US Fire Pump vs Pump Pressure
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
US Fire Pump
This app provides access to a comprehensive line of high-velocity and submersible fire pumps, along with supplemental fire equipment for municipal and industrial professionals. It also highlights the company's extensive emergency response team and global equipment fleet.
- High-velocity fire pumps
- Submersible pumps
- Supplemental fire equipment
- Emergency response team
- Global equipment fleet
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US Fire Pump is a collective of over 200 years of experience in design, manufacturing, marketing and purchasing. The company’s founder, Chris Ferrara, has been involved in the firefighting industry for more than 40 years. Chris started his career as a Fireman where he later used his skills learned and his innovative ideas to found Ferrara Fire Apparatus. Under Chris’ leadership over 6000 fire apparatus were built for customers across the Globe. Protecting the lives of the public and fire industry personnel while limiting property damage is the primary mission of US Fire Pump. US Fire Pump began with the idea to create a large volume fire pump which was lacking in the industry at the time. Chris Ferrara and a team of engineers began the development of our flagship product, the High Velocity Pump. This pump is the largest compliant, single impeller fire pump in the world. In addition, a complete line of submersible pumps for municipal or industrial applications were developed and made available. US Fire Pump also supplies of full complement of supplemental fire equipment needed for municipal and industrial fire professionals to effectively do the job. With US Fire Pump’s world class product offering, Chris was able to use the company’s platform to return to his first passion, firefighting. US Fire Pump has the largest Emergency Response team and equipment fleet globally. Understanding that no two incidents are alike, and that they can happen simultaneously, US Fire Pump has made a conscious investment in emergency response assets. US Fire Pump has been contracted and responded successfully to landfill fires, ship fires, rescue events, vapor suppression events, refinery and terminal fires as well as a wide array of other major emergency events. US Fire Pump’s products, services and employees have all been “PROVEN IN THE HEAT OF BATTLE”.
Pump Pressure
This app calculates required pump discharge pressures for firefighting scenarios involving fog and smoothbore nozzles. It allows users to quickly adjust variables like flow rate, hose length, and diameter to see their impact on pressure.
- Fog nozzle calculations
- Smoothbore nozzle calculations
- Relay pumping calculations
- Adjustable flow rate, hose length, and diameter
- Real-time impact visualization
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Dedicated screens for Fog Nozzle, SmootheBore Nozzle and Relay Pumping calculations based on flow rate, hose length, hose diameter, nozzle pressure, tip diameter, nozzle elevation. Quickly see the affects of changing any combination or all of these variables on the flow rates and required pump discharge pressures.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: US Fire Pump at Free against Pump Pressure's $1.99. US Fire Pump also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (9 vs 2). Pump Pressure's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). On ads, in-app purchases 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
US Fire Pump is free to download; Pump Pressure costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
US Fire Pump holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 2 respectively.
US Fire Pump ships an update every 3 weeks, Pump Pressure every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | US Fire Pump | Pump Pressure |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | US Fire Pump Company, LLC | Daragh MacGabhann |
Customer experience
US Fire Pump
Pump Pressure
In-app purchases
US Fire Pump
No in-app purchases
Pump Pressure
No in-app purchases
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