Wildland Toolkit vs FireSync Ops
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Wildland Toolkit
This app provides essential reference materials and instant calculations for wildland firefighters. It includes IRPG, ICS forms, quizzes, and tools for calculating fire behavior metrics like flame length and rate of spread. Log and share weather data easily, with syncing across devices.
- IRPG 2025 and ICS forms
- Fire behavior calculations (FDFM, rate of spread, flame length)
- Weather log storage and sharing
- Fuel model selection with photos
- Safety checklists and reference guides
- Interactive practice quizzes
- Pack Test Timer
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Designed for wildland firefighters, this app has something for newbies as well as seasoned professionals. This is a tool you will use for years, during the off season, at camp, and even on the fireline. Wildland Toolkit provides a plethora of wildland fire reference material, including the actual IRPG 2025, ICS forms, quizzes that cover NWCG courses, photos of tools and aircraft types, etc. Learn new things, and reinforce what you already know. If you’ve had S290 or S390, you know how hard it is to calculate things like FDFM, PIG, rate of spread, flame length, etc. With this app, those numbers are spit out instantly as you take the weather! Now you can store all your weather logs for all your fires right on the app. The goal has always been to make recording the weather easier than paper. Even better, you can share those weather logs from the field if you have network coverage, or wait until later and pull them up on your iPad or M1-based Mac, where all the data is synced, and do further analysis and sharing. Just enter the fuel, weather, and topography information and Wildland Toolkit will generate: --RH and Dewpoint --Fine Dead Fuel Moisture --Probability of Ignition --Flamelength --Rate of Spread --Scorch height --Direction of Max Spread --Effective Windspeed All 54 of the new fuel models are supported, with a guide to select the proper fuel model, complete with sample photos. NOTE: There are no known calculation errors in this version. We will immediately fix any problems reported to us directly. Wildland Toolkit is not a tutorial on wildland fire behavior, so if the terms above do not make any sense, then this application will not teach you. It is assumed that you know the same background information that is presented in an S290 or S390 class. The calculations done in the Wildland Toolkit are similar to what is done with the BEHAVE software, but you will find the user interface much easier to use. --In addition, numerous safety checklists and reference guides are included, such as watchouts, fire orders, safety zones, watchouts, structure defense, sizeups, crew briefing, after action reviews, LCANS, and complexity analysis etc. --Photos and diagrams are provided for cloud types, hand signals, common wildland tools, firefighting aircraft, and ICS org charts. --Interactive practice quizzes are included for basic wildland fire, CPR, NIMS IS-700, S230 and S290. --ICS reference guide with position descriptions, an index of forms, and incident typing --Pack Test Timer guides you through your pack test and tells you your current pace and expected finish time *** --Cool Slope Calculator uses your phone to tell you slope --And if that's not all, the IRPG is provided in PDF form *** Pack Test timer uses GPS. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. GPS is not used if the Pack Test is stopped.
FireSync Ops
This app provides essential information for firefighters and paramedics, including maps, weather data, incident response guides, and department-specific directories. It offers real-time access to critical resources for emergency operations.
- Interactive maps with weather data
- Digital incident response pocket guide
- Department-specific forms and directories
- Real-time weather and fire behavior analysis
- Helispot and channel plan information
- Live radio stream access
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FireSync Ops is a one-of-a-kind tool for fire departments that puts key information into the hands of frontline firefighters and paramedics. Current Capabilities: Maps. View maps and georeferenced PDF files published by your department as well as weather radar, wind forecasts, weather stations, helispots, repeaters, and more. Hotspot Finder. It only takes one overlooked hotspot to cause loss of property and life. No other system allows you to track and clear hotspots like FireSync Ops. Forms. Easily fill out your department's forms. WX/Fire Behavior. View weather stations, NWS alerts, NWS FWF, department fire weather forecasts, fuel models, and pocket cards. It also has calculators for RH & Dew point, FDFM & PIG, and allows you to create Fire WX Observer Records. IRPG. The full Incident Response Pocket Guide is included in an easy to use format that allows you to rapidly access any section. GPS. Display your current latitude and longitude in multiple formats. Helispots. Provides locations and vital information relating to the approved helispots used by your department. Channel Plans. Easily browse and search your department's channel plans and repeaters. Live Radio. Listen to any radio channels your department has setup for online broadcasting. QualCard. Enter your qualcard for convenient access. Fire Intel. View National and GACC preparedness levels along with other useful information & links. Other Department Information. FireSync Ops can display a wide array of other information published by your department such as geo directories (e.g. swiftwater), station and personnel directories, documents, web links and more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: FireSync Ops at Free against Wildland Toolkit's $5.99. FireSync Ops also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 80%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Wildland Toolkit's advantage is ratings volume (330 vs 7) and chart position (#61 vs unranked). On update cadence, 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
FireSync Ops is free to download; Wildland Toolkit costs $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
FireSync Ops holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wildland Toolkit has 330 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Wildland Toolkit's written reviews are positive against 100% of FireSync Ops's.
Wildland Toolkit ships an update every 2 weeks, FireSync Ops monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wildland Toolkit | FireSync Ops |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (330 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 330 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #61 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 223 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Peakview Software LLC | ForceReadiness.com |
Customer experience
Wildland Toolkit
FireSync Ops
Bugs and requests
Wildland Toolkit
Reported bugs
7 issues- Pack test timer accuracy issues
- Distance off in pack test timer
- Errors in FDFM
- Reads out in feet, not chains per hour
- Incorrect nomenclature for Blackhawk
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- Calculations in fire behavior portion are wrong
- Discrepancies between weather charts and app
Requested features
12 requests- More pictures in some areas
- More pictures when choosing fuel styles
- Expansion of task books
- More class quizzes
- 10 and 18 quiz for memorizing
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- Pump/Saw troubleshooting
- Hose lay calculations
- Ability to use in landscape mode
- Link GPS function for automatic data entry
- Include old fuel models
- Support for CFFDRS
- Alaska RH tables
FireSync Ops
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Wildland Toolkit
No in-app purchases
FireSync Ops
No in-app purchases
Questions
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