WorkPal vs Trimble Unity Field

WorkPal is a mobile field crew application designed to help mobile field workers view the work that needs their attention. It allow dispatchers in back at the office to dispatch work to the app for the crew to work on, status, and close out. They can take pictures of issues in the field and upload them back to the office. This app uses background geolocation to track utility company employees and contractors. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. The app is designed for iPad Devices.

Trimble Unity Field is a configurable mobile solution that provides a role-based, GIS-centric and project centric data collection workflows, extending Trimble Unity asset lifecycle management solutions in the field in a single mobile app. Built with the field users in mind, with a simple user interface and action driven workflows, offering a wide range of capabilities needed for field inspectors, project managers, contractors and maintenance crews to quickly access the information they need to efficiently and safely get their work done, and accurately capture the data needed to support their organization’s analysis and reporting efforts, driving informed and impactful decisions throughout the asset lifecycle phases. Key features include: View and search list of projects View, search, upload project documents and files Create, view, update and progress work activities and processes Capture Equipment, Material and Labor quantities for cost tracking View and interact with the GIS map Identify location of the work activities or processes on the map. Offline access to activities, project documents and GIS data Locate assets using Trimble GNSS technology Capture accurate location of work activities using Trimble GNSS technology.