zTasks vs Backline.me
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
zTasks
This productivity app helps maintenance and facility management teams streamline operations. It allows users to document equipment issues with photos, create work orders, and schedule repairs directly from their mobile devices, improving team communication and workflow efficiency.
- Photo documentation of equipment issues
- Work order creation
- Repair scheduling
- Real-time status updates
- Improved team communication
- Expedited workflow processes
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zLinkTM is a productivity application for maintenance and facility management teams. zLinkTM allows you to snap a picture of a broken piece of equipment, create a work order, and schedule it for repair - all from a mobile device. zLinkTM is perfect for facility managers looking to improve communication by enabling real-time status updates for your team. It is a modern and intuitive proven to expedite task management and workflow processes.
Backline.me
This app helps touring bands and live music venues manage events collaboratively. It ensures teams have updated information, allows management of multiple organizations, and simplifies show planning by indicating missing details. Users can easily share documents and information with relevant parties.
- Team communication and updates
- Manage multiple bands/venues
- Intuitive show planning progress indicator
- Collaborative show detail building
- Automated document and info sharing
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Backline.me is a tool for managing touring bands or live music venues. - Keep Your Team In The Loop On Backline, your crew will always have access to the most updated information. And with Backline's permission system, you can keep your sensitive information private. - Manage Multiple Organizations Backline makes it easy for users to manage multiple bands and/or venues. Your involvement can be anywhere from owning a band to subbing on just one show. - Plan All of Your Shows With Ease Backline's intuitive progress indicator helps make sure that you have all of the information you need for your upcoming shows. If you don't it will tell you what you're missing! - Build Shows Together When an artist and a venue connect on a show, a shared page is created to work out the details of the event. Everyone can contribute their piece of the advance in the same place. - Share Documents & Info Automatically share documents and information with the right people. Stage plots, riders, tech packs, guest lists, etc. are always available and easily accessible.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Backline.me at 5.0 against zTasks's 4.5. zTasks's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 17 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Backline.me holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively.
zTasks ships an update every 5 weeks, Backline.me every 17 months. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | zTasks | Backline.me |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 17 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 0 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | zLink | Jonathan Koh |
Customer experience
zTasks
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In-app purchases
zTasks
No in-app purchases
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No in-app purchases









