Comparison

FireRoster vs Incident Management Tablet

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • View schedules anywhere
  • Submit leave requests
  • Submit shift trades
  • Real-time updates
  • Notifications
  • Designed for fire departments
Features
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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.

About

Incident Management Tablet

This application provides a centralized mobile workspace for public safety organizations to manage incidents, personnel, and resources. It streamlines ICS documentation, reduces paper forms, and allows for direct calling and data export. Essential for efficient emergency response and operational planning.

Highlights
  • Incident and operational period management
  • Personnel and resource tracking
  • Electronic ICS form completion
  • PDF report generation
  • CSV data import/export
  • Direct calling from app
  • GPS integration
Features
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Incident Management Tablet is an incident management and ICS documentation application designed for fire departments, EMS, emergency management agencies, and other public safety organizations. The app provides incident leaders and responders with a centralized mobile workspace for managing incidents, operational periods, personnel, resources, assignments, communications, medical planning, and ICS documentation. Built for field operations, Incident Management Tablet helps reduce reliance on paper forms while keeping critical incident information organized and accessible. Users can manage incidents and operational periods, maintain personnel and unit resources, complete ICS forms, generate PDF records, import and export data, place calls directly from the app, and access GPS information throughout the application. Incident Management Features • Create and manage multiple incidents • Manage incident and operational period information • Maintain personnel, units, teams, and resources • Assign personnel and resources to incident documentation • Reuse incident and resource information across ICS forms • Access GPS coordinates throughout the application ICS Forms and Documentation Electronic workflows are provided for: • ICS 204 – Assignment List • ICS 205 – Incident Radio Communications Plan • ICS 206 – Medical Plan • ICS 208 – Safety Message/Plan • ICS 213 – General Message • ICS 213-RR – Resource Request Message • ICS 214 – Activity Log • ICS 225-WF – Incident Personnel Performance Rating Forms integrate incident, operational period, personnel, and resource information to reduce repetitive data entry and improve consistency. ICS 206 Medical Planning Enhanced medical planning helps personnel quickly identify medical resources. Hospitals can be sorted by distance from the incident, helping users identify nearby facilities. GPS coordinates support navigation, location verification, and operational planning. Calling From the App When telephone information is available, users can initiate calls directly from the application, providing quick access to hospitals, medical resources, agencies, personnel, and operational contacts. CSV Import and Export CSV import and export allows agencies to exchange structured data, maintain resource information, and use exported information with spreadsheets, reporting processes, agency records, and other systems. PDF Generation ICS documentation can be generated as professional PDF files for sharing, printing, archiving, and inclusion with incident records. Personnel and Resource Management Maintain personnel and unit information and use those resources throughout incident workflows. Personnel can be associated with units and selected on applicable ICS forms, reducing duplicate data entry. ICS 214 Activity Documentation Maintain chronological activity records by operational period, associate personnel and units with activity logs, and generate organized ICS 214 documentation. Location and GPS Awareness GPS coordinates are available throughout the application to support incident documentation, navigation, medical planning, resource coordination, and field operations. Designed for Public Safety Incident Management Tablet supports routine incidents, planned events, emergency operations, mutual-aid responses, disaster deployments, and complex incidents involving multiple operational periods. Incident Management Tablet provides one digital platform for managing resources, documenting operations, locating medical facilities, communicating with contacts, importing and exporting data, completing ICS forms, and maintaining professional incident records. Incident Management Tablet is an incident management and documentation tool and does not replace agency policies, procedures, command practices, official emergency communications systems, or medical direction.

Screenshots

Incident Management Tablet4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Incident Management Tablet at every 3 days against FireRoster's every 4 weeks. FireRoster's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for FireRoster against 5.0 for Incident Management Tablet. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FireRoster ships an update every 4 weeks, Incident Management Tablet every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
FireRoster versus Incident Management Tablet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFireRosterIncident Management Tablet
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBattalion 3 Technologies, LLCRyan Watson

Customer experience

FireRoster

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Incident Management Tablet

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

FireRoster

No in-app purchases

None

Incident Management Tablet

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FireRoster free?
FireRoster is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Incident Management Tablet free?
Incident Management Tablet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, FireRoster or Incident Management Tablet?
FireRoster and Incident Management Tablet are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do FireRoster or Incident Management Tablet have ads?
Neither FireRoster nor Incident Management Tablet shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FireRoster or Incident Management Tablet?
FireRoster ships an update every 4 weeks, and Incident Management Tablet every 3 days. Most recently, FireRoster was updated on October 12, 2026 and Incident Management Tablet on October 20, 2026.

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