FieldDIRECT® Dashboard vs Pason
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FieldDIRECT® Dashboard
Monitor your FieldDIRECT® project's production, variance, downtimes, and equipment failures in real-time. Visualize production data at project, site, and well levels through tables and charts. Access critical production information conveniently from any location with cellular or WiFi access.
- Real-time production monitoring
- Variance calculation
- Downtime and equipment failure tracking
- Project, site, and well level views
- Data visualization (tables and charts)
- Linear and log scale graphing
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The S&P Global FieldDIRECT® Dashboard enables S&P Global FieldDIRECT® subscribers to monitor their FieldDIRECT® project’s production. The app allows users to view their production, variance, downtimes, and equipment failures as data comes into the FieldDIRECT® database. S&P Global FieldDIRECT® users can view their production from the project, site, and well levels in a table or chart view. The production and various data sets related to production can be graphed on a linear or log scale. Variance can be calculated at all levels based on user set timeframes. Downtime records and Equipment Failure records can also be viewed at all levels. The app allows S&P Global FieldDIRECT® users to view the pertinent production information regarding certain wells or areas at their fingertips from anywhere they have cellular data coverage or access to WiFi.
Pason
Access real-time drilling data for your active wells anytime, anywhere. Securely view well information, customize data displays, and manage memos for informed, time-sensitive decisions.
- Real-time drilling data access
- Secure data transmission
- Customizable data display
- Well memo viewing and sending
- 1-second data updates
- Drilled depth per well
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Pason Live delivers your real-time drilling data to you anytime, anywhere. It provides fast and secure data access enabling you to make time-sensitive decisions about your active wells when it matters most. - Secure access to your real-time data - Enhance your data view with the customizable display - View memos for more information about your well Use Pason Live to access your well information: - Access real-time well information securely via 1-second updates - Display a list of all your active wells with drilled depth for each well - Keep your well data secure with encrypted data transmission Customize your display to better view your data: - Zoom in and out on details of a graph - View data in boxes view - Customize the scale settings for your drilling parameters - Configure predefined templates to save and quickly access your preferred trace views - Choose units for your drilling parameters and define your trace colors View memos for more information about your well: - View a complete list of memos for a well - View memos in the trace view - Select and read individual memos - Send memos to the rig Pason, the Pason stylized logo and Live are trademarks of Pason Systems Corp.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pason at 4.6 against FieldDIRECT® Dashboard's 3.3. Pason also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 8 months) and ratings volume (21 vs 3). FieldDIRECT® Dashboard's advantage is iOS requirement (13 vs 15.0). 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.
Pason holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pason has 21 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
FieldDIRECT® Dashboard ships an update every 8 months, Pason every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FieldDIRECT® Dashboard | Pason |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (3 ratings) | 4.6 (21 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 85.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 21 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 96 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | S&P Global, Inc | Pason Systems Corp |
Customer experience
FieldDIRECT® Dashboard
Pason
In-app purchases
FieldDIRECT® Dashboard
No in-app purchases
Pason
No in-app purchases
