Swellby Session Notes vs IntelliShift
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Swellby Session Notes
This app allows EI providers to digitally manage session notes and mandate details. It offers pre-populated fields for faster note-taking and offline functionality to prevent data loss.
- View and edit mandate details
- Access child information
- Write and manage session notes
- Pre-populated fields for quick notes
- Offline functionality
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Swellby's Session Notes app lets EI providers: * View and edit mandate details - Access child info directly in the app. * Write and manage session notes - Most fields are pre-populated so you can write a note fast. No wifi, no problem! You'll never lose your work.
IntelliShift
This app provides fleet managers with real-time access to critical fleet data, enabling them to track assets, monitor operators, and analyze routes. It offers instant insights into stops, speed, and distance, with features for sharing ETAs and receiving timely alerts.
- Real-time fleet insights
- Asset and operator tracking
- Route replay and analysis
- Stop detail analysis
- Shareable ETAs
- Real-time alerts and notifications
- View dispatch details
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Your fleet, wherever the work is. IntelliShift Fleet puts live asset location, engine health, and open maintenance in your team's pocket, so they can check a vehicle's status without going back to a desktop. Built for fleet managers, field technicians, maintenance supervisors, and vehicle operators who need answers fast. SEE YOUR WHOLE FLEET LIVE A live map shows every asset you have access to and refreshes automatically. Search by asset name, VIN, plate, operator, location, branch, or tag. Filter by branch, tag, status, or check engine light to find what you need in seconds. Choose your map view, toggle traffic, and zoom straight to your fleet. KNOW AN ASSET'S FULL STORY IN ONE TAP Tap any asset to see its operator, live location, current status, speed, and idle or stop duration. Check vehicle components including fuel level, seatbelt status, accessories, and temperature sensors. Open the full asset profile for VIN, plate, year, make, model, odometer, engine hours, branch, tags, and assigned hardware. PULL REPORTS FROM THE FIELD Run a Stops Report with up to 36 months of history and see moving, idle, and stop metrics for any trip. Play back a route at half, normal, or double speed to see exactly where an asset traveled. GET AHEAD OF ARRIVALS Request a traffic-aware ETA for any asset and send arrival alerts by email or text. Create arrival or departure alerts right from the map, and view or clear active alerts anytime. CHECK MAINTENANCE BEFORE YOU ROLL View check engine light status, active fault codes, and engine metrics including battery voltage, oil, coolant, engine speed and load, transmission temperature, DEF level, and DPF status. Review open issues, service tasks that are almost due, due, or past due, and work orders with full detail on the issues and service codes they cover. Maintenance views are read only. Records are created and closed on the web. NAVIGATE THERE Hand off any asset location to Apple Maps, Google Maps, or Waze. REQUIRES AN INTELLISHIFT ACCOUNT IntelliShift Fleet is for existing IntelliShift customers. Sign in with the credentials you already use. Access to specific features depends on the permissions set by your account administrator.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Swellby Session Notes at free against IntelliShift's subscription. Swellby Session Notes also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and review sentiment (100% vs 79%). IntelliShift's advantage is ratings volume (40 vs 5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Swellby Session Notes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: IntelliShift has 40 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Swellby Session Notes's written reviews are positive against 79% of IntelliShift's.
Swellby Session Notes ships an update every 3 weeks, IntelliShift every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Swellby Session Notes | IntelliShift |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | 4.5 (40 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 78.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 40 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 161 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Swellby, Inc. | Vehicle Tracking Solutions |
Customer experience
Swellby Session Notes
IntelliShift
In-app purchases
Swellby Session Notes
No in-app purchases
IntelliShift
No in-app purchases
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