Garfield County EM vs Plane DB
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Garfield County EM
Stay prepared and informed with critical emergency resources and information tailored for Garfield County residents. This app provides essential tools and updates to help you navigate any type of emergency situation effectively.
- Emergency resources
- Preparedness information
- County-specific alerts
- Real-time updates
- Informative tools
Read full descriptionHide full description
The Garfield County Emergency Management app combines the resources and information that have already been being used with new features that are only available within the app to keep residents of Garfield County prepared and informed about any type of emergency.
Plane DB
Access a vast database of aircraft information, including sightings, museum locations, and production details. Track your personal sightings and discover planes you still need to see. Explore fleet lists and country overviews with extensive search capabilities.
- Access to Spottingmode plane database
- Search individual planes and fleet lists
- View sighting history and museum locations
- Track personal sightings and highlight needed planes
- Detailed plane data including Wrecks & Relics info
- Links to other Spottingmode apps
Read full descriptionHide full description
This app gives you direct access to the Spottingmode plane database. Search individual planes or full fleet lists. Check when and where a plane was seen, or where it can be found in a museum right now. All data comes straight from the Spottingmode database and is updated all the time. You can view more than a million planes already and data is directly linked to your own sightings. Every plane you have sightings for is highlighted, which makes it easy to find out which you still need to see. You can view complete production lists, country overviews, fleet lists, or search for any set of planes you want. There are practically no restrictions on the searches you can perform, or how many planes are shown. Click on a plane in any of the lists and view more detailed data, including sightings for this plane, any Wrecks & Relics info known, or the other identities the same plane is known to have had. The app also links into the other Spottingmode apps so you can also immediately find more info on the Wrecks & Relics location, or where you saw the particular plane.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Garfield County EM at Free against Plane DB's $2.99. Garfield County EM also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 25 months) and review sentiment (50% vs 33%). Plane DB's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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
Garfield County EM is free to download; Plane DB costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Garfield County EM ships an update every 2 months, Plane DB every 25 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Garfield County EM | Plane DB |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.3 (15 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 25 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Garfield County Emergency Management | iksmode |
Customer experience
Garfield County EM
Plane DB
In-app purchases
Garfield County EM
No in-app purchases
Plane DB
No in-app purchases
