CMC Field Guide vs Text Me Out
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CMC Field Guide
Access rope rescue and access diagrams, reference charts, and how-to information instantly in the field. This free app provides essential rescue references, allows for note-taking, and supports offline access to downloaded content.
- Rope rescue and access diagrams
- Reference charts
- How-to information
- Bookmark and take notes
- Offline access to downloads
- Browse equipment and tutorials
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This free App allows quick access to rope rescue and access diagrams, reference charts, how-to information, and rescue references, all from the palm of your hand while out in the field. It's packed with reference charts, diagrams, and how-to information. With the CMC Field Guide App you can: Access rescue references instantly Bookmark and take notes on your favorite sections Download videos, guides, and manuals for offline use Browse equipment and information, tutorials, and product user manuals **Note** Updating this App will give you access to all of the functionality built into the most recent version of the App. Your saved information including Notes, References, and Attachments, will be carried through into the updated version.
Text Me Out
This app provides first responders with a streamlined way to view recent dispatch pages and receive instant push notifications. Users can also listen to recordings of pages to catch any missed details like location or incident information.
- View recent dispatch pages
- Push notification alerts
- Instant page recordings
- Missed information playback
- Designed for first responders
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Text Me Out allows fire fighters and first responders to view a list of all of their recent pages. You will be notified via push notification when you are paged out. If you didn't catch some information in the page, such as location or issue, you can listen to a instant recording of the page.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: CMC Field Guide at Free against Text Me Out's $14.99. CMC Field Guide also leads on review sentiment (78% vs 45%) and ratings volume (24 vs 7). Text Me Out's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 4.0) and chart position (#151 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
CMC Field Guide is free to download; Text Me Out costs $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Text Me Out holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 24 and 7 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 78% of CMC Field Guide's written reviews are positive against 45% of Text Me Out's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CMC Field Guide | Text Me Out |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $14.99 |
| Rating | 4.0 (24 ratings) | 4.4 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews — better | 45.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #151 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CMC Rescue, Inc. | Jeremy Jefferson |
Customer experience
CMC Field Guide
Text Me Out
Bugs and requests
CMC Field Guide
Reported bugs
15 issues- App crashes before it opens
- Unable to go beyond the first page
- Unable to access after updating
- App crashed twice
- Some links in the app don't work
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- Multiple glitches where pages cannot be opened
- Cannot open the app after update
- New upgrade crashes on opening items
- Could not find page all the time
- App doesn't open
- Half the tabs disappear
- Barely works (can rarely get into any of the pages)
- Add-on pop up when viewing PDF
- Poor display quality - not useful for reading
- Only M/A illustration shown is 1:1 after update
Requested features
2 requests- Enable landscape mode
- Update with latest techniques
Text Me Out
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
CMC Field Guide
No in-app purchases
Text Me Out
No in-app purchases
Questions
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