Comparison

Viadesk vs FireServiceRota

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

Head to head
About

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: โ€ข access all information on the intranet on the go โ€ข easily share status updates with your colleagues โ€ข quickly reply to updates from colleagues โ€ข access project information on the go โ€ข create and edit appointments โ€ข share and edit on documents from the Files app (iOS 11) โ€ข find colleagues โ€ข 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!

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

Screenshots

Viadesk1 screens
FireServiceRota4 screens

Verdict

The call

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.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Viadesk ships an update every 2 months, FireServiceRota weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 7 level
Viadesk versus FireServiceRota: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterViadeskFireServiceRota
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviewsโ€”0.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetizationโ€”Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.6 โ€” better17.6
Further details โ€” not scored
Size122 MB72 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFellow Digitals B.V.Brandweerrooster.nl

In-app purchases

None

Viadesk

No in-app purchases

None

FireServiceRota

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Viadesk free?
Viadesk is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FireServiceRota free?
FireServiceRota is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Viadesk or FireServiceRota have ads?
Neither Viadesk nor FireServiceRota shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Viadesk or FireServiceRota?
Viadesk ships an update every 2 months, and FireServiceRota weekly. Most recently, Viadesk was updated on October 22, 2026 and FireServiceRota on October 30, 2026.

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