ShiftCal® for Houston Fire vs Education Is KEY
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.
Education Is KEY
This tool provides firefighters with essential hose data and calculations, including friction loss, GPM, and nozzle pressure. It also serves as a product catalog for hose specifications and helps locate local product experts.
- Friction loss calculator
- GPM and nozzle pressure reference
- Key Hose product catalog
- Local product expert finder
- Fire service interface
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Education Is KEY – Friction Loss Calculator & Hose Resource Tool Firefighting demands precision. The Education Is KEY app delivers it. Designed for firefighters, instructors, and procurement teams alike, this powerful tool puts essential hose data and calculations right in your pocket. From the fireground to the classroom, you can quickly and accurately calculate friction loss, GPM, and nozzle pressure. But this app does more than math—it’s also a complete resource for Key Hose product specs, a searchable product catalog, and even a tool to help you find your local product expert. Key Features: • Easy-to-use friction loss calculator • Quick reference for GPM and nozzle pressure • Full Key Hose product catalog with specs and details • Instantly find your local product expert • Clean interface, built for real-world fire service use Whether you're flowing water or just flowing through training, Education Is KEY helps you work smarter, train better, and make confident, informed decisions. Train with it. Work with it. Rely on it. Because when knowledge matters most—Education Is KEY.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ShiftCal® for Houston Fire at 50% against Education Is KEY's 0%. ShiftCal® for Houston Fire also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.4). Education Is KEY's advantage is price (Free vs $6.99) and rating (4.0 vs 3.2). On ratings volume, update cadence, 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
Education Is KEY 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.
Education Is KEY holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of ShiftCal® for Houston Fire's written reviews are positive against 0% of Education Is KEY's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ShiftCal® for Houston Fire | Education Is KEY |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.2 (5 ratings) | 4.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thomas Wesley Erickson | KFH Industries, INC |
Customer experience
ShiftCal® for Houston Fire
Education Is KEY
In-app purchases
ShiftCal® for Houston Fire
No in-app purchases
Education Is KEY
No in-app purchases
Questions
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