Zinier vs eLation Locates
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Zinier
This mobile application streamlines field service operations for installation and maintenance. It provides technicians with customizable workflows, AI-powered automation, and real-time communication between field staff and the back office.
- Customizable mobile workflows
- AI-powered automation
- Real-time task progress updates
- Push notifications
- Field service lifecycle management
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Zinier is your one-stop shop for field service installation and maintenance. Our mobile app is built for field service execution, solving challenges across the entire lifecycle of field work. Off-the-shelf functional, but also easily tailored for specific use cases, we equip technicians with no-code customizable mobile workflows, leverage AI to automate tedious manual steps, and send real-time task progress and push notifications between the back office and the field.
eLation Locates
Manage utility locate tickets directly from your iOS device. View ticket locations on a map, add notes and photos, and get directions. Assign and complete tickets efficiently.
- View ticket locations on map
- Add pictures and notes to tickets
- Get driving directions
- Find and assign tickets
- Complete tickets
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Complete and view utility locate tickets from your iOS device. This is a companion app for eLation billing systems. eLation Locates includes the following features: - View locate ticket area on map - Add pictures and notes to ticket - Get driving directions to ticket - Find & Assign tickets to yourself from available ones in your boundaries - Complete tickets
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: eLation Locates at 4.0 against Zinier's 2.7. eLation Locates also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). Zinier's advantage is ratings volume (23 vs 2). 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.
eLation Locates holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Zinier has 23 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Zinier ships an update every 2 months, eLation Locates every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Zinier | eLation Locates |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (23 ratings) | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 27.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 95 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zinier Inc. | Innovative Systems L.L.C. |
Customer experience
Zinier
eLation Locates
In-app purchases
Zinier
No in-app purchases
eLation Locates
No in-app purchases
