Comparison

FDNY vs FDNY Calendar

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

Head to head
About

FDNY

This app simplifies managing your work schedule, including mutuals, vacations, and paydays. It also provides a directory of firehouses with map and contact information. Track overtime and special events with ease.

Highlights
  • Six-year schedule display
  • Mutual partner tracking
  • Banked mutual recording
  • Firehouse directory with maps
  • Overtime and pay tracking
  • Event logging
  • Retirement countdown
Features
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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.

About

FDNY Calendar

Features
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This App is a direct Replacement for the FDNY Calendar Fire & EMS. You will have the ability to transfer your information over. The calendar built for the job. FDNY Calendar shows your group chart, every tour you work and every tour you owe, on your phone and on the web. It's made for Firefighters, Officers, EMS, Fire Marshals and Dispatchers. YOUR CHART, YOUR WAY • 25 Group Chart (9x6 / 6x9 tours) • ABCD Chart • EMS ABCD and EMS EFGH Charts • Fire Marshal Chart • Work Day Chart (you select the days of the week you work) • Dispatcher Chart • Group numbers always follow New York time, wherever you are TRACK EVERYTHING • Log mutuals, vacation, sick, leave, comp time, MSOT/RSOT and more • See who you owe and who owes you at a glance • Sick tracker groups your tap-outs automatically • Color-code every type your way • Paycheck view shows the overtime and totals for each pay period, plus house tax tracking ALWAYS WITH YOU • Syncs between your phone and fdnycalendarapp.com • Daily cloud restore points keep your data safe • Optionally add your tours and group numbers to your phone's calendar • Reminders and alerts for new Department Orders TOOLS FOR THE JOB • Fire and EMS 10-Codes • Alarm box search: more than 15,000 boxes across all five boroughs • Unit map with more than 580 companies and facilities • Runs & Workers history, 1975 to Last Year • Department Orders, FDNY news and MDT alert tones COMING FROM THE OLD FDNY Calendar Fire & EMS APP? Bring your saved entries over with Settings → Import from the Old App. FDNY Calendar is an independent app. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by the New York City Fire Department or the City of New York.

Screenshots

FDNY4 screens
FDNY Calendar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: FDNY Calendar at Free against FDNY's $7.99. FDNY Calendar also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.2). FDNY's advantage is ratings volume (84 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.4). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

FDNY Calendar is free to download; FDNY costs $7.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FDNY Calendar 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 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FDNY ships an update every 9 days, FDNY Calendar every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
FDNY versus FDNY Calendar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFDNYFDNY Calendar
Price$7.99Free — better
Rating3.2 (84 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings84 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThe Buddy System, LLCRachels Solutions Inc.

Customer experience

FDNY

All ratings84 ratings
Positive52.4%
Neutral8.3%
Negative39.3%
Written reviews64 reviews
Positive60.9%
Neutral10.9%
Negative28.1%

FDNY Calendar

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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 Calendar

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

FDNY

No in-app purchases

None

FDNY Calendar

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FDNY free?
FDNY costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is FDNY Calendar free?
FDNY Calendar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, FDNY or FDNY Calendar?
FDNY Calendar is rated higher. FDNY averages 3.2 out of 5 from 84 ratings, while FDNY Calendar averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do FDNY or FDNY Calendar have ads?
Neither FDNY nor FDNY Calendar shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FDNY or FDNY Calendar?
FDNY ships an update every 9 days, and FDNY Calendar every 5 days. Most recently, FDNY was updated on October 31, 2026 and FDNY Calendar on October 29, 2026.

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