Wire Phase vs FireAlarmGuy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Wire Phase
This utility app helps electricians and DIYers quickly identify and number electrical phases in single and three-phase circuits. It provides color codes for common voltage configurations and allows for easy navigation and bookmarking of circuit numbers.
- Identify 120/240 single phase
- Identify 120/208 three phase
- Identify 277/480 three phase
- Endless scrolling interface
- Jump to circuit number
- Tap to remember place
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Wire Phase helps you identify and number the different phases to their circuit number. * 120/240 single phase (Black, Red) * 120/208 three phase (Black, Red, Blue) * 277/480 three phase (Brown, Orange, Yellow) Pretty dang simple: * Endless scrolling * Type circuit number to immediately jump to the specific phase color * Tap a row to remember your place @@ Big thanks to Chris McDowell
FireAlarmGuy
This utility app provides two essential tools for fire alarm technicians. It features a calculator for determining DMX dip switch settings and a decoder for understanding battery manufacturing date codes, streamlining fieldwork.
- DMX Dip Switch Calculator
- Battery Date Code Decoder
- Device addressing assistance
- Battery production date lookup
- Fieldwork simplification
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FireAlarmGuy is the ultimate tool for fire alarm technicians, combining two essential features in one app: DMX Dip Switch Calculator – Instantly find the correct dip switch positions for device addressing. Just enter the address, and get the right settings in seconds. Battery Date Code Decoder – Quickly decode manufacturing date codes for sealed lead-acid (SLA) batteries. Enter the code to determine the production date. Built by a fire alarm tech, for fire alarm techs, FireAlarmGuy makes fieldwork faster and easier. Download now and simplify your job!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: FireAlarmGuy at 100% against Wire Phase's 20%. FireAlarmGuy also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (5.0 vs 2.8). Wire Phase's advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 2) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.1). On 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
FireAlarmGuy is free to download; Wire Phase costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
FireAlarmGuy holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wire Phase has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of Wire Phase's written reviews are positive against 100% of FireAlarmGuy's.
Wire Phase ships an update every 57 months, FireAlarmGuy every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wire Phase | FireAlarmGuy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.8 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 57 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TRNSFR | Jack Dalton |
Customer experience
Wire Phase
FireAlarmGuy
In-app purchases
Wire Phase
No in-app purchases
FireAlarmGuy
No in-app purchases
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