Comparison

Festool vs Badgered

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

Head to head
About

Festool

Manage and customize your power tools with this app. Track tool locations, register for warranty, order repairs, and stay updated on new products and promotions. It provides a direct connection to your tools and services.

Highlights
  • Tool customization and updates
  • Location detection
  • Tool registration and warranty
  • Repair ordering
  • Product discovery and watch list
  • Dealer search
Features
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Stay connected with the Festool app Download the Festool app now and discover practical additional functions for your tools! As an extension of the Festool system, you always have an overview of your tools and services, can customise them and receive help for your application. You can also keep your tools up to date with updates and benefit from exclusive information on promotions, new products and competitions! Your benefits: - Customise the settings of your tool to your individual needs and keep it up to date with regular software updates. - Use location detection to localise your tool at any time and from anywhere. - Register your tool, register it for the warranty all-inclusive, order repairs and communicate directly with Festool. - Discover Festool products directly and conveniently via the app. - Save your favourite products to your personal watch list and share them with your dealer. - With the dealer search, your nearest Festool partner is always just a click away. Save your favourites and navigate easily - even internationally. We learn from the best: From you! Festool means first-class power tools. With the claim that they make the everyday work of tradespeople easier, more productive and safer. We can only do that together with you. By communicating with each other openly and incorporating your feedback directly into the development of our products. Your success is the best praise.

About

Badgered

This app helps manage your in-office workdays by tracking badge swipes and organizing your daily priorities. It also allows you to capture and remember your accomplishments to boost productivity.

Highlights
  • Track in-office badge swipes
  • Organize daily priorities
  • Capture accomplishments
  • Reduce mental load
  • Boost productivity
Features
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Today’s hybrid, in-office world of tracking badge swipes and staying productive can leave us feeling a bit, well, badgered. Reduce your mental load and let Badgered handle the tracking and progress of each and every one of your in-office badge swipes. Once you're badged in, organize your day around your three priorities to really get things done. Wrap it all up by capturing your accomplishments so they're never forgotten.

Screenshots

Festool4 screens
Badgered3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Festool at 1.4K against Badgered's 1. Festool also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Badgered's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, update cadence, 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

Badgered holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Festool has 1.4K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Festool ships an update every 2 weeks, Badgered every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Festool versus Badgered: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFestoolBadgered
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.4K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews35.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.4K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size151 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFestool GmbHLone Pine Loop

Customer experience

Festool

All ratings1,431 ratings
Positive94.9%
Neutral1.7%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews114 reviews
Positive35.1%
Neutral15.8%
Negative49.1%

Badgered

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Festool

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Battery firmware update doesn't work
  • Akkus und Maschinen werden einfach gelöscht
  • Every update deletes the battery information
  • Impossible to register a brand new tool with receipt scan
  • App gets stuck on sign in
Show 3 more
  • App stopped working
  • Can't pair CTL Midi
  • App no longer connects to Bluetooth devices after update

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to rename batteries
  • Save and transfer angle settings
  • Watch version
  • Ability to delete old tools

Badgered

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Festool

No in-app purchases

None

Badgered

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Festool free?
Festool is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Badgered free?
Badgered is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Festool or Badgered?
Badgered is rated higher. Festool averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.4K ratings, while Badgered averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Festool or Badgered have ads?
Neither Festool nor Badgered shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Festool or Badgered?
Festool ships an update every 2 weeks, and Badgered every 3 weeks. Most recently, Festool was updated on October 13, 2026 and Badgered on October 10, 2026.

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