Nrby vs EXFO Exchange
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nrby
This app helps mobile teams optimize field operations with location intelligence and digital documentation. It streamlines job management, enhances worker safety, and reduces operational costs by digitizing paper processes and providing real-time project overviews.
- Location Intelligence
- Project status overview
- Worker safety monitoring
- Photo and video documentation
- Automated location tagging
- Digitize paper forms
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Nrby enables mobile teams to do their best work. Created by veterans of field operations with decades of experience, Nrby is designed to be easy and intuitive to use by field personnel, contractors and managers on mobile, tablet, and desktop. The app features powerful Location Intelligence capabilities, providing executives, directors and managers with a comprehensive overview of all projects, their status (including customizable alerts), worker safety and more. All jobs can be fully documented using photos and videos and are automatically tagged with precise location data, eliminating guesswork. Use Nrby to: - Reduce operational costs and unnecessary truck rolls - Identify new potential revenue streams among existing customers - Digitize your paper forms and processes and eliminate inefficiencies and frustration - Boost customer satisfaction rates as issues are resolved much faster Nrby enables your mobile teams to do their best work. Have questions about getting started with Nrby or need help? Please get in touch with us at support@nrby.com. We want to support your success!
EXFO Exchange
This platform allows users to store and share test results in real time, collaborating with team members. It enables remote configuration of various test units and automatic transfer of results to a cloud workspace, even when the app is in the background. Users can also create jobs with custom test points and visualize results with added photos and comments.
- Real-time test result sharing
- Remote test unit configuration
- Automatic cloud result transfer
- Job creation with custom test points
- Visualization of test results
- Complement results with photos and comments
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You are only steps away from completing jobs faster and better, saving results automatically and sharing them in real time. Connect to EXFO Exchange, our open collaborative software platform that allows you to store and share test results while collaborating with team members. Create your own account or request an invitation from your team manager to your organization’s workspace on EXFO Exchange. You can : - Connect and configure your OX1, AXS-120, FIP-200, FIP-500, FIP-435B, PPM-350D, PPM1 and PX1 test unit from your mobile device. - Automatically transfer your results from your test unit to your cloud workspace (even if your mobile app is in background). - Share your EX1 and EX10 results from the EXFO EXs app to Exchange. - Create a job with custom test point identifiers and send it to your FIP-500, OX1 and AXS-120 test unit. - Visualize your test results in dedicated viewers. - Complement results with photos, comments and custom properties (as defined by your organization).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Nrby at 2.8 against EXFO Exchange's 1.6. Nrby also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). EXFO Exchange's advantage is review sentiment (20% vs 0%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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.
Nrby holds the better App Store score, 2.8 against 1.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 9 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Nrby's written reviews are positive against 20% of EXFO Exchange's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Nrby ships an update every 5 weeks, EXFO Exchange every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nrby | EXFO Exchange |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (20 ratings) — better | 1.6 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 20.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 83 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nrby Inc | EXFO Inc. |
Customer experience
Nrby
EXFO Exchange
In-app purchases
Nrby
No in-app purchases
EXFO Exchange
No in-app purchases
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