Viadesk vs FireServiceRota
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Viadesk
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A modern social intranet connects people, information and processes. It allows everyone in your organisation (and outside of it) to communicate, collaborate and share knowledge intuitively, in a user-friendly environment. With the Viadesk app, you can: โข access all information on the intranet on the go โข easily share status updates with your colleagues โข quickly reply to updates from colleagues โข access project information on the go โข create and edit appointments โข share and edit on documents from the Files app (iOS 11) โข find colleagues โข and send them a private message with a question or idea. With questions, suggestions and bug reports, you can contact our support team. Please e-mail support@viadesk.com, tweet @viadesk or call us in Amsterdam at +31 (0)20 305 76 60. Thank you!
FireServiceRota
Manage your fire station's crew availability and duty schedules seamlessly. Get real-time insights into on-duty staff to prevent understaffing and ensure 24/7 coverage across multiple stations. Communicate with colleagues and receive timely notifications.
- Manage duty schedules
- Track crew availability
- Prevent understaffing
- Provide 24/7 insight
- Communicate with colleagues
- Coverage for multiple stations
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Easily manage your availability anywhere, anytime. Prevent understaffing by providing 24/7 insight into on-duty crew. Flexibly provide coverage to one or multiple fire stations. With the FireServiceRota app firefighters can: - change their duty schedule (availability) at one or more stations. - review upcoming understaffing warnings and act on them. - be notified when they are about to leave the coverage area and forgot to update their (un)availability. (Coming soon) - communicate with colleague firefighters. You need a FireServiceRota.co.uk account to use this app. Contact us at info@fireservicerota.co.uk if you are interested in a free trial account.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: FireServiceRota at weekly against Viadesk's every 2 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Viadesk ships an update every 2 months, FireServiceRota weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Viadesk | FireServiceRota |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | โ | 0.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | โ | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 โ better | 17.6 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 122 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fellow Digitals B.V. | Brandweerrooster.nl |
In-app purchases
Viadesk
No in-app purchases
FireServiceRota
No in-app purchases









