workforce Dynamic Reporting & Data Requests Digital record of all activity (time, user GPS) Contract Management (during blue-sky days) Storm Manager connects the impacted companies with their entire workforce both internal and external in real-time. Field based users use this mobile application to update their crew roster, track their time, submit their expenses, and get directions to their hotels. After major events, Storm Manager helps Utilities get the lights on quicker, DOTs clear the roads quicker, Wildfire Fighters put the fires out quicker.
Samson App
This app guides users through rope inspections in the field, supporting both planned and ad hoc submissions for review. It includes essential resources like checklists, abrasion guides, and splice instructions, all accessible offline.
- Step-by-step rope inspection guide
- Planned and ad hoc inspection submission
- Rope inspection checklist
- Abrasion guide
- Splice instructions
- Offline functionality
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Samson’s Inspection App provides users with a step-by-step guide to rope inspections in the field. Both planned and ad hoc inspections can be collected and submitted to Samson for review. Also included is Samson’s rope inspection checklist, abrasion guide, and splice instructions. All app components are available for use off-line. Connectivity is required only for downloading and uploading inspections.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Storm Manager at 67% against Samson App's 0%. Storm Manager also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 3 months). Samson App's advantage is rating (2.9 vs 2.6) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Samson App holds the better App Store score, 2.9 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 11 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Storm Manager's written reviews are positive against 0% of Samson App's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Storm Manager ships an update every 4 weeks, Samson App every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Storm Manager | Samson App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (17 ratings) | 2.9 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 197 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WRM Software Inc. | Samson Rope |
Customer experience
Storm Manager
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In-app purchases
Storm Manager
No in-app purchases
Samson App
No in-app purchases
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