Comparison

Podfather vs fmfirst Estates

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

Head to head
About

Podfather

Streamline logistics and field operations with a mobile and backoffice system. Automate paperwork, optimize scheduling, and provide real-time updates to customers. Capture signatures, track assets, and generate invoices efficiently.

Highlights
  • Electronic delivery notes and job sheets
  • Optimized route planning
  • Real-time ETA updates
  • Driver signature capture
  • Vehicle safety inspections
  • Bespoke data fields
  • Instant driver messaging
Features
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Podfather is a complete backoffice and mobile system for logistics, construction, field service and healthcare operations of all sizes. ---- Please Note: The Podfather iOS app is designed to work with the Podfather backoffice system. For more information, visit podfather.com ---- Drowning in paperwork? Reduce your office paperwork by moving to electronic delivery notes, vehicle checks, job sheets and invoicing. Struggling with schedules? Cut transport costs with scheduling tools that consider vehicle capacities, time windows, drop times and shift lengths. Offer your customers delivery windows with live ETA updates and real-time PODs by email to win more business. The Podfather app allows drivers to receive allocated routes and jobs on their device in real time throughout the day. Drivers can record signatures, delivery quantities and custom field values, with all data sent to the PODFather backoffice system for reporting, invoices, and notifications. Features of the Podfather app: - Vehicle Safety Inspections; Ensure the safety and compliance of all vehicles - Bespoke form fields; capture data to meet your business needs - Enforce customer signatures and/or driver signature - Receive job updates throughout the day over WiFi or over cellular data - Collect customer satisfaction surveys with every completed job - Record job status updates, notifying backoffice of cancelled jobs or missing items - Maintain contact with drivers through instant messaging - Attach GPS location of drivers upon job completion to POD data Features of the Podfather backoffice system: - Job Creation; Customer portal, SOAP API, SFTP upload or web form - Route Planning; Automatically schedule and optimise your fleet - Notifications; Send customers dynamic ETAs and automatic POD emails - Tracking; Maintain visibility of your fleet throughout the day - Geofences; Define site perimeters to trigger notifications upon vehicle entry/exit - Asset Tracking; View a log of all activities including last known location - Invoicing; Automate your monthly payroll process by defining custom tariffs - Reports; View live and historical data and export into spreadsheets - Customer Service; Generate support tickets and automatically allocate to relevant teams - Customer Portal; Allow your customers to book in their own jobs and view jobs in progress - G-Cloud, Cyber Essentials compliant, with all data stored in secure UK datacenters Podfather: Proof of delivery just got easier!

About

fmfirst Estates

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fmfirst® Estates is the mobile platform used for accessing modules of the facility management product suite developed by Asckey Data Services Ltd. The fmfirst® Estates application has evolved over many years to help with the various daily requirements in the facilities management world; functionality within the application include: - The ability to manage tasks digitally - Users can track and update jobs when out in the field - Simple creation of jobs based on issues found out in the field - Supervisors can allocate and plan work to trade staff live - Risk assessments and hazard information can be displayed and agreed before work commences

Screenshots

Podfather4 screens
fmfirst Estates2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Podfather at 3 against fmfirst Estates's —. On price, in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 7 level
Podfather versus fmfirst Estates: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPodfatherfmfirst Estates
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 10 months—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — better—
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPodfather LtdAsckey Data Services Ltd

In-app purchases

None

Podfather

No in-app purchases

None

fmfirst Estates

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Podfather free?
Podfather is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is fmfirst Estates free?
fmfirst Estates is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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