Comparison

FireWorks App Pro vs Frontline

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

Head to head
About

FireWorks App Pro

Features
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The All-in-One Mobile Platform for Modern Fire Departments EPR FireWorks is the complete mobile solution built for U.S. fire departments to streamline operations, inspections, compliance, and emergency response readiness. Whether you're in the station, on the road, or at an incident, EPR FireWorks keeps your team connected, accountable, and efficient. Designed in close collaboration with fire service professionals, EPR FireWorks brings together every tool your department needs to operate at full strength—with real-time data, mobile-first workflows, and compliance built in from the ground up. Key Features: Inspections & Fire Prevention Conduct and document fire inspections, issue violations, and generate digital reports on the go. Fully customizable checklists and automatic code references make it easy to stay NFPA and ICC compliant. Digital Records Management Access and manage personnel files, certifications, inventory, and inspection history—anytime, anywhere. Custom Forms & Reports Create your own workflows for burn permits, hydrant testing, or pre-incident planning with flexible form builders and templates. Secure, Cloud-Based, and Offline-Capable Work in remote areas with no signal—your data syncs automatically once back online. EPR ensures secure access and encrypted storage that meets public sector IT standards. Trusted by Fire Departments Nationwide Whether you’re a small volunteer agency or a large municipal fire service, EPR FireWorks empowers your department with the technology it needs to operate smarter, safer, and more efficiently.

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

FireWorks App Pro4 screens
Frontline4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FireWorks App Pro at none against Frontline's 2. FireWorks App Pro also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). Frontline's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Frontline sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. FireWorks App Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FireWorks App Pro ships an update every 5 weeks, Frontline every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
FireWorks App Pro versus Frontline: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFireWorks App ProFrontline
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (38 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—38 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB78 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperEprsysCode3Tek

In-app purchases

None

FireWorks App Pro

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Frontline

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

Questions

Is FireWorks App Pro free?
FireWorks App Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Frontline free?
Frontline is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do FireWorks App Pro or Frontline have ads?
Neither FireWorks App Pro nor Frontline shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FireWorks App Pro or Frontline?
FireWorks App Pro ships an update every 5 weeks, and Frontline every 4 days. Most recently, FireWorks App Pro was updated on October 16, 2026 and Frontline on October 28, 2026.

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