FedFireGuide vs RateRadar

FedFireGuide is the essential pay calculator for federal firefighters working under the GS pay scale system. Whether you're a shift firefighter, chief, or inspector, quickly calculate your accurate pay breakdown based on official 2025 GS pay scales. Features: • Accurate pay calculations based on 2025 GS pay scales (GS-3 through GS-12) • Support for all 50+ locality pay areas across the US • COLA adjustments for Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam, and Northern Mariana Islands • Firefighter-specific hourly rate calculations (2,756 hour annual basis) • Overtime calculations with proper rate caps • Support for 72, 60, and 56-hour work weeks • Per pay period and annual salary breakdowns • Clean, easy-to-read interface designed specifically for firefighters • All calculations performed locally on your device - no data collection • Dark mode optimized with traditional firefighter colors (red and gold) Perfect for: Shift firefighters working 72-hour weeks Fire chiefs and inspectors Anyone considering a federal firefighter career Current federal employees evaluating promotion opportunities Privacy: FedFireGuide does not collect, store, or transmit any personal information. All calculations are performed locally on your device. Disclaimer: Pay calculations are based on 2025 GS pay scales and should be verified with official sources. This app is provided for informational purposes only. Powered by Stellar Wealth Management - Tax Professionals for Federal Employees.

RateRadar is an iPhone app that tracks the market-implied probability of every upcoming US Federal Reserve and European Central Bank interest rate decision, showing whether a hold, cut, or hike is priced in, plus 60 days of history of how those odds have moved. It computes its own probabilities in-house from 30 Day Fed Funds Futures and STR and DFR market data using the published step function method, and never scrapes CME FedWatch or ECB Watch. See a cut, hold, or hike coming before the meeting. WHAT YOU GET • Live odds for every Fed and ECB meeting: hold, cut, or hike, each with a clean probability. • The most likely rate path, chained meeting by meeting. • The implied forward rate curve, priced from real market data. • Fed vs ECB divergence at a glance. • 60 days of probability history: odds saved daily and kept, so you see the shift, not just today. • Meeting reminders and sharp move alerts, on your device, refreshed on our after session cadence. JARGON, EXPLAINED New to this? The FOMC is the Fed committee that sets US rates. Basis points (bps) are hundredths of a percent. Hold, cut, and hike mean no change, lower, or higher. Every term links to a plain English glossary in the app. HOW IT WORKS We compute our own numbers from 30 Day Fed Funds Futures and STR and DFR data using the published step function method. We never scrape CME FedWatch or ECB Watch. The full method lives in the app under Methodology, versioned so you can trust the history. Built for retail first. Not financial advice. Recommendations for our other apps load online. Their views and taps are counted as daily totals, without personal profiles or user/device identifiers. See our privacy policy.