Chief Mobile vs FireTek
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 redundant alerting. Get instant push notifications for new incidents, view details and maps, and stay updated on personnel messages and schedules. Update your status and track response ETAs.
- Redundant Tone & CAD alerting
- Receive and map 911 dispatches
- Push notifications for new incidents
- Personnel message communication
- Update status and track ETA
- View company and personal schedules
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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.
FireTek
This app provides incident notifications and mapping details for first responders. Users can respond to scenes or stations, share their intentions and ETA, and access a history of recent and past calls.
- Incident notifications (push/SMS)
- Incident mapping and details
- Respond to scene/station
- Share intentions and ETA
- Recent call list
- Historical call data by location
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Designed for first responders, the app sends incident notifications (push or SMS) and allows the authorized user to get additional information and mapping details for the incident. The user can then respond to scene or station, making his or her intentions and ETA known to other department members. It also provides a list of recent calls for the department and a historical listing of all calls associated with a location/address. It's simple, secure, and lightning fast.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FireTek at none against Chief Mobile's 1. FireTek also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks). Chief Mobile's advantage is review sentiment (67% vs 44%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. FireTek asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.4 for Chief Mobile against 3.5 for FireTek. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 40 and 31 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of Chief Mobile's written reviews are positive against 44% of FireTek's.
Chief Mobile ships an update every 5 weeks, FireTek weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chief Mobile | FireTek |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (40 ratings) | 3.5 (31 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 67.4% of reviews — better | 44.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 40 — better | 31 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Weekly — better |
| 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 | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 113 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Chief Technologies | Underdog Technologies LLC dba FireTek |
Customer experience
Chief Mobile
FireTek
In-app purchases
Chief Mobile
- Pro Version$4.99
FireTek
No in-app purchases
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