Comparison

SMS ONE vs FieldVision by DTSI

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

SMS ONE

This app streamlines onsite validation and work order management for affiliates. It offers real-time communication, photo capture for service verification, and GPS-enabled check-in/out, reducing administrative costs and improving workflow efficiency.

Highlights
  • Work order management
  • Onsite validation
  • Real-time communication
  • Photo capture
  • GPS check-in/out
  • Map directions
Features
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The SMS ONE app (SMS ONE) is an application utilized by our network of affiliates to help manage work orders and streamline the onsite validation process into one simple system. It is fully integrated with the SMS One Affiliate Portal and creates real-time communication and work order visibility between the affiliates’ home office, crews and SMS Assist. The SMS ONE app improves the workflow process for both affiliate field technicians and administrators in the following ways: • Allows affiliate administrators to remotely monitor and manage the status of work order information in one place • Eliminates back-office costs and paperwork on every work order • The photo feature captures before and after pictures to ensure every service is completed to 100% satisfaction • The GPS-enabled functionality reduces technicians check in and out time to under one minute • The application has a simple messaging service that connects technicians with SMS Assist and reduces the need for time consuming follow-up calls • Provides easy map directions to each job site With the SMS ONE mobile app, managing your work orders and crews has never been easier. 【Note】 Route planning will continue to use location services and consumes more phone battery while active. Please note: the route planning and technician reporting continue using the GPS services while the app is running and will continue to consume battery power. Compliant with Apple policy, our app will only support iOS versions 7.X and higher. If you do not have a compliant iOS version, please update your system to meet these requirements.

About

FieldVision by DTSI

This app streamlines property management and field service operations by providing real-time work status updates and organized photo documentation. It bridges communication gaps between service providers and property managers, ensuring work is tracked and verified efficiently.

Highlights
  • Real-time work status updates
  • Organized photo documentation
  • Support for recurring work orders
  • Offline data entry
  • Cross-category field service support
  • Instant photo and work information sharing
Features
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FieldVision by DTSI is a mobile application designed for property managers and field service providers to solve the problems that each face every day in the course of their work. Crews that go out into the field to perform work need a means of tracking that work and also proving to the client that the work has been done satisfactorily. Property owners and managers need a way to track and verify that the field service crews are performing the work required and that the work is done well. One of the biggest problems for field service companies and their clients (property managers) is the lack of visibility regarding the status of work to be performed at remote locations. Companies providing the services do not know exactly when services are to be completed and property managers are not notified when services are completed. This is particularly true of field services operations (snow removal, landscaping, facilities maintenance, etc.) whereby the customer or property manager is not at the property at the time of service. Because of this lack of communication, property managers and field supervisors often need to resort to phone calls to ask whether a property has been serviced or not and when the next service is scheduled. FieldVision solves these problems by giving field crews the ability to update their work status and to have that information made instantly available to their supervisors, customers and property managers. This capability provides a significant strategic and economic value to both service provider and property managers. Both property managers and field service companies have become inundated with unorganized collections of individual photos which are often sent back and forth via text messages and email. Property managers and service providers sometimes have so many photos of properties that the photos that they may want to find on a particular day have become lost among the thousands of photos on their devices and computers. FieldVision solves the problem of organizing photos by associated each photo with a property or work order. Features: Supports both English and Spanish Track work at one property or thousands of properties Create one-time work orders or work orders for recurring services (i.e. weekly, monthly, etc.) Supports data entry even if no internet connection is available Usable across all field service categories (i.e. lawn maintenance, snow removal, HVAC, janitorial, and many more) Keep a visual record of your properties and work associated with those properties Enter properties, create work orders and assign work orders to work groups Create work groups to group people who work on the same work orders Instantly share photos and work information (T&M, Fixed Price, etc.) with all parties in the workgroup Scalable from one person operations to enterprises with thousands of field service technicians and properties FieldVision is based on a REST API so that your enterprise can integrate it with your own work order tracking system if you like.

Screenshots

SMS ONE4 screens
FieldVision by DTSI4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: FieldVision by DTSI at 5.0 against SMS ONE's 2.4. SMS ONE's advantage is ratings volume (124 vs 3) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FieldVision by DTSI holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SMS ONE has 124 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
SMS ONE versus FieldVision by DTSI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSMS ONEFieldVision by DTSI
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.4 (124 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews36.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings124 — better3
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size120 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSMS Assist, LLC.DTSI Software

Customer experience

SMS ONE

All ratings122 ratings
Positive30.3%
Neutral4.1%
Negative65.6%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive36.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative60.0%

FieldVision by DTSI

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

SMS ONE

No in-app purchases

None

FieldVision by DTSI

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SMS ONE free?
SMS ONE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FieldVision by DTSI free?
FieldVision by DTSI is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SMS ONE or FieldVision by DTSI?
FieldVision by DTSI is rated higher. SMS ONE averages 2.4 out of 5 from 124 ratings, while FieldVision by DTSI averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do SMS ONE or FieldVision by DTSI have ads?
Neither SMS ONE nor FieldVision by DTSI shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SMS ONE or FieldVision by DTSI?
SMS ONE ships an update monthly, and FieldVision by DTSI monthly. Most recently, SMS ONE was updated on October 24, 2026 and FieldVision by DTSI on September 29, 2026.

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