800.com vs Chimney Expert SideKick
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
800.com
This app enables users to manage and utilize their business phone numbers directly from their personal device. It allows for making calls and sending/receiving text messages, ensuring no customer interactions are missed. Users can also access voicemails with live transcriptions and manage multiple numbers and companies within a single interface.
- Manage multiple phone numbers
- Send and receive text messages
- Make and receive calls
- View incoming calls, messages, and voicemails
- Live voicemail transcriptions
- Multimedia messaging support
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The 800.com iOS app allows 800.com users to manage and use their numbers to contact new and existing customers. Make calls and answer text messages from your company number without missing a beat, all from your your personal phone. • Manage multiple phone numbers and companies from one single app. • See incoming messages, calls, and voicemails. • Live transcriptions for your voicemail messages. • Multimedia messaging support.
Chimney Expert SideKick
This app streamlines chimney service operations with features for scheduling, inspections, estimates, and invoicing. It offers guided inspection workflows, AI-generated reports, and client communication tools, including weather intelligence for field crews.
- Guided inspection workflows
- AI-written report summaries
- Weather intelligence system
- Smart calendar scheduling
- Estimates to invoices
- Two-way business texting
- Client job progress tracking
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SideKick Pro is the field platform for chimney service companies — scheduling, inspections, estimates, jobs, invoicing, and client texting in one app, with a weather intelligence system that briefs your crew every morning and watches the sky all day. FOR YOUR CREW • Guided NFPA 211 Level I–III inspection workflows covering firebox, flue, crown, chase, and exterior • Capture job photos with your camera; findings organized by severity with automatic risk categorization • AI-written, homeowner-friendly report summaries and branded PDF reports • Personal morning weather briefings, storm alerts before your techs are on the roof, and a one-tap safety check at every ladder FOR YOUR OFFICE • Smart calendar with drag-and-click booking that respects your business hours • Estimates that convert to scheduled jobs and invoices in one unbroken chain • Client records, property history, and two-way business texting with consent handling built in • Roles and permissions for office staff, technicians, and helpers FOR YOUR CLIENTS • "On My Way" texts with live location and auto-calculated ETA • Online booking, digital estimate approval, and instant report sharing • A live job page showing progress, scope, photos, and who's coming SideKick Pro is built for professional chimney companies. Access is provisioned by your company — sign in with the account your administrator created for you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Chimney Expert SideKick at 5.0 against 800.com's 4.0. 800.com's advantage is ratings volume (17 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.
Chimney Expert SideKick holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 800.com has 17 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | 800.com | Chimney Expert SideKick |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (17 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 800.com | Chimney Expert Sidekick LLC |
Customer experience
800.com
Chimney Expert SideKick
In-app purchases
800.com
No in-app purchases
Chimney Expert SideKick
No in-app purchases









