Comparison

Field Desk 6 vs Allgrounds

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

Head to head
About

Field Desk 6

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Outstanding service in the field is the key to customer satisfaction. The Broom Street "Field Desk" mobile app for QAD gives field engineers anywhere, anytime access to relevant information from mobile devices. By bringing the right resources, knowledge, and information to the point of interaction, you can enhance the productivity of your field service engineers and improve the efficiency of service operations, while maximizing value from your QAD SSM Application. Field Desk 6 uses our new V6 of the web services for even more functionality! Business Challenges: • Deliver exceptional field service and maintain profitability • Improve efficiency and productivity of field service engineers • Make optimal use of Resources • Get Timely and accurate information from the field Business Benefits: • Raise customer satisfaction by meeting Service Level Agreements • Increase productivity of field service engineers • Lower Costs • Manage Spare Parts Inventory • Capture high quality Data with Real/Time Data collection at customer sites Features: • Alerts: o Notify Engineers of New Service Calls to Accept/Reject o Notify status of Material Orders • Review Calls: o Empower Engineers to view Critical Call Information to make timely decisions • Record Activity: o Record Call Activity such as ETA/Arrival/Labor/Expenses/Faults/Notes • GPS Integration: o Integrate GPS Capabilities of Device to Route you to the call • Record Images: o Using your Mobile Device Record/Capture Images related to your call • Order Inventory: o Need spare parts? Use your mobile Device to Order Inventory • Review Inventory: o Review your Field Service inventory and Make Cycle Count Adjustments as Needed • Install Base: o Review/Update your Installed Base Records

About

Allgrounds

Manage your commercial landscaping business operations from a single platform. Streamline quoting, scheduling, team management, invoicing, and reporting with up-to-date location photos.

Highlights
  • Team management
  • Quoting and scheduling
  • Location photo updates
  • Invoice submission
  • Work order generation
  • Reporting
Features
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All Grounds is an all-in-one productivity suite for commercial landscaping. Run your entire operations and manage your team from one place. Quote, schedule, view up-to-date photos of your locations, submit invoices, generate work orders and view reports.

Screenshots

Field Desk 64 screens
Allgrounds4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Allgrounds at 13.0 against Field Desk 6's 15.0. 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

Field Desk 6 ships an update every 2 months, Allgrounds every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Field Desk 6 versus Allgrounds: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterField Desk 6Allgrounds
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBroom Street Software, Inc.ONE LLC

In-app purchases

None

Field Desk 6

No in-app purchases

None

Allgrounds

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Field Desk 6 free?
Field Desk 6 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Allgrounds free?
Allgrounds is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Field Desk 6 or Allgrounds have ads?
Neither Field Desk 6 nor Allgrounds shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Field Desk 6 or Allgrounds?
Field Desk 6 ships an update every 2 months, and Allgrounds every 6 weeks. Most recently, Field Desk 6 was updated on October 29, 2026 and Allgrounds on November 3, 2026.

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