ShiftCal® for Houston Fire vs CentralSquare EAM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ShiftCal® for Houston Fire
This utility app helps manage work schedules for firefighters, clearly displaying shifts and optionally highlighting paydays. It focuses exclusively on shift-based calendars, not general appointments.
- Shift calendar management
- Debit day highlighting
- Optional payday display
- Firefighter-specific scheduling
- Dedicated shift calendar
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ShiftCal® for Houston Fire Department is a shift calendar with full support for debit days, which are displayed in an alternate color. ShiftCal also optionally displays paydays. Note: ShiftCal is a shift calendar; it is not an event/appointment calendar.
CentralSquare EAM
Access work order data, asset inventory, inspection records, and GIS maps from your mobile device. This app enables real-time information sharing to keep field and office teams synchronized. It features a new map interface supporting Esri Web Maps with layer management and identification tools.
- Work order management
- Asset inventory tracking
- Inspection record access
- GIS map integration
- Real-time data sharing
- Esri Web Map support
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CentralSquare EAM gives your team access to CentralSquare Enterprise Asset Management (powered by Lucity). This includes work order data, asset inventory and inspection records, and GIS maps from an iPhone or iPad. Real-time information sharing keeps your office and field crews in sync. This application includes a new interface for the map that supports Esri Web Maps. Features currently included: Table of Contents, Enabling/Disabling individual layers, Identify, Selection, and Show in Map. NOTE: This map interface does not yet support Lucity legacy maps
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: CentralSquare EAM at Free against ShiftCal® for Houston Fire's $6.99. CentralSquare EAM also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). ShiftCal® for Houston Fire's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On rating, ratings volume, 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
CentralSquare EAM is free to download; ShiftCal® for Houston Fire costs $6.99 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 — 3.2 for ShiftCal® for Houston Fire against 3.2 for CentralSquare EAM. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 6 respectively.
ShiftCal® for Houston Fire ships an update every 5 months, CentralSquare EAM every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ShiftCal® for Houston Fire | CentralSquare EAM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.2 (5 ratings) | 3.2 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 122 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thomas Wesley Erickson | CentralSquare Technologies, LLC |
Customer experience
ShiftCal® for Houston Fire
CentralSquare EAM
In-app purchases
ShiftCal® for Houston Fire
No in-app purchases
CentralSquare EAM
No in-app purchases
Questions
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