Comparison

Squeegee® vs Coast

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

Head to head
About

Squeegee®

This app is a comprehensive work planning platform designed for mobile service businesses. It helps manage bookings, payments, customer communication, and finances, streamlining operations for increased efficiency and productivity.

Highlights
  • Customer portal for bookings and invoices
  • Automated messaging and email templates
  • Payment processing and invoicing
  • Financial tracking and reporting
  • HMRC compliant VAT return software
  • Job scheduling and task assignment
  • Route optimization
Features
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Manage your mobile service business in one system for greater control and efficiency. The must have, work planning platform to boost productivity and keep admin time to a minimum. Designed for mobile service businesses of all sizes from window cleaners to pest control businesses, Squeegee can be used anywhere to give you real-time data whenever you need it. Deliver on customer expectation with easy communication through the customer portal and automated messaging. • Allow customers to manage bookings and view invoices • Scheduled messaging for reminders • Email templates to promote services Manage your business better with tools for handling finances, managing payments and invoicing as well as insightful reporting. • Track and monitor key metrics live • Process and track payments for smooth cashflow • Create and send bills for clients • Accurate record keeping • File VAT returns with our HMRC compliant software Streamline your workflow with solutions for scheduling, quoting, task assignment and routing of jobs. • Route optimisation for ultimate efficiency • Day pilot to view routes • Permissions and work assignment • Real time updates to keep one step ahead

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Squeegee®4 screens
Coast4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Coast at 4.7 against Squeegee®'s 4.1. Coast also leads on ratings volume (883 vs 22) and review sentiment (88% vs 77%). 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

Coast holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Coast has 883 ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Squeegee®'s written reviews are positive against 88% of Coast's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Squeegee® ships an update weekly, Coast every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on August 30, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Squeegee® versus Coast: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSqueegee®Coast
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (22 ratings)4.7 (883 ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.4% of reviews87.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings22883 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB87 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNexdynamic LTDOne Six Nine, Inc

Customer experience

Squeegee®

All ratings22 ratings
Positive77.3%
Neutral9.1%
Negative13.6%
Written reviews84 reviews
Positive77.4%
Neutral4.8%
Negative17.9%

Coast

All ratings883 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral1.7%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews89 reviews
Positive87.6%
Neutral1.1%
Negative11.2%

Bugs and requests

Squeegee®

Reported bugs

20 issues
  • Route planning is awful
  • App crashes a lot
  • Map integration bringing up different locations
  • Duplicate future appointments created
  • Cloud sync broken
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  • Cannot invoice completed work
  • Work or customer details not saved to cloud
  • Data gone / disappeared
  • Crashing and map integration not working
  • Occasional glitches
  • Workers: maximum number of workers is 1
  • App crashes when adding new customers
  • Map integration not working
  • Duplicate future appointment bug
  • UI is an absolute mess
  • Payment foolery
  • Cannot use if work is identical each time
  • Entering Tuesday shows Monday
  • Bugs galore, need to close and re-open
  • Cannot find option to go premium

Requested features

12 requests
  • Allow multiple workers
  • Improve route planning
  • More reasonable monthly price
  • Organize customers by due date
  • US payment integration
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  • Different version of 'rounds' selection
  • Reminders for specific cleaning tasks
  • Assign a picture to each customer
  • Patient to accept or decline quotes
  • Ability to cancel a job
  • Motifs rooms/notifications for upcoming jobs
  • Add simple inventory features

Coast

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Squeegee®

No in-app purchases

None

Coast

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Squeegee® free?
Squeegee® is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Coast free?
Coast is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Squeegee® or Coast?
Coast is rated higher. Squeegee® averages 4.1 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while Coast averages 4.7 from 883 ratings.
Do Squeegee® or Coast have ads?
Neither Squeegee® nor Coast shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Squeegee® or Coast?
Squeegee® ships an update weekly, and Coast every 5 days. Most recently, Squeegee® was updated on August 30, 2026 and Coast on September 29, 2026.

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