Comparison

BRANDSchutz vs KSV Digital

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

Head to head
About

BRANDSchutz

Access specialized publications with enhanced features like an electronic table of contents and intelligent search. Save your favorite passages with bookmarks and add text, image, photo, or audio annotations. This app provides a high-performance digital library in an attractive design.

Highlights
  • Electronic table of contents
  • Intelligent search within publications
  • Work desk function for searching entire publications
  • Bookmark creation
  • Text, image, photo, and audio annotations
  • Attractive design
Features
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This is your application for specialized publications with added value. Get easily accustomed to the electronic table of contents and the fast and intelligent search in all publications. The work desk function helps you search within an entire publication. Add bookmarks and your own annotations in any desired passage, in the form of texts, images, photos or audio comments. This app offers thus a valuable library of online publications with high performance additional features – all this in an attractive design. The prices for the journal BRANDSchutz/Deutsche Feuerwehr-Zeitung are as follows: • single edition: 9.99 euros • auto-renewable subscription for a 6-months-period: 44.99 euros Please take into account following information: • Your iTunes account will be charged as soon as you have confirmed your subscription. • The subscription will be automatically renewed for another 6-months-period if you do not deactivate prolongation in iTunes user settings at least 24 hours before end of period. • It is not possible to reject any confirmed subscription. • All issues which will be released within the confirmed subscription period will be available. Please find our privacy policy using the following link: http://www.kohlhammer.de/wms/instances/KOB/appDE/nav_raiSecurity.php Please find our terms of use using the following link: https://www.kohlhammer-feuerwehr.de/de/allgemeine-geschaeftsbedingungen

About

KSV Digital

Features
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The digital alternative to loose-leaf edition: With the KSV Digital app for smartphones and tablets, you always have the practical commentaries at hand. The app allows you an intelligent, comfortable search. In addition, you have a variety of annotation options as well as freehand text and drawing tools. A browser-based application is also available. Available content: • Kommunalverfassungsrecht Thüringen • Kommunalverfassungsrecht Mecklenburg-Vorpommern • Kommunalverfassungsrecht Sachsen • Kommunalverfassungsrecht Sachsen-Anhalt • Kommunalverfassungsrecht Brandenburg • Kommunalverfassungsrecht Bayern • Brandschutzgesetz Schleswig-Holstein • Hilfeleistungsgesetze Sachsen-Anhalt • Brand- und Katastrophenschutz in Bayern • Krankenhausgestaltungsgesetz Nordrhein-Westfalen • Krankenhausfinanzierungsgesetz, Bundespflegesatzverordnung und Folgerecht • Personalbedarf im Krankenhaus The paid licenses for the activation of the publications are available on the publisher's website. In-app purchases are not possible.

Screenshots

BRANDSchutz4 screens
KSV Digital4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: KSV Digital at none against BRANDSchutz's 10. On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. BRANDSchutz sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. KSV Digital asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 7 level
BRANDSchutz versus KSV Digital: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBRANDSchutzKSV Digital
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperW. Kohlhammer GmbHKSV Mediengesellschaft mbH & Co. KG

In-app purchases

10 purchases

BRANDSchutz

One-time10
  • Ausgabe 07/2026$8.99
  • Ausgabe 08/2026$8.99
  • Ausgabe 09/2026$8.99
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  • Ausgabe 10/2026$8.99
  • Anschlagmittel, 2. A.$14.99
  • Tragbare Leitern, 3. A.$14.99
  • Vorbeugender Brandschutz$14.99
  • Warnung der Bevölkerung$19.99
  • Bevölkerungsschutz geht uns alle an$29.99
  • Messtechnik im Feuerwehreinsatz$29.99
None

KSV Digital

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BRANDSchutz free?
BRANDSchutz is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is KSV Digital free?
KSV Digital is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BRANDSchutz or KSV Digital have ads?
Neither BRANDSchutz nor KSV Digital shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BRANDSchutz or KSV Digital?
BRANDSchutz ships an update every 4 months, and KSV Digital every 4 months. Most recently, BRANDSchutz was updated on November 6, 2026 and KSV Digital on November 6, 2026.

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