Fire Shifts vs Tango Tango
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.
Tango Tango
This app provides secure, private push-to-talk communication for teams, integrating with existing radio systems. It offers unlimited users and talkgroups, with optional features like GPS tracking and radio channel recording for enhanced operational efficiency.
- Push-to-talk over cellular/Wi-Fi
- Radio system integration
- Unlimited users and talkgroups
- AES-256 Encryption
- Optional GPS tracking
- Optional radio channel recording
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Tango Tango is the best push-to-talk app for public safety agencies & more. ----------------------- • Push-to-talk with your team anywhere you have cellular or Wi-Fi data • Talk to your existing radio system through a Radio Connection • Unlimited PTT users for your agency • Use with any cell carrier & any type of radio system • Optional radio channel recording & in-app playback • Receive two-tone pages • Unlimited apps & talkgroups, invite new users on the fly • Optional In-app GPS Tracking of your team • User-specific Priority Channels ensure you never miss traffic on the channels that matter most • AES-256 Encryption - the same used by banks & the military “We were blown away by Tango Tango’s PTT app usability and the way it eliminates the communication problems for our team. We found radios to be outdated and competing products to be clunky and difficult to navigate, but we’ve had the best experience with the Tango Tango app and service.” - Berrien County, GA Sheriff’s Office Leveling up your comms has never been this easy. Tango Tango enhances comms for your entire agency for less than the price of a single P25 radio. ----------------------- Tango Tango is built for teams and requires an admin invite. For more info, visit tangotango.net for a free trial.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Tango Tango at every 10 days against Fire Shifts's every 27 months. Tango Tango also leads on rating (4.2 vs 3.8) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Fire Shifts's advantage is iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.6). On price, review sentiment, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Tango Tango holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 59 and 27 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 37% of Fire Shifts's written reviews are positive against 32% of Tango Tango's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Fire Shifts ships an update every 27 months, Tango Tango every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fire Shifts | Tango Tango |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (59 ratings) | 4.2 (27 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 36.8% of reviews — better | 31.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 59 — better | 27 |
| Update frequency | Every 27 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 168 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kevin Jordan | Tango Tango |
Customer experience
Fire Shifts
Tango Tango
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
Tango Tango
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Fire Shifts
No in-app purchases
Tango Tango
No in-app purchases
