Comparison

Coast vs PrepWizard

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

Head to head
About

Coast

Streamline maintenance and asset management with a native mobile solution. Manage work orders, schedule preventive tasks, track assets via QR codes, and automate inventory. Designed for frontline teams, it offers a simple, intuitive interface for efficient operations.

Highlights
  • Work order creation, assignment, and tracking
  • QR code asset information retrieval
  • Preventive maintenance scheduling
  • Automated parts inventory updates
  • Real-time equipment performance insights
  • Checklist-based inspections
  • 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.

About

PrepWizard

Streamline food preparation with automated labeling. This app eliminates the need for manual writing, offering a quick and efficient solution for kitchens. It's ready to use immediately upon download, requiring no complex setup.

Highlights
  • Automated food prep labeling
  • Eliminates handwritten labels
  • No setup required
  • Time-saving for kitchens
  • Efficient and accurate dating
Features
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Automate your food prep process with PrepWizard. Eliminate the need for handwritten food labels, and let PrepWizard do the heavy lifting. Available to download for any employee, and the best part -- no setup required. Download and you are ready to go!

Screenshots

Coast4 screens
PrepWizard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Coast at every 4 days against PrepWizard's every 2 months. Coast also leads on review sentiment (88% vs 70%). PrepWizard's advantage is ratings volume (30K vs 883). On price, rating, 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Coast against 4.8 for PrepWizard. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PrepWizard has 30K ratings behind it against 883, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 88% of Coast's written reviews are positive against 70% of PrepWizard's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Coast ships an update every 4 days, PrepWizard every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Coast versus PrepWizard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCoastPrepWizard
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (883 ratings)4.8 (30K ratings) — better
Positive reviews87.6% of reviews — better70.0% of reviews
Number of ratings88330K — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size105 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOne Six Nine, IncCyberDynamite LLC

Customer experience

Coast

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

PrepWizard

All ratings29,543 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral1.8%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews150 reviews
Positive70.0%
Neutral7.3%
Negative22.7%

Bugs and requests

Coast

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

PrepWizard

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Screen goes black and unresponsive
  • Printer prints labels uncontrollably

Requested features

2 requests
  • Ability to save custom label lists
  • Option to type quantity instead of tapping plus button

In-app purchases

None

Coast

No in-app purchases

None

PrepWizard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Coast free?
Coast is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PrepWizard free?
PrepWizard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Coast or PrepWizard?
PrepWizard is rated higher. Coast averages 4.7 out of 5 from 883 ratings, while PrepWizard averages 4.8 from 30K ratings.
Do Coast or PrepWizard have ads?
Neither Coast nor PrepWizard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Coast or PrepWizard?
Coast ships an update every 4 days, and PrepWizard every 2 months. Most recently, Coast was updated on November 6, 2026 and PrepWizard on November 8, 2026.

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