Lineman vs LineGuide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lineman
This utility tool integrates with dataVoice Outage Management Systems. It helps manage data and voice outages, but continued GPS use can impact battery life.
- Integrates with dataVoice Outage Management Systems
- Utility tool for outage management
- Supports data and voice outage tracking
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Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. The Lineman App is a utility tool for for use with dataVoice Outage Management Systems.
LineGuide
This app assists power companies in inspecting transmission lines, poles, and substations. Users can document findings with photos and access repair information, engineering documents, and driving directions. It streamlines the inspection workflow for field personnel.
- Inspect transmission lines, poles, and substations
- Capture photos of findings
- View necessary repairs
- Access engineering documents
- Utilize driving directions
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LineGuide is an application that helps power companies inspect their transmission lines. Inspectors may inspect lines, poles, and substations and take pictures to support their findings. Transmission Line Coordinators (TLCs), Contractors, and Linemen may view all necessary repairs from the Repair View. Workflow is supported with engineering documents attached to lines and Driving Directions. Here is a brief overview video. https://youtu.be/HxqUdgfT9fA IMPORTANT NOTICE: This application uses the mobile device location service.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: LineGuide at 4.6 against Lineman's 1.0. LineGuide also leads on ratings volume (22 vs 1). Lineman's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.6). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
LineGuide holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LineGuide has 22 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Lineman ships an update monthly, LineGuide every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and July 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lineman | LineGuide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.6 (22 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 22 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | dataVoice International | FORTALEZA, L.L.C |
Customer experience
Lineman
LineGuide
In-app purchases
Lineman
No in-app purchases
LineGuide
No in-app purchases
