Chief Mobile vs Vector
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chief Mobile
Receive and map emergency dispatches from your 911 center with push notifications and dual alerting systems. Stay informed about incidents, personnel messages, and company schedules. Update your status and track response times.
- Redundant alerting (Tone & CAD)
- Incident mapping
- Push notifications for dispatches
- Personnel messaging
- Status updates and ETA tracking
- Company schedule viewing
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Chief Mobile is has redundant alerting using a combination of Tone Alerting & CAD Alerting. Allows you to receive & map incidents from your 911 dispatch center quickly. A push notification will alert you when a new dispatch occurs and forward you to the incident information and map. With Tone Alert, Chief Mobile works like your Fire Pager providing two sources for alerting. You can also receive messages that are sent out by other personnel. Get notified of open shifts, training, and other announcements instantly. The latest version allows you to reply to messages. Allows your personnel to update their status (i.e. Responding Station 1, Available, etc.). Their ETA is tracked while responding. Allows companies that use Chief Scheduling to view the company schedule by day and their own schedule. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
Vector
Manage your work schedule on the go. Receive and respond to callback shifts, submit time off and trade requests, and stay updated with group notifications. Requires your organization to be a Vector Scheduling member.
- Receive callback shifts
- Respond to group notifications
- Check work schedule
- Submit time off requests
- Submit trade requests
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This is the Vector Scheduling mobile application. This application will allow you to receive and respond to callback shifts, send and respond to group notifications, check your work schedule, submit time off and leave requests, submit trade requests, and more. This application requires that your organization be a member of Vector Scheduling.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Chief Mobile at 66% against Vector's 11%. Chief Mobile also leads on rating (3.4 vs 1.9) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 5 months). Vector's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, ratings volume, ads and device support 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. Chief Mobile sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Vector asks for nothing beyond the download.
Chief Mobile holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 1.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 43 and 71 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 66% of Chief Mobile's written reviews are positive against 11% of Vector's.
Chief Mobile ships an update every 5 weeks, Vector every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chief Mobile | Vector |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (43 ratings) — better | 1.9 (71 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 65.9% of reviews — better | 11.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 43 | 71 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 112 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chief Technologies, LLC | Vector Solutions, Inc. |
Customer experience
Chief Mobile
Vector
In-app purchases
Chief Mobile
- Pro Version$4.99
Vector
No in-app purchases
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