yDrives vs FieldDesk Lite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
yDrives
Access alarm descriptions and troubleshooting guides for Yaskawa AC drives instantly. This professional tool provides essential information for commissioning and service, including links to user manuals. Supports a wide range of Yaskawa drive models.
- Quick alarm descriptions
- Troubleshooting guides
- Links to user manuals
- Support for multiple Yaskawa drive models
- Multilingual alarm descriptions
- Offline access to information
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The 'yDrives - VFD help' app provides quick access to alarm descriptions of Yaskawa AC drives. In a second you get a full alarm description, troubleshooting guide and even a link to the latest user manual. App greatly helps by commissioning and service giving you the necessary information when you need it and where you need it. It is small but really feature-full application. A professional tool for professionals, must have in your First Aid Kit. Currently supported drives: A1000, D1000, E7, F7, G7, J1000, L1000A, P7, P1000, R1000, U1000, V7, V74X, V1000, VS mini, Z1000. The app is in English. For most popular drives the main alarms descriptions are also available in Russian, Português, Spanish and French. DISCLAIMER: This app IS NOT affiliated with Yaskawa Electric Corporation or any of its affiliates!
FieldDesk Lite
This app helps field technicians manage their work assignments, get directions, and update job statuses in real-time. Technicians can also view customer details and upload photos or attachments related to their tasks. It aims to boost efficiency for field staff and automate back-office operations.
- Receive and accept assignments
- Turn-by-turn travel instructions
- View customer and work order details
- Submit real-time status updates
- Upload photos and attachments
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FieldDesk Lite is a field technician productivity application designed to be used with the Mobilogic FieldOPS office productivity suite. This application allows field technicians to receive and accept their assignments, initiate turn by turn travel instructions, view customer and work order details, submit status updates available in real time to office personnel and upload photos and attachments for customer, work order, and equipment records. FieldDesk Lite is designed to enhance the job efficiency of field technicians while also enhancing back office automation.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: FieldDesk Lite at 5.0 against yDrives's 4.2. FieldDesk Lite also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). yDrives's advantage is ratings volume (18 vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On price, update cadence, ads 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. yDrives sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. FieldDesk Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.
FieldDesk Lite holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: yDrives has 18 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
yDrives ships an update every 5 weeks, FieldDesk Lite monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | yDrives | FieldDesk Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (18 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Evgeny Makarenkov | Mobilogic |
Customer experience
yDrives
FieldDesk Lite
In-app purchases
yDrives
- All Drives$1.99
FieldDesk Lite
No in-app purchases
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