Comparison

Solarvista vs HolisTech™ Smart

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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

About

HolisTech™ Smart

Features
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HolisTech™ Smart is a full blown Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS) designed specifically to run on Smartphones & Tablets when utilized with the HolisTech™ Web CMMS. HolisTech™ Smart does not need a permanent connection to the internet to function due to its innovative and automated syncing functionality, allowing you to use the software when you have no internet connectivity or very limited bandwidth. HolisTech™ Smart includes the following core modules: • Work Control and Management • Equipment Failures • Work Orders • Help Desk Request • Calendar Based Planned Maintenance • Meter Based Planned Maintenance • Resource Management • Kitting Lists & Stock Control • Attachments (Use the device camera or upload saved images) • Barcoding for Task and Stock Management • Security • Fully integrated with HolisTech™ Web our full blown web/browser based CMMS HolisTech™ Smart compliments our suite of existing CMMS software perfectly, by offering customers yet more choice when it comes to mobile CMMS deployment and global accessibility of our applications. As part of the development of HolisTech™ Smart we drafted up front, a set of 'Founding Principles' as bulleted below to ensure customers have the best possible experience from the application: • HolisTech™ Smart is an end-user and not a system administrator application • HolisTech™ Smart is a cross platform application designed specifically for Smartphones & Tablets • HolisTech™ Smart is a ‘Responsive Design’ and therefore fits any resolution • HolisTech™ Smart runs on Tablets & Smartphones in both Landscape and Portrait orientation • HolisTech™ Smart is capable of running off line with ‘automatic syncing’ via 3G, 4G or Wi-Fi • HolisTech™ Smart includes bar-code (1D & 2D) reading capabilities for task and stock management

Screenshots

Solarvista4 screens
HolisTech™ Smart4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: HolisTech™ Smart at 16.1 against Solarvista's 18.0. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Solarvista versus HolisTech™ Smart: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSolarvistaHolisTech™ Smart
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.016.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size303 MB351 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSolarvista Software LtdStrategic Maintenance Planning Ltd.

In-app purchases

None

Solarvista

No in-app purchases

None

HolisTech™ Smart

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Solarvista free?
Solarvista is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HolisTech™ Smart free?
HolisTech™ Smart is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Solarvista or HolisTech™ Smart have ads?
Neither Solarvista nor HolisTech™ Smart shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Solarvista or HolisTech™ Smart?
Solarvista ships an update every 2 months, and HolisTech™ Smart every 2 months. Most recently, Solarvista was updated on November 3, 2026 and HolisTech™ Smart on October 28, 2026.

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