Fire Shifts vs Active911 ActiveTeam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fire Shifts
This app provides a free, customizable calendar for Fire and EMS personnel to manage their work schedules. Users can select from various shift types and personalize labels and colors for easy visual organization of their personal schedule.
- Customizable shift calendar
- Multiple shift type options
- Personalized labels and colors
- Free updates
- Works indefinitely
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A free customizable Fire and EMS Shift Calendar. Easily select various shift types such as 24/48 (ABC), 48/96 (AABBCC), etc. Customize labels and colors for each of your shifts to easily highlight your personal schedule. Visit www.fireshifts.com to see a full list of scheduling options. Ad supported. Works indefinitely. No purchasing of yearly licenses, free updates, no subscriptions fees. Email kevin@fireshifts.com for support.
Active911 ActiveTeam
Easily access your agency's schedules and manage your shifts directly from your smartphone. View your monthly schedule, see who is working each shift, and claim or request open positions.
- Access agency schedules
- View monthly schedule
- See shift assignments
- Claim open positions
- Request open positions
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ActiveTeam helps you access your agencies schedules; view the days which you are scheduled, and request/claim open positions within a shift, right from your smartphone. -Log in to agencies ActiveTeam account -View Monthly Schedule per agency -Scheduled days are noted with colored dot -See who is working each shift and what position -Claim and or Request open positions
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Fire Shifts at 3.8 against Active911 ActiveTeam's 2.9. Fire Shifts also leads on review sentiment (37% vs 0%) and ratings volume (59 vs 14). Active911 ActiveTeam's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 27 months) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Fire Shifts holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 59 and 14 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 37% of Fire Shifts's written reviews are positive against 0% of Active911 ActiveTeam's.
Fire Shifts ships an update every 27 months, Active911 ActiveTeam every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fire Shifts | Active911 ActiveTeam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (59 ratings) — better | 2.9 (14 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 36.8% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 59 — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 27 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kevin Jordan | Active911 |
Customer experience
Fire Shifts
Active911 ActiveTeam
Bugs and requests
Fire Shifts
Reported bugs
5 issues- App shows wrong year (2020 instead of 2018)
- Black screen issue
- App crashes
- App stopped working
- Calendar not highlighting current day
Requested features
13 requests- Ability to change shift colors
- Ability to write notes on days
- Make current day obvious
- Add white and gray colors
- Ability to change labels
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- Add alarms for days
- Add custom shift patterns
- Add notes to dates
- Add Kelly days
- Add payday
- Input notes into calendar
- Change week start to Monday
- Input schedule with numbers/letters and colors
Active911 ActiveTeam
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Fire Shifts
No in-app purchases
Active911 ActiveTeam
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Fire Shifts free?
Is Active911 ActiveTeam free?
Which has better reviews, Fire Shifts or Active911 ActiveTeam?
Do Fire Shifts or Active911 ActiveTeam have ads?
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