FireRoster vs DutyCrew
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FireRoster
Manage your work schedule, submit requests, and receive real-time updates from your mobile device. This app simplifies shift trades, leave requests, and keeps you connected, eliminating the need for manual tracking.
- View schedules anywhere
- Submit leave requests
- Submit shift trades
- Real-time updates
- Notifications
- Designed for fire departments
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FireRoster Mobile is designed for line-level users to easily check schedules, look ahead, submit leave and time-off requests, and stay connected through notifications — all from your mobile device. Built by firefighters, for firefighters, FireRoster Mobile puts schedules, trades, leave requests, and overtime right in your pocket — without the spreadsheets, texts, or whiteboard chaos. - View your schedule anywhere - Submit leave & shift trades on the go - Real-time updates & notifications - Designed specifically for fire departments Your roster doesn’t stop when you leave the station — now neither do you.
DutyCrew
This application streamlines fire department operations by managing station staffing, duty crews, and operational coverage. It provides real-time insights into who is on duty, allows for easy shift sign-ups, and helps officers monitor and coordinate coverage effectively.
- Live staffing and coverage tracking
- Crew scheduling and shift sign-ups
- Member clock-in/clock-out
- Real-time member ETA
- Push, email, and SMS notifications
- Staffing history and reports
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DutyCrew helps fire departments manage station staffing, duty crews, and operational coverage from one platform. Built for the fire service, DutyCrew gives members and officers a real-time view of staffing and operations without relying on scattered platforms, spreadsheets, or paper sign-up sheets. Members can easily clock in and out, check live staffing, sign up for duty crews, receive reminders, and track hours. Officers and administrators can monitor coverage, fill gaps, manage schedules, analyze history, and coordinate operations in real time. Features include: • Live staffing and coverage tracking • On-duty members' live ETA to the station • Crew scheduling and shift sign-ups • Easy member clock-in/clock-out • Push, email, and SMS notifications • Station geofencing support • Department radio streaming • Staffing history and reports • User, rank, and apparatus management • Minimum staffing thresholds With DutyCrew, departments know who they can count on.
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Verdict
FireRoster and DutyCrew both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of DutyCrew's written reviews are positive against 0% of FireRoster's. DutyCrew also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 4 weeks) and ratings volume (9 vs 1). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for FireRoster against 5.0 for DutyCrew. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DutyCrew has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of FireRoster's written reviews are positive against 100% of DutyCrew's.
FireRoster ships an update every 4 weeks, DutyCrew every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FireRoster | DutyCrew |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Battalion 3 Technologies, LLC | Titus Strategy LLC |
Customer experience
FireRoster
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In-app purchases
FireRoster
No in-app purchases
DutyCrew
No in-app purchases









