Comparison

Dispatch Manager vs Directional Well Planning

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

Head to head
About

Dispatch Manager

This app assists business owners in efficiently managing their workforce. It allows for the scheduling and assignment of tasks, integrating with other available applications within the Dispatch ecosystem.

Highlights
  • Workforce management
  • Task scheduling
  • Work assignment
  • Integration with Dispatch apps
Features
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Dispatch Manager helps business owners manage their workforce by scheduling and assigning work available in Dispatch's other applications.

About

Directional Well Planning

Features
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Directional Well Planning provides an easy and useful tool for students and directional engineers to build, edit, calculate interpolations and plot 2D and 3D well planning using the Minimum Curvature Calculation Method. It is necessary to import survey stations to plot. This application does not normally edit survey stations. But it is still possible to edit only via CSV text. The survey stations can be edited using our apps "Directional Well Survey" or "Directional Drilling" available in our portfolio. The data files (*.ddf) including well planning and survey stations are compatible and can be shared via iCloud. The well planning and survey stations can also be imported from CSV text files, for example: "MD","INC","AZI","TVD","N/S","E/W" "1000.0","0.0","0.0","1000.0","0.0","0.0" "1100.0","3.0","10.0" "1200.0","6.0","15.0" ... The values can be "quoted" or unquoted and separated by: - Comma: 1.00,2.00,3.00 - Semicolon: 1.00;2.00;3.00 or 1,00;2,00;3,00 - Tab: 1.00 2.00 3.00 (TSV file) - Space: 1.00 2.00 3.00 Please, before purchasing, make sure that this application will be useful for you. This application was developed based on existing spreadsheets. There is no comparison with any other software. Our goal was to create a very low cost application with the help of experts to share with drilling engineers, technicians, drillers, drilling engineering students and teachers. It is not intended to replace professional software. You can contribute with suggestions for improvements, correcting the English translation, reporting bugs and sharing it with your friends. Features: 1. Easy tool to create 2D wells (types I, II and horizontal) 2. Easy 3D calculation tool for well planning with up to 20 multiple 2D and 3D sections (using Minimum Curvature method) 3. Useful tool to setting well sections for plotting (color, cd dash, 3d plan, show parameters, etc) 4. 2D and 3D well plotting (vertical section and plan view) 5. Easy tool for interpolation calculations between two sections 6. Dynamic visualization of the interpolation parameters in the plot 7. Ability to work with data files (editing locally and sharing on iCloud) 8. Easy tool to import/export well planning and survey stations using CSV text format (well planning up to 20 sections) 9. Sharing data files with other applications in our portfolio (Directional Drilling, Directional Well Survey and Multilateral Directional Wells) DISCLAIMER: These tools & materials are provided 'as is' without warranties of any kind, express or implied. Please verify the tools provided by this application by yourself before you use them. Ensure you understand the impact of using these tools. Any use you choose to make of these tools & materials is undertaken by you entirely at you own risk.

Screenshots

Dispatch Manager4 screens
Directional Well Planning4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Dispatch Manager at Free against Directional Well Planning's $14.99. Dispatch Manager also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 9 months). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Dispatch Manager is free to download; Directional Well Planning costs $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dispatch Manager ships an update every 6 weeks, Directional Well Planning every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Dispatch Manager versus Directional Well Planning: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDispatch ManagerDirectional Well Planning
PriceFree — better$14.99
Rating3.2 (88 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews34.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings88 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.412.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDispatch Technologies, Inc.Carlos Moura

In-app purchases

None

Dispatch Manager

No in-app purchases

None

Directional Well Planning

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dispatch Manager free?
Dispatch Manager is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Directional Well Planning free?
Directional Well Planning costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Dispatch Manager or Directional Well Planning have ads?
Neither Dispatch Manager nor Directional Well Planning shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dispatch Manager or Directional Well Planning?
Dispatch Manager ships an update every 6 weeks, and Directional Well Planning every 9 months. Most recently, Dispatch Manager was updated on October 24, 2026 and Directional Well Planning on October 11, 2026.

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