Viewpoint Field Management™ vs KStrong Compass™
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Viewpoint Field Management™
Streamline job site data entry by capturing timecards, production, and equipment usage directly from the field. This app eliminates manual processes, reduces errors, and ensures real-time data synchronization with your back-office system.
- Real-time data capture
- Job timecard entry
- Production and equipment usage logging
- Field-to-office integration
- Eliminate manual data entry
- Simplify data capture
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Viewpoint Field Management™ allows streamlined entry of job timecards, production, and equipment usage. Capture and transmit time, production, and equipment data from the field to the office in real time. Save on the expense and eliminate the risks and complexities of disconnected field apps and manual pen and paper processes. Maintain Vista as your single source of truth for project data by having your field staff write information directly to Vista without syncing or relying on connectors or third party-integrations. Eliminate the double handling, manual data entry and slow journey of data from field to office that are common when the back-office ERP is disconnected from the field. Viewpoint puts real-time and easy-to-use capabilities for labor time and production unit capture, equipment usage and more into the hands of field personnel. BENEFITS Field-to-office integration Improve communication Real-time data Easy to use Simplify data capture Eliminate double handling Reduce complexity Extend Vista to the jobsite
KStrong Compass™
This app helps manage fall protection equipment by tracking inspections, maintenance, and user assignments. It uses QR codes, RFID tags, and label scanning to provide critical product data and reminders for safety compliance.
- Automated Inspection Reminders (AIR system)
- Equipment issuance and user accountability
- QR code, RFID, and label scanning
- Access to product critical data
- Knowledge Tree for industry-specific equipment selection
- Cloud-based asset management
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KStrong®, Unrivaled Safety KStrong has been successfully manufacturing fall protection components and systems globally for over 20 years and is now poised to become the preeminent brand of choice in the USA! Full Body Harnesses - Lanyards - Self-Retracting Lifelines - Connectors - Anchors - Confined Space Rescue Retrieval Equipment - Engineered Vertical and Horizontal Lifeline Systems Fall protection products are lifesaving devices, and the mere procurement for your workforce does not guarantee complete safety. After making an investment in your fall protection equipment, it is critical that the end user is properly trained on its inspection and use, and is aware of the periodic maintenance process that requires that all personal protective equipment (PPE) be inspected in accordance to the requirements of employers, governmental codes and ANSI standards. Your Fall Protection Equipment Can Now Speak To You! Introducing KStrong Compass™, the fall protection industry’s first “free at your fingertips” mobile application for fall protection equipment asset management. KStrong Compass™ is a cloud-based software app which relieves the user from a mountain of paper records. The unique AIR system (Automated Inspection Reminder system) reminds a user of a pending competent person inspection that is required to minimize accidents that may happen due to equipment that has not been properly inspected. The KStrong Compass™ user management system allows equipment to be issued to individuals, thus ensuring accountability towards the upkeep of the equipment. The mobile app provides each user vital information on inspection and periodic maintenance needs and helps in increasing the life of the equipment. Using KStrong Compass™ is a wise decision to cut down costs on PPE. Identifying a product through labels throughout its service life is difficult. The labels get damaged often making them difficult to read or become missing altogether over time. KStrong Compass™ has the unique ability to read QR codes, RFID tags, and can even directly scan product labels. Thus, identifying a product and its user is a click away. What Does An End-User Need to Start Using KStrong Compass™? If you have an IOS device, that is all you need. Simply open the camera on your phone or device and scan the QR code, Label or RFID tag that is included with every KStrong product, register when prompted, and you are now ready to see that products critical data including: Date of Manufacture - Serial Number - Batch Number - Pre use inspection tips and actions steps - User Manual - Specification Sheet - Declaration of Conformity (DoC) - Date of last Competent Person inspection and future inspection reminder setting options - Product Pics, Videos, PowerPoints, and more. The KStrong Compass™ Knowledge Tree feature will assist you in choosing the proper fall protection most commonly used by specific industries. If all of those benefits are not enough, features that are in development and coming soon include the KStrong Compass™ Work Permit System which will not only make work permits digital, but it will also capture images of the site, user and equipment as evidence of compliance. The KStrong Compass™ Work Permit System will take safety to yet another higher level. KStrong Compass™ will continue to add on new innovations as we truly believe: – “Technology saves Precious Human Lives” Please scan the Red QR Code for a demonstration and/or Scan the Black QR Code to get Registered. Check out our website at KStrong.com for upcoming KStrong Compass™ webinars! Please reach out to any of our distribution partners for more information or contact our Customer Service department at customerservice@KStrong.com or give us a call 1-833-KSTRONG (578-7664).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: KStrong Compass™ at 3.8 against Viewpoint Field Management™'s 2.7. KStrong Compass™ also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 23%). Viewpoint Field Management™'s advantage is ratings volume (29 vs 5). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
KStrong Compass™ holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Viewpoint Field Management™ has 29 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of Viewpoint Field Management™'s written reviews are positive against 50% of KStrong Compass™'s.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 5, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Viewpoint Field Management™ | KStrong Compass™ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (29 ratings) | 3.8 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 23.1% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 29 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 113 MB | 147 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Trimble Inc. | Arresto Solutions Private Limited |
Customer experience
Viewpoint Field Management™
KStrong Compass™
In-app purchases
Viewpoint Field Management™
No in-app purchases
KStrong Compass™
No in-app purchases
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