FDNY vs FDNY Mutual Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FDNY
This app helps New York City firefighters manage their complex work schedules, including tours, mutuals, vacations, and overtime. It also provides a directory of firehouses with map and calling features, and a countdown to retirement.
- Schedule display for next six years
- Mutual partner tour tracking
- Banked mutual recording
- Firehouse locator with map integration
- Logbook for tours and events
- Overtime and pay tracking
- Countdown to retirement
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Tired of fumbling with your FDNY Chart to figure out when you’ll be working two months from now? Sick of coloring the boxes and adding reminders about your mutuals? FDNY to the rescue! Custom-designed with the help of New York City firefighters, FDNY is smart about your chart. It knows about the 25 groups and their schedules, pairing of mutual partners, vacations, RSOT, and so on. The calendar screen always shows your day and night tours and your partner’s tours (using colors of your own choosing) for the next six years from “today.” It takes only a few taps to enter a mutual with your partner. A few more taps and you’ve got a banked mutual recorded with somebody else. Separate balances are maintained for each person. And, there’s no need for a new chart every year. FDNY also contains a list of NYC firehouses and callboxes, complete with locations (one touch to see maps) and firehouse phone numbers (one touch to make calls). Features: • Displays your schedule for the next six years, including vacations, holidays, and paydays. • Double-tap any day to see the day and night group numbers, just like the printed chart. • You can enter colleagues for other groups. • Records banked mutuals. Tracks tours earned or owed on a person-by-person basis. • Formats emails for sending out mutual offers. • Contains a Logbook for keeping track of tours or hours of your choosing. • Shows your vacation periods. • Logs “events” with date, time and location — you can edit the title, text, and location details when you have time. • Displays your tours and those of your mutual partner simultaneously. • Adjustable colors for day/night tours, vacations, RSOT holidays, etc. • Track all overtime, P/P, A2R, and CFR-D by pay period. • Mark special days such as training or medical appointments. • Quickly locate any NYC firehouse on a map. Sort the list by engine or ladder. • Countdown to retirement. • Extensive Help pages for every feature and screen; indexed. If you need help, or have questions or comments, the best way to contact me is by using the in-app email button on the Help screen (2nd best: fdny@buddy.com).. Please don't put questions or suggestions in a review; there's no way for me to reply directly to you. -- Jeff I reply to all emails immediately (or within a few hours if I'm sleeping or traveling, which isn't often). If you didn't hear from me promptly, it means there was failure in the "Tubes." Please try again to contact me. FDNY is for members of the New York City FD (including Fire Marshals, EMS, ABCD, and Light Duty). If you’re not a member of that department, then you do not want this app. Instead, check out Scheduler, which can handle repeatable shift schedules and on which FDNY is based.
FDNY Mutual Tracker
Manage your FDNY schedule, overtime, and mutual trades with this dedicated tool. Easily track shifts, swap tours with partners, and view your rotation. Share your schedule with family and monitor your earnings history.
- FDNY firefighter scheduling
- Overtime and Comp Time tracking
- Mutual trade logging and balance
- Schedule sharing with family
- Browse and request mutuals
- Mutual partner swaps
- RSOT tour list tracking
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FDNY Mutual Tracker is the scheduling & overtime tool built specifically for FDNY members. Get 24 hours of free access (no credit card) to explore the app. An active subscription is then required to continue using all features: $9.99/year, with a 7-day free trial available to eligible new subscribers. NEW: Share your schedule with your family through Google Calendar or Apple Calendar. Their calendar stays automatically updated with your tours and schedule changes. ONLINE MUTUAL BOARD Browse available mutuals, build your My Crew list, and request an MX Off directly in the app. MUTUAL PARTNER SWAPS Send mutual sets to your connected Mutual Partner. Once accepted, the swap is automatically added to both calendars. SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE View your group’s day tours, night tours, and full rotation for any month in a clear, easy-to-read calendar. MUTUAL TRACKING Log mutual trades with your partner and maintain a running balance so you always know who owes whom. OVERTIME & COMP TIME Track overtime and Comp Time in one place. Review OT statistics, earnings history, pay-period breakdowns, trends, and interactive charts. RSOT TOUR LIST Keep track of RSOT dates throughout the year. Your list automatically resets each January 1, while prior-year records remain available for reference. BUILT FOR FDNY No clutter or unnecessary features—just the tools FDNY members need to manage rotations, mutuals, overtime, Comp Time, and schedules. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://privacy-fdnymxt.harvestave.org/legal.html#privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: FDNY Mutual Tracker at Free against FDNY's $7.99. FDNY Mutual Tracker also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.2) and review sentiment (100% vs 61%). FDNY's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and chart position (#113 vs unranked). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
FDNY Mutual Tracker is free to download; FDNY costs $7.99 up front. FDNY Mutual Tracker sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per year. FDNY asks for nothing beyond the download.
FDNY Mutual Tracker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FDNY has 84 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of FDNY's written reviews are positive against 100% of FDNY Mutual Tracker's.
FDNY ships an update fortnightly, FDNY Mutual Tracker every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FDNY | FDNY Mutual Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $7.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.2 (84 ratings) | 5.0 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 84 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid — better | Subscription |
| Best chart rank | #113 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 92 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Buddy System, LLC | Michael Mauch |
Customer experience
FDNY
FDNY Mutual Tracker
Bugs and requests
FDNY
Reported bugs
8 issues- Overtime hours not adding up
- Events not saving on calendar
- App crashes regularly
- All data lost
- New version unusable
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- Erased old events
- Paycheck button crashes app
- Dark mode unreadable elements
Requested features
18 requests- Comprehensive user guide
- Tutorial video
- iCloud syncing
- Native iPad support
- ABCD chart for modified schedule
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- Military leave tracking
- Vacation entry feature
- Alarm integration for scheduler
- Mutual exchange via text messages
- Highway boxes
- New transit boxes
- Vacation letter chart integration
- EMS side support
- Add station numbers to contacts
- OT shifts slot
- EMS only stations slot
- Ability to turn off dark mode
- Revert to older version
FDNY Mutual Tracker
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
FDNY
No in-app purchases
FDNY Mutual Tracker
- Annual Pro7 Days trial$9.991 Year
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