Comparison

IAFF Foundation Pro vs FireSync Shift Calendar

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

Head to head
About

IAFF Foundation Pro

This app helps firefighters manage their complex work schedules and track important job-related information. It offers custom color-coded shift scheduling, accrual tracking for time off, and incident logging for exposures.

Highlights
  • Custom color-coded shift schedules
  • Track real-time balance accruals
  • Log medical, fire, and hazmat incidents
  • Set recurring appointments with alarms
  • Automatic accrual rate adjustments
Features
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IAFF Foundation Pro-Calendar: Shift Calendar/Organizer - Designed by a firefighter for firefighters Pro-Calendar® and the International Association of Fire Fighters and have teamed up to present the IAFF Foundation Fire Fighter Calendar/Organizer App. The most advanced for App for scheduling and tracking critical job related information currently available for Fire Fighters and their families. DESCRIPTION: The IAFF Pro-Calendar is a powerful tool developed for iPhone and specifically designed to program unique fire fighter color-coded shift schedules and track all the various work related activities important to today’s Fire Fighter. Please note that this is a somewhat complex app, and may take some time to learn. We have created many tutorials (www.pro-calendar.com/iphone/tutorials.html) for all of the features as well as included an area to email us in the help section. Please do not hesitate to ask us for help. FEATURES: Track Real Time Balances with automatic accruals of: • Shift trades • Sick time • Comp time • Overtime • Vacation time • Training Calendar Specific Features: • Custom to your color-coded shift schedule • Add Kelly and Debit day cycles • Payday cycles • Set reoccurring appointments with individual alarms Exposure - Incident Logs: • Medical • Fire • Haz Mat • Other incidents Quickly record vital information related to exposures--a critical component when dealing with presumptive disease documentation. Highlighted Features Include: • Alarm mode reminders for important appointments, meetings and dates • Automatic adjustments of accrual rates for sick time and vacation hours tied to your specific pay periods The IAFF Foundation is comprised of the following: • IAFF Burn Foundation • Disaster Relief Fund • Fallen Fire Fighter Memorial Foundation • John P. Redmond Foundation • McClellan Scholarship Fund The IAFF Pro-Calendar is free to download and use for 30-days. After that trial period you must purchase a subscription to continue using the calendar. A yearly auto-renewing subscription is $6.99. Payment will be charged to an iTunes Account. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription. A subscription automatically renews at the end of the listed yearly price unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the current period ends. A subscription can be managed in Account Settings after purchase. Pro-Calendar® Privacy Policy may be found at: http://www.pro-calendar.com/privacy.html Pro-Calendar® Terms of Use may be found at: http://www.pro-calendar.com/terms.html Contact Us: Support@Pro-Calendar.com We appreciate your continued support and plan to support this app fully. There are many new features and updates planned for the future. Special Thanks to Gamma Point LLC (www.gamma-point.com) for all their exceptional work on this project. We could not have created this app without their skills and expertise in developing mobile applications.

About

FireSync Shift Calendar

This app is a comprehensive calendar designed for firefighters, offering robust shift tracking, event management, and cloud integration. It allows users to manage trades, overtime, and personal events, with features like CertTracker and Expenditure tracking. It also syncs with other calendars and devices for seamless organization.

Highlights
  • Firefighter shift schedule tracking
  • Event management (trades, overtime, personal)
  • Cloud integration with FireSync Enterprise™
  • CertTracker and Expenditure tracking
  • Customizable shift editor
  • Year and month calendar views
  • Report generation and emailing
Features
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FireSync is not merely a Firefighter Shift Calendar, it's also a full-featured calendar app with powerful cloud-enabled features just for firefighters. Whether or not you want to keep track of your trades, overtimes, or just your kid's soccer practices, FireSync can do it all. It also includes many powerful features such as CertTracker, Expenditures, and is fully integrated with FireSync Enterprise™ and TheHouse™ cloud services. Before you buy another shift calendar app ask yourself: 1. Do you have to pay an annual subscription for the calendar? Not with us! We support firefighters by letting you keep more of your hard-earned money. Is there a better way? 2. Is it also a full-featured calendar app? FireSync isn’t just a firefighter shift calendar, it’s also a full-featured calendar app that fully integrates with your phone's calendars. FireSync events are saved to your calendar and can be seen on other phone's using the same calendar account (e.g. phones used by family members). FireSync is more than a good firefighter calendar. It’s a good calendar app period! 3. Will you find yourself staring at the app for 15 minutes just figuring out how to use it? FireSync has a sleek modern design that is intuitive to use. 4. Does it include powerful cloud-enabled features? If your fire department uses FireSync Enterprise™ or TheHouse™ you can view all of the additional data and applets shared by your department or station from within FireSync. !!! SHIFT SUPPORT !!! FireSync supports any 24-hour shift schedule that repeats on a predictable cycle. FIRESYNC COMES PRELOADED WITH THE SHIFT CYCLES FOR OVER 1,400 FIRE DEPARTMENTS! If you do not see your fire department no problem. Our intuitive shift editor allows you to easily create your shift schedule. You can also share it with us so that others in your firehouse or department can quickly be up and running. Although FireSync does not fully support 12-hour shifts, we have countless users using FireSync to display their 12-hour shifts. If you want to display YOUR SHIFT (not all shifts) you can create 12-hour shifts. Kelly and Debit Days. Does your fire department use Kelly and Debit days? No problem. FireSync allows you to show both Kelly and Debit days. You can define them by rule or by specifying specific dates. FLSA: FireSync allows users to add FLSA periods to their calendar. Other Features: 1. Ability to add and track ordinary events, trades, overtime, comp time, benefit days, incidents and training. Since FireSync is also a full-featured cal you can also see these events on other calendars and other devices sharing the same calendar account (e.g. spouse). FireSync is your all-in-one calendar app. 2. Sleek reports that give you the info you need at a mere glance. View your shift trades, overtimes, comp time, benefits accrued or used, training and fire incidents with ease. You can also email your reports. 3. The ability to view your calendar in a year view, month view, month-list view, or day view. With FireSync you aren't just looking at your shift cycle. You can see all of your fire and non-fire events. 4. CertTracker to keep track of your training certificates. 5. Expenditure tracking. FireSync Shift Calendar is the shift calendar firefighters deserve. Get the word out to your brothers and sisters in your firehouse and IAFF local. *FireSync is the exclusive property of ForceReadiness.com. It solely developed FireSync and is responsible for its functionality. Firefighters First Credit Union has agreed to sponsor the app in order to provide it to all firefighters at no cost.

Screenshots

IAFF Foundation Pro4 screens
FireSync Shift Calendar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FireSync Shift Calendar at none against IAFF Foundation Pro's 3. FireSync Shift Calendar also leads on review sentiment (69% vs 46%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). 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. IAFF Foundation Pro sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per year. FireSync Shift Calendar asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for IAFF Foundation Pro against 4.8 for FireSync Shift Calendar. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5.9K and 9.1K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 46% of IAFF Foundation Pro's written reviews are positive against 69% of FireSync Shift Calendar's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

IAFF Foundation Pro ships an update every 5 months, FireSync Shift Calendar every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
IAFF Foundation Pro versus FireSync Shift Calendar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIAFF Foundation ProFireSync Shift Calendar
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (5.9K ratings)4.8 (9.1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews46.2% of reviews69.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5.9K9.1K — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionPaid — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB176 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperPro-CalendarForceReadiness.com

Customer experience

IAFF Foundation Pro

All ratings5,872 ratings
Positive93.7%
Neutral2.6%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews143 reviews
Positive46.2%
Neutral6.3%
Negative47.6%

FireSync Shift Calendar

All ratings9,095 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral2.7%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews91 reviews
Positive69.2%
Neutral8.8%
Negative22.0%

User reviews

IAFF Foundation Pro

From 5.9K App Store ratings

What we love

  • ⭐ Great calendar app
  • 📅 Helpful for shift tracking
  • 🗓️ Customizable schedule setup
  • 💻 Works well on multiple devices

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
  • 💰 Expensive subscription model
  • 🔁 Repeated requests to renew subscription
  • 🔒 Poor customer support and communication

FireSync Shift Calendar

From 9.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Share capable
  • 👍 Perfect setup
  • 👍 User friendly and simple
  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 👍 Convenient

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Randomly deletes events
  • 🔒 Trouble with calendar access
  • 🐛 Holiday icon disappeared
  • 🐛 Erased all info
  • 🐛 Verification not working

Bugs and requests

IAFF Foundation Pro

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes after updates
  • Subscription issues and lost data
  • Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions
  • Calendar entries not syncing properly

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to delete/edit events easily
  • Sync across multiple devices
  • Better vacation/leave tracking
  • Improved user interface and aesthetics

FireSync Shift Calendar

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • Randomly deletes events
  • Trouble with calendar access
  • Holiday icon disappeared
  • Erased all info
  • Verification not working
Show 6 more
  • No longer syncs
  • Schedule won't publish
  • Crashes on iOS 13.2 update
  • App keeps crashing
  • Bug with editing events
  • Major bug with category/location fields

Requested features

11 requests
  • Color customization for days
  • Shift designation by number
  • Custom FLSA start/end dates
  • Customizable pay days
  • Shift trade feature
Show 6 more
  • Debit day scheduling
  • Ability to share calendar with others
  • Dark mode
  • Shift color customization
  • Shift swap/back-to-back trade option
  • Ability to see which shift you're on

In-app purchases

3 purchases

IAFF Foundation Pro

Subscriptions1
  • 12-Month Subscription (auto)$6.991 Year
One-time2
  • 12-Month Subscription$6.99
  • 12 month test$6.99
None

FireSync Shift Calendar

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is IAFF Foundation Pro free?
IAFF Foundation Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FireSync Shift Calendar free?
FireSync Shift Calendar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, IAFF Foundation Pro or FireSync Shift Calendar?
FireSync Shift Calendar is rated higher. IAFF Foundation Pro averages 4.7 out of 5 from 5.9K ratings, while FireSync Shift Calendar averages 4.8 from 9.1K ratings.
Do IAFF Foundation Pro or FireSync Shift Calendar have ads?
Neither IAFF Foundation Pro nor FireSync Shift Calendar shows ads.
Which is updated more often, IAFF Foundation Pro or FireSync Shift Calendar?
IAFF Foundation Pro ships an update every 5 months, and FireSync Shift Calendar every 2 months. Most recently, IAFF Foundation Pro was updated on September 22, 2026 and FireSync Shift Calendar on September 24, 2026.

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