Sonar Mobile vs Shorthanded
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sonar Mobile
Locate Bluetooth devices and monitor environmental conditions in real-time. Gain insights into asset usage and maintenance needs without traditional tracking solutions. Jumpstart your business's digital transformation with this powerful IoT tool.
- Real-time asset location
- Environmental condition monitoring
- Bluetooth device tracking
- Predictive maintenance alerts
- Asset usage insights
- Digital transformation tool
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Easily find assets and monitor environmental conditions from the palm of your hand with Sonar powered by Thinaer. Built on the Thinaer IoT platform, Sonar is the first-ever tool of its kind to see and locate your Bluetooth devices and use them to create a powerful People, Places, and Things view of your business. - What if you could locate your equipment in real-time without leaving your desk? - What if you could monitor and manage environmental conditions from virtually anywhere? - What if your equipment could raise its hand when it needed maintenance? - What if you knew how your assets were being used and could adjust inventory with the click of a button? - What if you could do all that and more without all the overhead of traditional RTLS or RFID tracking solutions? Sonar Mobile, powered by Thinaer. Built for healthcare but agnostic enough for every industry. Download Sonar Mobile and jumpstart your digital transformation.
Shorthanded
This app assists multi-unit businesses in streamlining their hiring processes. It provides tools to manage recruitment needs efficiently.
- Hiring management
- Recruitment tools
- Operator support
- Multi-unit management
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Shorthanded helps multi-unit operators manage their hiring needs.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Shorthanded at 5.0 against Sonar Mobile's 4.2. Shorthanded also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). Sonar Mobile's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 13 months) and ratings volume (10 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Shorthanded holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sonar Mobile has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Sonar Mobile ships an update every 6 weeks, Shorthanded every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sonar Mobile | Shorthanded |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 13 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Advantix THINaër LLC | CyberDynamite LLC |
Customer experience
Sonar Mobile
Shorthanded
In-app purchases
Sonar Mobile
No in-app purchases
Shorthanded
No in-app purchases
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