Comparison

First Due 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

First Due Mobile

Receive instant incident notifications and navigate emergency scenes with advanced routing. Access integrated building data, pre-plans, and real-time unit tracking for enhanced situational awareness and team communication.

Highlights
  • Incident tracking and notification
  • Emergency response routing
  • Integrated building data
  • Pre-incident planning and mapping
  • Team chat and communication
  • Live unit tracking
Features
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First Due Mobile is finally here! Be notified, arrive safely and understand your scene like never before. First Due Mobile includes: -Incident tracking and notification -Emergency response specific routing -Integrated Assessor, Building Department and Fire Prevention data! -Quick size-up on every building -Detailed pre-plans on every building including residential! -Pre-Incident Planning & Mapping -Chat for easy communication with your team -Incident statusing and responding functionality -Live unit and team member tracking during incident

About

Frontline

This app helps first responders manage their complex work schedules with a user-friendly calendar. It supports various shift patterns, allows for logging events and incidents, and offers a private, device-only storage solution. Optional Pro features enhance functionality with advanced logging and widgets.

Highlights
  • Supports diverse shift patterns
  • Month and week view
  • Home-screen widgets
  • Shift trade logging
  • Event and reminder management
  • Incident and exposure log
  • PDF and calendar export
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

First Due Mobile4 screens
Frontline4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Frontline at 100% against First Due Mobile's 0%. Frontline also leads on rating (4.8 vs 1.6) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 7 months). First Due 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. First Due Mobile asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Frontline holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 38 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of First Due Mobile's written reviews are positive against 100% of Frontline's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

First Due Mobile ships an update every 7 months, Frontline every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
First Due Mobile versus Frontline: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFirst Due MobileFrontline
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.6 (10 ratings)4.8 (38 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1038 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size224 MB78 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLocality Media, Inc.Code3Tek

Customer experience

First Due Mobile

All ratings8 ratings
Positive12.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative87.5%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Frontline

All ratings38 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

First Due Mobile

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Frontline

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

Questions

Is First Due Mobile free?
First Due 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, First Due Mobile or Frontline?
Frontline is rated higher. First Due Mobile averages 1.6 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Frontline averages 4.8 from 38 ratings.
Do First Due Mobile or Frontline have ads?
Neither First Due Mobile nor Frontline shows ads.
Which is updated more often, First Due Mobile or Frontline?
First Due Mobile ships an update every 7 months, and Frontline every 4 days. Most recently, First Due Mobile was updated on October 24, 2026 and Frontline on October 28, 2026.

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