Comparison

800.com vs Chimney Expert SideKick

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Guided inspection workflows
  • AI-written report summaries
  • Weather intelligence system
  • Smart calendar scheduling
  • Estimates to invoices
  • Two-way business texting
  • Client job progress tracking
Features
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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.

Screenshots

800.com4 screens
Chimney Expert SideKick4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

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

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.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
800.com versus Chimney Expert SideKick: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter800.comChimney Expert SideKick
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (17 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews45.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings17 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.615.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer800.comChimney Expert Sidekick LLC

Customer experience

800.com

All ratings17 ratings
Positive76.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative23.5%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive45.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative54.5%

Chimney Expert SideKick

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

In-app purchases

None

800.com

No in-app purchases

None

Chimney Expert SideKick

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 800.com free?
800.com is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chimney Expert SideKick free?
Chimney Expert SideKick is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, 800.com or Chimney Expert SideKick?
Chimney Expert SideKick is rated higher. 800.com averages 4.0 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while Chimney Expert SideKick averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do 800.com or Chimney Expert SideKick have ads?
Neither 800.com nor Chimney Expert SideKick shows ads.

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