U.S. TACTICAL CONTROL & SURVIVAL SYSTEMS
USTCS tracks what you have, scores what you're missing, and helps your whole household — and the people you'd rely on — actually be ready. Runs entirely on your own computer. Your data never leaves it.
One-time payment, no subscription, ever
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HOUSEHOLD READINESS
Tier: Well-PreparedThis is what you'll see the moment you add your first item.
Weighted across every category you track — recalculated automatically, down to the item.
THE PROBLEM
Free pantry-list apps that die from user neglect within a month — one popular competitor already shut down entirely.
Answer generic survival questions but track nothing about your actual supplies, gear, or region.
Excellent at maps and trail data — but no help reasoning about readiness or region-specific survival knowledge.
Built and priced for governments and hospitals, not for your household.
WHAT IT ACTUALLY DOES
Twelve modules, working together, all on one machine.
A single weighted percentage, broken down by category, that updates the instant you log an item. Hit a milestone and your tier moves — Getting Started, Prepared, Well-Prepared, Fully Stocked.
Track supplies, quantities, and expiry by category and location — with a live days-of-supply readout and one-tap logging when something gets used up.
Generated from your target days of supply and budget. Check items off as you buy them.
Scenario planning for grid failure, EMP, pandemic, cyber attack, civil unrest, and more.
State-specific guidance beyond the base app — see the map below.
500+ survival questions across every discipline, scored and tracked over time.
Photograph a receipt and the items are added for you.
18 real-world roles, skills & character assessments, and gap analysis for redundancy.
Per-person tracking with refill warnings — kept de-identified by design.
Everything you still need, ranked by how badly you need it.
300 real scenarios — pick the right guide, sharpen your judgment.
A 50-question personality read for your family — and your community too.
Phone alerts over home WiFi, optional local-AI tips, data that never leaves your machine.
BEYOND INVENTORY
Two on-screen guides with real personalities, a 500+ question competency engine, 300 judgment-call scenarios, and a mini-game built into every Regional Pack. Try it below — this is real content pulled straight from the app's own library, not a mockup.
Blunt, tactical, no-nonsense. One of two dashboard guides — pick one, or let both rotate.
One gallon of water per person per day minimum. Two is better.
300 real judgment-call scenarios. Pick the right move, see why it mattered.
500+ survival questions across bushcraft, foraging, medical, urban prep and more — scored, not just answered.
A built-in mini-game inside every Regional Pack — Stack and Sunshine quiz you on real decisions specific to your state.
Pick your guide, then face a real scenario from your pack
🐺 Wolf — "The strategic pack leader who protects and guides others through crisis." A 50-question read for your family and community.
WHY IT'S DIFFERENT
Everything runs on your own machine. Your inventory, your data, your region — never uploaded anywhere, never dependent on someone else's server staying online. Buy it once. It's yours.
The only exception: a brief one-time internet connection the first time you launch it, to activate your license. After that single check, it runs fully offline for as long as you use it.
GETTING IT
No tiers to compare, no feature paywalls. Everyone gets the whole system.
$34.99 once — most readiness apps charge that every month, forever.
Native build for Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.
Native build, no installer gymnastics.
Native build for common desktop distributions.
One-time payment, no subscription, ever
EXPANSION PACKS
The base app's Regional Risks module covers general guidance for every state. Regional Packs go much deeper for the states built so far: state-specific hazard data sourced from government agencies, legal notes, wildlife and foraging guidance, vehicle and home-construction advice, and a clickable county-by-county risk map — built by instructors who've taught this material hands-on.
Gulf Coast hurricanes, the Hill Country's "Flash Flood Alley," the western edge of Tornado Alley, and six distinct regions covered individually.
Buy This Pack — $8.99The base app's Regional Risks module still covers you with general guidance. Want this state prioritized? Let us know and we'll count the votes.
We'll email you if it ships.
$8.99 per state, one time — or any 3 states for $24.99. More states are being added to the catalog over time; the goal is full 50-state coverage. Requires the base USTCS Inventory Auditor app.
Bundle checkout doesn't let you pick states yet — reply to your order confirmation email with the 3 states you want and we'll send your license keys within one business day.
OUR ROOTS
U.S. Tactical Control & Survival Systems grew out of years spent traveling across the continental U.S. teaching civilian readiness skills — active shooter response, wilderness and urban survival, escape and evasion, anti-carjacking defense, fire building, emergency trapping, prepping, and community readiness. This is a new chapter — software built by people who've spent real time thinking about what readiness actually requires, not just what looks good in an app store.
$34.99, one time. Runs offline, forever yours.