Cal Poly Orientation vs HCH Field
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cal Poly Orientation
This app provides resources and support for new students and their families to ensure a smooth transition to university life. It serves as a central hub for information and assistance.
- New student resources
- Family support
- Transition assistance
- University information hub
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Cal Poly Orientation is hosted by New Student and Transition Programs which serves as a home and resource to all new students and their supporters and to ensure their successful transition to Cal Poly.
HCH Field
This app provides a map-based platform for field teams to visually organize jobs, leads, and issues. It helps coordinate work geographically, replacing spreadsheets with interactive map workflows for better operational understanding.
- Interactive map-based workflows
- Lead and project pins
- Territory visibility
- Route planning
- Field photos and attachments
- AI-assisted operational organization
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Stop overcomplicating your life with spreadsheets. HeavyCivilHelper is for work tied to physical locations: civil contractors, outside sales, utilities, and more. Designed for the field coordination layer: geographic, real-time, and phone-first. Pin every RFI, directive, change order, and lead to a GPS coordinate. Know what is open, where it is, and who needs to act on it. Built alongside real construction workflows and field sales operations, HeavyCivilHelper helps contractors, canvassing teams, inspectors, field crews, and operators understand activity geographically and coordinate work visually. USE CASES: • Lead Tracking • Territory Management • RFIs & Directives • Field Issue Tracking • Route Planning • Construction Coordination • Punch Lists • Canvassing Operations • Sales Territories • Project Variable Tracking FEATURES: • Interactive map-based workflows • Lead and project pins • Territory visibility • Route planning • Overdue lead highlighting • AI-assisted operational organization • Field photos and attachments • Mobile-first field coordination HeavyCivilHelper treats the map as the primary organizing system — not just a secondary feature. If your work happens geographically, HeavyCivilHelper was built for you. Intended for professional and operational use by adult users and field teams.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: HCH Field at 100% against Cal Poly Orientation's 0%. HCH Field also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.5) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 5 months). Cal Poly Orientation's advantage is ratings volume (21 vs 2). 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.
HCH Field holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cal Poly Orientation has 21 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Cal Poly Orientation's written reviews are positive against 100% of HCH Field's.
Cal Poly Orientation ships an update every 5 months, HCH Field every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cal Poly Orientation | HCH Field |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (21 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo | Devlyn Mahan |
Customer experience
Cal Poly Orientation
HCH Field
In-app purchases
Cal Poly Orientation
No in-app purchases
HCH Field
No in-app purchases
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