Comparison

FireSync Shift Calendar vs Check The Dose

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

Head to head
About

FireSync Shift Calendar

This app is a comprehensive calendar designed for firefighters, offering robust shift tracking, event management, and cloud integration. It allows users to manage trades, overtime, and personal events, with features like CertTracker and Expenditure tracking. It also syncs with other calendars and devices for seamless organization.

Highlights
  • Firefighter shift schedule tracking
  • Event management (trades, overtime, personal)
  • Cloud integration with FireSync Enterprise™
  • CertTracker and Expenditure tracking
  • Customizable shift editor
  • Year and month calendar views
  • Report generation and emailing
Features
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FireSync is not merely a Firefighter Shift Calendar, it's also a full-featured calendar app with powerful cloud-enabled features just for firefighters. Whether or not you want to keep track of your trades, overtimes, or just your kid's soccer practices, FireSync can do it all. It also includes many powerful features such as CertTracker, Expenditures, and is fully integrated with FireSync Enterprise™ and TheHouse™ cloud services. Before you buy another shift calendar app ask yourself: 1. Do you have to pay an annual subscription for the calendar? Not with us! We support firefighters by letting you keep more of your hard-earned money. Is there a better way? 2. Is it also a full-featured calendar app? FireSync isn’t just a firefighter shift calendar, it’s also a full-featured calendar app that fully integrates with your phone's calendars. FireSync events are saved to your calendar and can be seen on other phone's using the same calendar account (e.g. phones used by family members). FireSync is more than a good firefighter calendar. It’s a good calendar app period! 3. Will you find yourself staring at the app for 15 minutes just figuring out how to use it? FireSync has a sleek modern design that is intuitive to use. 4. Does it include powerful cloud-enabled features? If your fire department uses FireSync Enterprise™ or TheHouse™ you can view all of the additional data and applets shared by your department or station from within FireSync. !!! SHIFT SUPPORT !!! FireSync supports any 24-hour shift schedule that repeats on a predictable cycle. FIRESYNC COMES PRELOADED WITH THE SHIFT CYCLES FOR OVER 1,400 FIRE DEPARTMENTS! If you do not see your fire department no problem. Our intuitive shift editor allows you to easily create your shift schedule. You can also share it with us so that others in your firehouse or department can quickly be up and running. Although FireSync does not fully support 12-hour shifts, we have countless users using FireSync to display their 12-hour shifts. If you want to display YOUR SHIFT (not all shifts) you can create 12-hour shifts. Kelly and Debit Days. Does your fire department use Kelly and Debit days? No problem. FireSync allows you to show both Kelly and Debit days. You can define them by rule or by specifying specific dates. FLSA: FireSync allows users to add FLSA periods to their calendar. Other Features: 1. Ability to add and track ordinary events, trades, overtime, comp time, benefit days, incidents and training. Since FireSync is also a full-featured cal you can also see these events on other calendars and other devices sharing the same calendar account (e.g. spouse). FireSync is your all-in-one calendar app. 2. Sleek reports that give you the info you need at a mere glance. View your shift trades, overtimes, comp time, benefits accrued or used, training and fire incidents with ease. You can also email your reports. 3. The ability to view your calendar in a year view, month view, month-list view, or day view. With FireSync you aren't just looking at your shift cycle. You can see all of your fire and non-fire events. 4. CertTracker to keep track of your training certificates. 5. Expenditure tracking. FireSync Shift Calendar is the shift calendar firefighters deserve. Get the word out to your brothers and sisters in your firehouse and IAFF local. *FireSync is the exclusive property of ForceReadiness.com. It solely developed FireSync and is responsible for its functionality. Firefighters First Credit Union has agreed to sponsor the app in order to provide it to all firefighters at no cost.

About

Check The Dose

This app provides customizable, automated medication and equipment dosing guides for pre-hospital and hospital providers. It offers access to updated databases, checklists, reference materials, and contact lists, with features for drip rate confirmation and filtered medication views.

Highlights
  • Customizable automated dosing
  • Web-based database updates
  • Upload checklists and reference materials
  • Contact list with door codes
  • Drip rate confirmation
  • Filtered medication views
Features
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Check The Dose is a fully customizable and automated dosing guide for Pre-Hospital and Hospital Providers that is used for dosing Medications and Equipment for both Pediatrics and Adults patients - Newborn to 100kgs. The Check The Dose app is linked to a web-based database that if maintained by your department administrator. This means that the app is always current. When you add/remove/or change a medication on the website the app updates as well. The app is always current and providing accurate information when you need it. It not only provides medication dosing, but it also allows for you to upload Checklists, Reference Materials, Protocols, and it even has a contact list for keeping your phone numbers, addresses, and door codes up to date. It also includes a mapping feature to map to hospitals from your current location. Additional features include a way to confirm your drip rate, as well as show you only medications based on a specific treatment. That means that only the medications that are needed are shown. Check The Dose is not for individual use. It is designed for Fire Departments, Ambulance Companies, and other Pre-Hospital Type agencies. This app is to be used by providers within those agencies who have an account with Check The Dose. A login will be provided by your agency to obtain your customized dosing guide. MEDICAL DISCLAIMER: The information displayed on the Check The Dose App is provided and controlled by the individual Agency whom has subscribed to use Check The Dose. Any questions or concerns with a dosing amount displayed should be directed to the Agency responsible for the data. The user of this app, who is assigned by the subscribed agency, can and should contact a Medical Control Doctor if any questions about medications or treatments come up. Check The Dose does not diagnose patients. It is not for use by an individual private consumer. It is to be used only by trained medical professionals who work for an agency who is subscribed with Check The Dose. This agency also manages the content that their employees see on the app. Check The Dose does not monitor or modify any of the data except under the written request by the subscribing agency. For further information please visit www.checkthedose.com

Screenshots

FireSync Shift Calendar4 screens
Check The Dose1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Check The Dose at free against FireSync Shift Calendar's paid. Check The Dose also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 69%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). FireSync Shift Calendar's advantage is ratings volume (9.1K vs 4). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Check The Dose holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FireSync Shift Calendar has 9.1K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of FireSync Shift Calendar's written reviews are positive against 100% of Check The Dose's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FireSync Shift Calendar ships an update every 2 months, Check The Dose every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
FireSync Shift Calendar versus Check The Dose: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFireSync Shift CalendarCheck The Dose
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (9.1K ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews69.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings9.1K — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size176 MB117 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperForceReadiness.comCheck The Dose

Customer experience

FireSync Shift Calendar

All ratings9,095 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral2.7%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews91 reviews
Positive69.2%
Neutral8.8%
Negative22.0%

Check The Dose

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

FireSync Shift Calendar

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • Randomly deletes events
  • Trouble with calendar access
  • Holiday icon disappeared
  • Erased all info
  • Verification not working
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  • No longer syncs
  • Schedule won't publish
  • Crashes on iOS 13.2 update
  • App keeps crashing
  • Bug with editing events
  • Major bug with category/location fields

Requested features

11 requests
  • Color customization for days
  • Shift designation by number
  • Custom FLSA start/end dates
  • Customizable pay days
  • Shift trade feature
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  • Debit day scheduling
  • Ability to share calendar with others
  • Dark mode
  • Shift color customization
  • Shift swap/back-to-back trade option
  • Ability to see which shift you're on

Check The Dose

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

FireSync Shift Calendar

No in-app purchases

None

Check The Dose

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FireSync Shift Calendar free?
FireSync Shift Calendar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Check The Dose free?
Check The Dose is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, FireSync Shift Calendar or Check The Dose?
Check The Dose is rated higher. FireSync Shift Calendar averages 4.8 out of 5 from 9.1K ratings, while Check The Dose averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do FireSync Shift Calendar or Check The Dose have ads?
Neither FireSync Shift Calendar nor Check The Dose shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FireSync Shift Calendar or Check The Dose?
FireSync Shift Calendar ships an update every 2 months, and Check The Dose every 5 weeks. Most recently, FireSync Shift Calendar was updated on October 20, 2026 and Check The Dose on October 3, 2026.

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