Tower 5 vs Wildland Fire Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tower 5
Understand wildfire risk with real-time data on active fires, smoke plumes, and weather warnings. Generate detailed risk profiles for any U.S. address, including historical data and future climate projections. Essential for homeowners, professionals, and anyone concerned about fire safety.
- Live wildfire perimeters
- Satellite hot-spot detections
- Fire weather warnings
- Smoke plume tracking
- 96-hour rainfall timeline
- Property wildfire risk profiles
- Historical fire data
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Tower 5 is the easiest way to understand wildfire risk in your neighborhood — and across the United States. Whether you own a home in a fire-prone area, work in insurance underwriting, or just want to know when smoke is coming, Tower 5 puts the same federal data fire managers rely on into one map you can actually read. LIVE WILDFIRE INTELLIGENCE - Active fire perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center - Satellite hot-spot detections from NASA FIRMS, refreshed throughout the day - Fire weather warnings from the National Weather Service - Smoke plumes from NOAA's Hazard Mapping System - A 96-hour rainfall timeline (past 24h to next 72h) - Real-time air temperature and surface wind across the country WILDFIRE RISK CONTEXT - Historical fire perimeters going back over a century - U.S. Drought Monitor severity, refreshed weekly - Tap any location to see every signal stacked in one popup PROPERTY RISK PROFILE Search any U.S. address to generate a comprehensive wildfire-risk profile: - Wildfire Hazard Potential rating - Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) classification - Future climate-adjusted burn probability - Surface fuel model — what would carry a fire here - Historical fires within 16 miles - Closest fire stations, hospitals, evacuation shelters Profiles are saved to your account so you can compare properties or revisit them later. PREMIUM (OPTIONAL) Tower 5 Premium unlocks advanced map layers — Hazard Potential, Future Risk, Energy Release Component, Surface Fuel Models, Wind, Drought, Hospitals, Shelters, and Power Lines — plus unlimited saved property profiles and PDF/CSV export. 7-day free trial, then $9.99/month. Subscription is managed at tower5.org/upgrade. WHO IT'S FOR - Homeowners in fire-prone areas - Insurance underwriters and risk analysts - Real estate buyers researching a property - Land managers and emergency planners - Anyone who's ever wondered "how close is that fire?" DATA SOURCES National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC), NASA FIRMS, NOAA, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Geological Survey, LANDFIRE, National Weather Service, U.S. Drought Monitor, USGS SILVIS Lab, Department of Energy / HSIP. Per-layer attribution is available inside the app. LIMITATIONS Tower 5 is informational only. The app does not replace Wireless Emergency Alerts, NWS broadcasts, or guidance from your local fire authority. Always cross-check critical decisions with official sources. PRIVACY Tower 5 collects only the minimum data needed to authenticate your account and run your risk profiles. We do not sell user data. No third-party advertising SDKs. Privacy policy: https://tower5.org/privacy Terms of service: https://tower5.org/terms
Wildland Fire Pro
This app provides an offline reference for wildland firefighting incident response and calculates crucial fire-weather data. It helps users assess conditions, log observations, and generate radio broadcast scripts without needing a signal.
- Offline IRPG reference library
- Belt weather calculator (RH, fire danger)
- Probability of Ignition calculations
- Weather observation logging
- Radio broadcast script generation
- Export and share logs/reports
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Wildland Fire Pro puts your Incident Response Pocket Guide and fire-weather tools in one offline app — no signal required, no data leaves your device. REFERENCE, ALWAYS AVAILABLE Browse the full IRPG reference library offline, organized for fast lookup in the field. Find LCES, the Common Denominators, Downhill Line Construction Guidelines, Watch Out Situations, and more without digging through a printed guide. Includes the offline NWCG Relative Humidity & Dew Point Tables as a bundled PDF for quick reference without a psychrometer calculation. WEATHER CALCULATOR Enter dry bulb and wet bulb readings from your sling psychrometer and get instant relative humidity — the same method used with a standard belt weather kit. Select your elevation band for accurate results at altitude. FIRE DANGER & PROBABILITY OF IGNITION Calculate Probability of Ignition and fire-danger indices from your weather observations, aspect, slope, elevation, position, time of year, and time of day — so you can assess conditions on scene, not after the fact. WEATHER LOGS Save every observation as a structured log entry: dry bulb, wet bulb, relative humidity, wind speed and direction, sky cover, and notes. Review past logs to track trends through the day or across an assignment. RADIO BROADCAST SCRIPTS Generate a properly formatted weather broadcast script from your logged observations, ready to key up and read to a division exactly the way it should sound over the radio. QUIZ & JEOPARDY Test your IRPG knowledge with a 100-question quiz bank drawn straight from the reference content, organized by category. Or study as a group with a Jeopardy-style board game — pick categories, reveal clues, and keep score, right from the app. EXPORT & SHARE Export and print weather logs and reports using your device's native share sheet — send to email, another app, or a printer, on your terms. BUILT FOR THE FIELD - Fully offline — works with no cell signal or wifi - No account required - No analytics, ads, or third-party tracking - Your data stays on your device Wildland Fire Pro is a reference and productivity aid, not a substitute for official guidance. IRPG content is reproduced from National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) public reference material for convenience. In any conflict, the current official IRPG and your agency's protocols govern. Fire-weather and Probability of Ignition figures are estimates meant to support — not replace — trained judgment, direct observation, and your agency's safety protocols, including LCES. Built for wildland firefighters, engine crews, hotshots, and anyone who carries an IRPG.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Wildland Fire Pro at free against Tower 5's freemium. Wildland Fire Pro also leads on update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly) and ratings volume (8 vs 2). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. 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 Tower 5 against 5.0 for Wildland Fire Pro. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 8 respectively.
Tower 5 ships an update fortnightly, Wildland Fire Pro weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tower 5 | Wildland Fire Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Snoflo.org LLC | MATTHEW JOSEPH O'DONNELL |
In-app purchases
Tower 5
No in-app purchases
Wildland Fire Pro
No in-app purchases
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