Comparison

SFST Mobile vs Frontline

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

Head to head
About

SFST Mobile

This app provides law enforcement officers with standardized tools for accurate data collection and strategic insight discovery. It simplifies reporting and generates draft narratives accessible via a web portal, with decision-makers able to view jurisdictional statistics on a dashboard.

Highlights
  • Standardized data collection
  • Strategic insight discovery
  • Simplified SFST reporting
  • Draft narrative generation
  • Jurisdictional statistics dashboard
  • Individual data tracking
Features
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Provide field officers with standardized tooling so you can collect accurate data and discover strategic insights. The solution has been developed with law enforcement for law enforcement to make SFST reporting easier and more insightful for officers. Officers conduct SFST using the smart phone app. A draft narrative is created accessible via the web portal for review. Decision makers access a dashboard to profile statistics within a jurisdiction Our solution is: - easy to use - accurate, consistent data - hard evidence - individual data tracking - platoon and district reporting Contact us to for next steps so you can start collecting accurate and insightful data: https://www.standardfieldsystems.cov

About

Frontline

This app helps first responders manage complex work schedules with ease. It offers features like shift trading, event reminders, and detailed tracking of hours and career milestones. Users can also share their schedules and export data for external use.

Highlights
  • Customizable shift rotations
  • Shift trading and tracking
  • Event and reminder management
  • Schedule sharing
  • Home-screen widgets
  • Hours and career tracking
  • Print and export options
Features
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Frontline is the shift calendar built for first responders - Firefighters, EMS, Police and 911 Dispatch. Set up your rotation in about 30 seconds, then see your whole month at a glance. Frontline knows the schedules crews actually work - 24/48, 48/96, 24/72, 1/3/2/3, Kelly, Pitman, 4-on/4-off, DuPont and more - so you pick yours and you're done. No account. No setup headache. Not on a rotation? Straight days, a 9/80, a regular work week - Fire Marshals, inspectors, detectives, SROs, retirees, spouses and office staff all have a setup, or you can skip work days entirely and just use the calendar. BUILT FOR THE WAY YOU WORK - Large month calendar. Your on-duty days, events and reminders at a glance, in a dark design made for night shift. - Shift trades. Log who's covering, track who owes who, and text a clean trade card that makes it obvious to everyone involved. - Events and quick adds. Court, training, overtime, appointments, sick, vacation - color-coded, with reminders that fire before your shift. - Share your rotation. Send your schedule to a new hire or your spouse with a code to scan or a link to text - they get your work days on their phone in one tap. - Home-screen widgets. Your month or your week, always on. - Hours tracked. Log OT, sick, vacation and comp by the day, and see the totals. - Career tracking. Career shift count, rank history, milestones, and the day you clear probation. - Print and export. A clean PDF of your month, or send your shifts to your other calendars. - Dark and light. Night-shift ready either way. FRONTLINE PRO - Leave balances. Vacation, sick and comp counted down in shifts as you use them and up on every payday. Set your own accrual rate and cap, and get warned before you hit the ceiling and stop earning. - Vacation bids. Tap every day you picked, across the whole year, and stamp them all in one pass. - Calendar sync. Keep your shifts on your Google or Apple calendar so your family sees them without you texting a screenshot. - More calendar views. Week, day timeline and agenda. - Certifications. CPR, ACLS, HazMat and the rest, counting down in shifts, with reminders before anything lapses. - Incident and exposure log. A fast, private, date-stamped record of the calls that matter - cancer presumption, bloodborne exposure, a court date years out. Export it as a clean PDF. - Partial trades and hours owed. Trade part of a shift instead of the whole thing, and see exactly how many hours you owe each person. - Partner schedule. Your next day off together, and every day you both work, in a color you pick. - Month, week and day widgets, unlimited share cards, and PDF exports by week, day or year. NO ACCOUNT NEEDED Your schedule, events, trades and notes are stored on your phone, not on our servers. Your schedule is yours. Free includes the full rotation calendar, events and quick adds, shift trades, rotation sharing, hours tracking, career tracking, the week widget, and month PDF and calendar-file export. Frontline Pro unlocks the rest, as a one-time Lifetime purchase or a yearly subscription. Made by Code 3 Tek. Built by a Fire Captain who got tired of clunky schedules. Privacy Policy: https://frontlinecalendar.com/privacy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

SFST Mobile4 screens
Frontline4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Frontline at 97% against SFST Mobile's 0%. Frontline also leads on rating (4.8 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 months). SFST Mobile's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Frontline sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. SFST Mobile asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Frontline holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Frontline has 41 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of SFST Mobile's written reviews are positive against 97% of Frontline's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SFST Mobile ships an update every 3 months, Frontline every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
SFST Mobile versus Frontline: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSFST MobileFrontline
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (2 ratings)4.8 (41 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews96.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings241 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB79 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperStandard Field Systems IncCode3Tek

Customer experience

SFST Mobile

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Frontline

All ratings39 ratings
Positive94.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive96.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.4%

In-app purchases

None

SFST Mobile

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Frontline

Subscriptions1
  • Frontline Pro Yearly$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Frontline Pro (Lifetime)$19.99

Questions

Is SFST Mobile free?
SFST Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Frontline free?
Frontline is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SFST Mobile or Frontline?
Frontline is rated higher. SFST Mobile averages 1.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Frontline averages 4.8 from 41 ratings.
Do SFST Mobile or Frontline have ads?
Neither SFST Mobile nor Frontline shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SFST Mobile or Frontline?
SFST Mobile ships an update every 3 months, and Frontline every 4 days. Most recently, SFST Mobile was updated on November 3, 2026 and Frontline on November 5, 2026.

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