FieldStar vs Coast
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FieldStar
This app assists field crews with data collection, photo capture, and monument management. It also helps with route planning, time tracking, and expense reporting for immediate availability to production teams.
- Data collection
- Photo capture
- Monument management
- Route management
- Time clock
- Expense reporting
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FieldStar is the field crews data collection companion to SurveyStars. Capture photos, data, monuments, manage your routes, time clock, expense and weekly submissions. All job file information captured is immediately available to the survey production team.
Coast
Manage fleet and employee expenses with smart fuel cards. This app allows users to sign in to cards, add receipts and job details, view purchase history, and find nearby fuel stations with real-time price comparisons.
- Card sign-in without texting
- Add receipts, memos, and job codes
- View detailed purchase history
- Identify missing purchase information
- Fuel Finder with real-time price comparison
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The Coast mobile app is the companion app to Coast: the card and software that streamlines fuel, fleet, and employee expenses. With the mobile app, you can: - Sign in to cards without texting - Add receipts, memos, job codes, and odometer data at any time - View your detailed purchase history - Identify purchases with missing information - Find nearby fuel stops and compare real-time prices using the Fuel Finder Keep your fleet moving smoothly with Coast’s all-in-one app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Coast at 4.4 against FieldStar's 2.9. Coast also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 50%). FieldStar's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Coast holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 25 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of FieldStar's written reviews are positive against 67% of Coast's.
FieldStar ships an update weekly, Coast every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on July 4, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FieldStar | Coast |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (10 ratings) | 4.4 (25 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 25 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Spencer Hedeen | K-Dimensional Holdings Inc. |
Customer experience
FieldStar
Coast
In-app purchases
FieldStar
No in-app purchases
Coast
No in-app purchases
