Comparison

First Arriving vs Easy Score Pad

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

Head to head
About

First Arriving

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First Arriving is the internal communications platform for fire, EMS and police departments. It puts the information that matters to your stations, leadership and personnel in one place, and keeps everyone on the same page wherever they are: at the station, on a call or off shift. Your department publishes it once. Every member sees it on their phone. STAY INFORMED News and announcements: department news, incident updates and personnel announcements, with photos and full details. Filter by category or search to find what you need. Events: trainings, drills, meetings and community events with the date, time and location, so nobody misses what is coming up. Videos: training and briefing videos from your department, ready to watch on any shift. Document library: SOPs, policies, forms and reference material, organized by category and always the current version. STAY ACCOUNTABLE Acknowledgements: when your department needs confirmation that you have read a policy, an SOP update or an announcement, read it and acknowledge it in a tap. Leadership sees who has confirmed and who still needs to. Notification center: every acknowledgement request and message sent to you in one list, with what is pending, what is overdue and what is done. STAY CONNECTED Platform Connect: one tap to the other systems your department relies on, such as scheduling, ePCR, training records and supply orders. FOR LEADERSHIP AND STAFF Department staff publish news, events, documents, videos and links from the app or the web, attach photos from the camera or photo library, require acknowledgements on anything important, and track completion across the department. GETTING STARTED The First Arriving App is for members of departments that use the First Arriving platform. Your department provides your account; there is no public sign-up. Sign in opens your department's sign-in page in the browser and brings you back to the app. If your department is interested in First Arriving, visit firstarriving.com. For help, visit support.firstarriving.com.

About

Easy Score Pad

This app simplifies scorekeeping for board games, acting as a digital replacement for pen and paper. It allows players to be assigned colors, sorted by turn or score, and easily identify the current player. Features include undoing mistakes, creating score shortcuts, and randomly selecting the first player.

Highlights
  • Assign colors to players
  • Sort players by turn or score
  • Identify current player
  • Undo scoring mistakes
  • Create shortcut score buttons
  • Randomly select first player
  • Reset scores for new game
Features
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An easy to use score pad to replace pen and paper. Assign colors to each player. Sort players by turn order or highest score. Easily see the who the current player is. Randomly select the player to go first. Undo scoring mistakes and create shortcut buttons for commonly used scores. Reset all scores to start over with a new game!

Screenshots

First Arriving4 screens
Easy Score Pad4 screens

Verdict

The call

First Arriving and Easy Score Pad are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

First Arriving ships an update every 10 months, Easy Score Pad every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
First Arriving versus Easy Score Pad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFirst ArrivingEasy Score Pad
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.3 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 6 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFirst ArrivingMatt Graves

In-app purchases

None

First Arriving

No in-app purchases

None

Easy Score Pad

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is First Arriving free?
First Arriving is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Easy Score Pad free?
Easy Score Pad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do First Arriving or Easy Score Pad have ads?
Neither First Arriving nor Easy Score Pad shows ads.
Which is updated more often, First Arriving or Easy Score Pad?
First Arriving ships an update every 10 months, and Easy Score Pad every 6 months. Most recently, First Arriving was updated on November 4, 2026 and Easy Score Pad on October 30, 2026.

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