Solarvista vs Contel Connected
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Solarvista
This app empowers field service professionals with a comprehensive tool for managing work orders, capturing data, and streamlining operations. It offers offline functionality, custom workflows, and real-time updates to enhance productivity for mobile operatives.
- Offline and online operation
- Flexible sync engine
- Offline document viewing
- Field-ready design
- Signature capture
- Configurable work items and workflows
- Real-time time and parts tracking
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The Solarvista mobile app works with Solarvista... the world's first 2-in-1 field service management system and no-code application platform. An app for the busy mobile operative with everything they need to receive your custom-built work instructions, plan, update and capture information efficiently and quickly. It's purpose built for the mobile operative with intuitive screens, easy-to-use navigation, full offline operation and simple button-led workflow. Work Items received, workflow, activities and forms (which are either ready-made or custom designed by you in the web portal) are presented in the optimum way to maximise user productivity. These can be used for any purpose or used to track/manage parts, materials, labour, forms, equipment/assets and lots more. FEATURES • Seamless offline or online operation. • Flexible sync engine with ability to edit information up and until final confirmation. • Offline viewing of attached documents or other files to work items. • Field-ready design with clear buttons, fewer clicks, process-driven screens and live validation. • Capture signatures of clients at key moments in workflows or activities. • Fully configurable and templated work items, workflow, activities, forms, checklists. • Work items are colour coded for easier identification. • Capture elapsed travel and labour in real-time. • Add extra time or travel for other colleagues if required. • Track parts used or required to complete work. • Record break/fix codes where applicable. • Capture out-of-pocket expenses. • Maintain equipment or assets via collection and return activities. • Record free-text notes or use action codes. • Quick launch of device maps apps for travel directions/location of sites. • Complete ad-hoc forms and activities at any time. • Integration with device voice-to-text capabilities. • Submit leave/holiday requests and sickness notices. • Report near-miss or accidents. • Request follow-ups by other colleagues. *some features dependent upon account plan selected
Contel Connected
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Contel Connected is a state-of-the-art, web-based fleet tracking platform designed to optimise fleet performance and increase productivity and efficiency. Simple to set up, this sophisticated hardware-agnostic system is compatible with a vast array of devices, allowing the freedom for customers to pair it with existing or upgraded hardware. With features for monitoring and managing a range of fleet elements, including driver habits, fuel consumption and asset location, Contel Connected has the capacity to accommodate even the most complex of projects, and is well suited to both start-ups and well-established enterprises. As an innovative online platform, the software is customisable to the specific needs of any fleet, allowing users to focus on the KPIs that are most important for their operations in order to optimise and streamline fleet performance.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Solarvista at every 2 months against Contel Connected's every 23 months. Contel Connected's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Solarvista ships an update every 2 months, Contel Connected every 23 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Solarvista | Contel Connected |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 23 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 303 MB | 115 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Solarvista Software Ltd | Contel LTD |
In-app purchases
Solarvista
No in-app purchases
Contel Connected
No in-app purchases
Questions
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