Comparison

FFL Vault vs FFL Field Ops

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

Head to head
About

FFL Vault

Features
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FFL Vault helps FFL dealers and collectors organize their firearms inventory, scan transfer documents, and find any record instantly — so when the ATF knocks, you're ready.

About

FFL Field Ops

Features
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Run your FFL's daily shop work from one clear mobile workspace. FFL Field Ops gives the licensed-business owner one private account for managing acquisition records, live inventory, gunsmith jobs, physical audits, and exceptions from the counter, bench, or storage room. Each organization is limited to one owner and one FFL Field Ops user. KEEP WORK MOVING • Record acquisitions for firearms already physically received by the licensed business, with guided data entry and duplicate checks. • Use on-device serial-number scanning and supported package barcodes to reduce retyping. • Verify every serial against the firearm before saving. • Search inventory and perform resumable physical counts. • Create gunsmith work orders with customer contact details, firearm condition, requested services, internal bench or work-area notes, storage, and job status. • Keep drafts and recovery state available when connectivity is interrupted. • Connect an owner-authorized FastBound account for supported inventory and acquisition-record workflows. BUILT FOR CONTROL Camera and barcode suggestions are assistive. You review and confirm the final serial. FFL Field Ops does not replace Form 4473, NICS, your legal obligations, or your bound-book system. Post-receipt acquisition records include an acquisition classification and may include optional internal historical cost/price reference values; those fields do not publish a listing or consumer offer, match buyers and sellers, negotiate a transaction, accept payment, provide checkout, or execute a transfer or disposition. FFL Field Ops is an independently developed business operations tool. It does not publish firearm or ammunition listings or advertisements, broker consumer transactions, accept firearm or ammunition payments, provide consumer checkout, or execute purchases, transfers, or dispositions. It is not a firearm marketplace, an official FastBound product, ATF-approved, or endorsed by FastBound or ATF. An owner account is required. The mobile app does not offer subscription purchase or upgrade controls. Some features require owner-authorized connected services.

Screenshots

FFL Vault3 screens
FFL Field Ops4 screens

Verdict

The call

FFL Vault and FFL Field Ops are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
FFL Vault versus FFL Field Ops: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFFL VaultFFL Field Ops
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB39 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperChang XiongDavid Renna

In-app purchases

None

FFL Vault

No in-app purchases

None

FFL Field Ops

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FFL Vault free?
FFL Vault is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FFL Field Ops free?
FFL Field Ops is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FFL Vault or FFL Field Ops have ads?
Neither FFL Vault nor FFL Field Ops shows ads.

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