Comparison

FireHydrant vs FieldNOC

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

Head to head
About

FireHydrant

This platform streamlines incident response for teams, enabling faster resolution and learning. It provides automated runbooks, scribe tools, and analytics to improve products and processes.

Highlights
  • Incident notification with push alerts
  • Automated incident assembly
  • Step-by-step automated runbooks
  • Built-in scribe tools
  • Guided retro templates
  • Customizable analytics
  • Jira ticket assignment
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FireHydrant is the only comprehensive reliability platform that allows teams to achieve reliability at scale by creating speed and consistency across the entire incident response lifecycle. Our solutions allow developers to resolve, learn, and mitigate incidents faster so they can focus on what matters most: keeping business operations running smoothly and the customers their businesses serve, happy. FireHydrant for iOS allows you to: Get Notified Be alerted of critical incidents with push notifications that can easily break through your Do Not Disturb settings – ensuring every alert gets acted on. Automate When an alert is acknowledged, FireHydrant helps you assemble the team more quickly and move straight into problem-solving by opening incidents directly from the app from an alert. Respond Preconfigured automated runbooks turn any engineer into a speedier, more confident responder with step-by-step guidance tied to your policies. Learn After the incident is over, use built-in scribe tools, guided retro templates, and customizable analytics to ensure learnings are captured. Plus, automatically assign follow-up tickets in Jira. Improve Iterate. Repeat. FireHydrant makes it easier to improve every step of the way, whether that’s your products, processes, or people.

About

FieldNOC

Features
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FieldNOC puts a network technician's everyday toolkit in your pocket — subnet math, live diagnostics, console access, and switch-port workflows — built for real job sites, not a desk. Core calculators and references run on-device and offline. No account or sign-up is required. The diagnostic data they create stays on your device unless you choose to copy, export, or share it. CALCULATORS & REFERENCE (offline) • Subnet Calculator — network, broadcast, usable range, mask, wildcard, binary/hex, address class and scope. Accepts 192.168.1.50/24 shorthand. • IPv6 Toolkit — compress and expand addresses, prefix and subnet math, scope decoding, reverse-DNS names, and EUI-64 link-local from a MAC. • Route Summarization — aggregate a list of subnets into the fewest CIDR prefixes, with an optional single covering prefix for ACLs. • IP Converter — decimal to binary, hex, and integer, and back. • VLSM Splitter — carve a block into right-sized subnets. • MAC Address Tools — reformat to any style, vendor (OUI) lookup, unicast/multicast decode. • Port & Cabling Reference — well-known TCP/UDP ports, T568A/B pinouts, straight vs crossover. • Bandwidth & Transfer — a live speed test plus file-transfer time math. • Quick Reference — CIDR table, private ranges, DNS record types. LIVE DIAGNOSTICS • Wi-Fi Info — SSID, BSSID, IP, gateway, subnet, and connected-AP signal. • TLS / Certificate — check any host's certificate expiry, issuer, trust, and the names it covers. Reads expired and self-signed certificates too. • Wake-on-LAN — send a magic packet to power on a machine by MAC address. • Ping / Reachability — continuous latency, jitter, and packet loss. • Port Scanner & Subnet Sweep — find open ports and live hosts. • DNS Lookup — forward and reverse name resolution. • Net Check — captive-portal detection and DHCP lease. • mDNS / Bonjour — discover printers, casts, and SSH hosts. CONSOLE ACCESS • SSH and Telnet clients for the switches, routers, and servers you manage. Tap any result to copy it — straight into a ticket, config, or chat. OPTIONAL POD Some jobs need Layer-2 visibility a phone cannot reach on its own. Pair FieldNOC with a compatible GL.iNet travel router that you provide for switch-port discovery (LLDP/CDP), all-band Wi-Fi survey, traceroute, DHCP inspection, packet capture, and more. The built-in Pod Guide explains the setup. FieldNOC remains fully usable without a pod. WHY FIELDNOC • Offline-first — calculators and references need no signal. • Private — no accounts, no tracking, no ads. FIELDNOC PRO FieldNOC Pro is an optional auto-renewable annual subscription that unlocks pod-assisted workflows. All phone-native tools, calculators, references, SSH/Telnet consoles, and the Pod Guide remain free. Physical pod hardware is sold separately. The purchase screen shows the current price, subscription terms, and Restore Purchases. Built by people who carry a phone to the job, not a laptop. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.fieldnoc.com/privacy/

Screenshots

FireHydrant4 screens
FieldNOC4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: FieldNOC at 13.0 against FireHydrant's 15.1. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FireHydrant ships an update every 3 weeks, FieldNOC every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
FireHydrant versus FieldNOC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFireHydrantFieldNOC
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.113.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size98 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFireHydrantOak & Finch Interactive LLC

In-app purchases

None

FireHydrant

No in-app purchases

None

FieldNOC

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FireHydrant free?
FireHydrant is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FieldNOC free?
FieldNOC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FireHydrant or FieldNOC have ads?
Neither FireHydrant nor FieldNOC shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FireHydrant or FieldNOC?
FireHydrant ships an update every 3 weeks, and FieldNOC every 10 days. Most recently, FireHydrant was updated on October 24, 2026 and FieldNOC on October 5, 2026.

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