Universal STIG Browser vs fivelevel
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Universal STIG Browser
Access and manage Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) on your Apple devices. This app provides a touch-optimized experience for viewing, filtering, and exporting DoD STIGs in XCCDF format.
- Touch-optimized STIG reading
- View STIGs for all platforms
- Filter and export STIGs
- Supports XCCDF format
- Native Apple platform app
- Streamline compliance work
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Touch-optimized STIG reading experience on the go. Universal STIG Browser is a native Apple platform app that allows users to open, view, filter, and export Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) for all supported platforms as published by the Department of Defense (DoD) Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) for all DISA-supported platforms in XCCDF format on the DoD Cyber Exchange website (https://www.cyber.mil). Universal STIG Browser also allows you to view and edit STIG Checklist files in CKL and CKLB format on macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and visionOS. Designed for IT professionals, security teams, and auditors, Universal STIG Browser makes it easy to view, compare, and export STIGs for all platforms—Windows, Linux, macOS, and more—on your Mac, iPhone, iPad, or Vision Pro. Built to streamline compliance work while using the Apple ecosystem with full support for XCCDF-format STIGs.
fivelevel
This app provides essential tools for aircraft maintainers, including time conversions, date calculations, and reference data. It offers a streamlined experience with no subscriptions or unnecessary features, designed for efficiency on the flightline.
- Zulu & local time display
- Julian date calendar
- Preflight due calculator
- Conversion tools
- Searchable ICAO codes
- Apple Watch app
- Home screen widget
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5-Level gives aircraft maintainers the tools they actually use — no fluff, no subscriptions, just what you need on the flightline. Features: • Zulu & local time display • Julian date calendar • Preflight due calculator • Conversion tools • Searchable ICAO codes • Apple Watch app with complications • Home screen widget Built by a maintainer who got tired of doing math on the back of a 781.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: fivelevel at Free against Universal STIG Browser's $0.99. fivelevel also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (7 vs 1). On rating, ads, in-app purchases 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
fivelevel is free to download; Universal STIG Browser costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Universal STIG Browser against 5.0 for fivelevel. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: fivelevel has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Universal STIG Browser ships an update every 3 months, fivelevel every 4 weeks. Both last shipped on October 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Universal STIG Browser | fivelevel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bob Gendler | Adam Moody |
Customer experience
Universal STIG Browser
fivelevel
In-app purchases
Universal STIG Browser
No in-app purchases
fivelevel
No in-app purchases
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