Comparison

Chief Mobile vs Cubby

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Cubby

Features
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Camp. Daycare. Soccer. Aftercare. Every one of them sends home the same forms — and every year you dig out the same immunization dates, pediatrician info, insurance numbers, and emergency contacts. Cubby stores it all once, encrypted with a password only you know, and fills out every registration packet that comes home — PDFs and enrollment websites. Upload a form, review what Cubby found, sign with your saved signature, done. • Autofills what every form asks: immunization dates, physician and hospital details, insurance, authorized pickups, allergies, and more • Reads fillable AND printed PDF forms; you review every value before anything is filled • Two saved signatures — yours and your co-parent's — placed exactly where forms want them • End-to-end encrypted: the cloud stores only ciphertext; not even Cubby can read your children's data • Sync across your devices with Sign in with Apple or Google — sign-in finds your data, only your password unlocks it • No ads, no tracking, no analytics. Ever.

Screenshots

Chief Mobile4 screens
Cubby4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cubby at none against Chief Mobile's 1. Cubby also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 5 weeks). Chief Mobile's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Chief Mobile sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Cubby asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chief Mobile ships an update every 5 weeks, Cubby daily. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Chief Mobile versus Cubby: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChief MobileCubby
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (43 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews65.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings43 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size113 MB73 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChief TechnologiesTodd Haselton

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Chief Mobile

One-time1
  • Pro Version$4.99
None

Cubby

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chief Mobile free?
Chief Mobile is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cubby free?
Cubby is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Chief Mobile or Cubby have ads?
Neither Chief Mobile nor Cubby shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Chief Mobile or Cubby?
Chief Mobile ships an update every 5 weeks, and Cubby daily. Most recently, Chief Mobile was updated on October 28, 2026 and Cubby on September 26, 2026.

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