Mobile Work Orders vs Coast
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mobile Work Orders
This app allows maintenance technicians to access, mark up, and complete work orders on their mobile devices, even offline. Users can attach rich media like photos and audio to work orders and upload completed tasks to cloud storage. It streamlines field operations and reduces manual data entry.
- View work order packets and attachments
- Mark-up work orders with signatures and notes
- Capture and attach pictures and audio
- Route, complete, and upload work orders
- Offline functionality
- Encrypts data at device and during transfer
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AventX Mobile Work Orders allows maintenance users of Oracle eAM to view work order packets on the go with an iPhone or iPad – even offline. As with paper, users can mark-up electronic work orders with the added benefit of attaching rich media, like pictures and audio files, as context to the completed work. Adding to the efficiency of mobile, AventX allows technicians to route, close and upload completed work orders from anywhere, increasing time in the field and decreasing time spent manually entering the same information after the work is done. View Complete Work Order Packets: - View work order packets and their attachments - Swipe from page-to-page to view content - Pinch-to-zoom in and out of important information Mark-Up Work Order Packets: - Use a finger or stylus to create signatures, handwritten drawings or notes - Add text notes to provide details about the work completed - Highlight key areas that require revision or additional details - Fill-in form fields of PDF attachments Capture Audio Clips and Pictures: - Capture and insert verbal notes or audio of an operating asset into document - Capture and insert pictures into document and provide notes of what was found Route, Complete, and Upload Work Order Packets: - Intelligent workflow releases jobs to the next user in line when operations are completed - Complete work orders in app and have work order status automatically updated - Upload and archive completed work orders packets with mark-ups to Microsoft SharePoint Disconnected Functionality: - Retains functionality when user is offline in the field Security: - Encrypts WO data at the device level - Provides encryption during data transfer to and from user devices AventX Mobile Work Orders is a companion application to AventX for Oracle eAM and requires users to run the Enterprise Asset Maintenance module of Oracle E-Business Suite®. Check out our other AventX Mobile for eAM app: Mobile Work Requests!
Coast
This app streamlines maintenance and asset management for deskless workforces. It offers an all-in-one solution for tracking work orders, managing assets, scheduling preventive maintenance, and automating inventory. Teams can easily communicate and access information from any device.
- Create, assign, and track work orders
- Asset information retrieval via QR codes
- Preventive maintenance scheduling with notifications
- Automated parts inventory updates
- Real-time equipment performance insights
- Streamlined inspections with stored documents
- Multi-location tracking
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Coast is maintenance and asset management software built to match how your frontline team actually works. Set up maintenance management your way — no consultants, no long rollout — combining asset management, work orders, and preventive maintenance in one place, with communication built in. Coast for iPhone and iPad is now fully native: faster, smoother, and built for dark mode. It opens instantly — not a web app in a shell. Coast can help your team: • Create, assign, track, and complete work orders • Retrieve asset information instantly using QR codes • Schedule preventive maintenance with due-date notifications • Automate parts inventory updates • Get real-time insight into equipment performance • Streamline inspections with checklists and procedural documents • Track multiple locations from one app Over 10,000 teams use Coast to get work done, including McDonald's, Tim Hortons, Planet Fitness, Quest Diagnostics, and more. Whether it's sending a message, completing a checklist, tracking parts inventory, or closing out a work order, teams find Coast simple enough to use without training — from a phone, tablet, computer, or even SMS. Say goodbye to paper forms and slow software. Sign up for Coast today — it's free.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Coast at 4.7 against Mobile Work Orders's 4.0. Coast also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (883 vs 4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Coast holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Coast has 883 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Mobile Work Orders ships an update every 4 months, Coast every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mobile Work Orders | Coast |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) | 4.7 (883 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 87.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 883 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 139 MB | 88 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | STR Software | One Six Nine, Inc |
Customer experience
Mobile Work Orders
Coast
In-app purchases
Mobile Work Orders
No in-app purchases
Coast
No in-app purchases
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