VisionLink™ vs Heave
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VisionLink™
Manage your entire fleet of equipment, both Cat and non-Cat assets, with easy access to real-time data. This application helps increase production, control costs, and improve operator performance for a more efficient and safer operation.
- Full fleet visibility for mixed fleets
- Up-to-date asset tracking (location, hours, fuel)
- Equipment health monitoring and fault codes
- Planned Maintenance tracking
- In-app parts ordering and service requests
- Inspection report downloads
- QR scanning compatibility
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Manage your entire fleet – both Cat® and non Cat assets – with easy access to your equipment's data. VisionLink™ provides you with tools that can help make your operation more productive and efficient. VisionLink allows you to increase production, control costs, improve operator performance and even provide a safer operation for both Cat® and non Cat assets. The new VisionLink app blends features from VisionLink Unified Suite, My.Cat.Com and the Cat App into a single convenient offering. It improves customer experience, user workflows while leveraging a consistent data source. Other features include: - Compatibility with mixed fleets, providing full fleet visibility - Connectivity offerings for users of all sizes and industries - Up-to-date asset tracking, including location, operating hours, fuel levels, and overall utilization - Improve operations with working and idle segmentation of runtime and fuel usage - Monitoring of equipment health, fault codes, fluid analysis and inspections - Planned Maintenance tracking for all assets, including non-subscribed and non-powered equipment - Convenient in-app parts ordering and service requests - Ability to download Inspection reports - In-App QR scanning compatability The new VisionLink also provides a much more intuitive user interface, improved application performance and more efficient integration of Cat SIS, SOS, Cat Inspect and Preventative Maintenance modules. Download the VisionLink app today and take your operation to the next level.
Heave
Book on-demand field service for your heavy equipment fleet. Get next-day repairs for common issues like PM services, DEF regenerations, and electrical problems. Avoid dealer wait times and schedule a technician quickly.
- Book field service technicians
- Next-day service availability
- Repairs for heavy equipment
- Common repair types covered
- Quick technician booking
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Ever wish you could get next-day field service for your heavy equipment fleet? Book a technician through the Heave app in minutes. Common repairs through the app include PM Services, DEF regenerations, electrical/hydraulic issues, and lineboring. Don't wait on dealers to call you back, book a tech today through the Heave app.
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Verdict
VisionLink™ and Heave both sit at 4.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Heave's written reviews are positive against 50% of VisionLink™'s. VisionLink™'s advantage is ratings volume (43 vs 14). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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.
Heave holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 43 and 14 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of VisionLink™'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Heave's.
VisionLink™ ships an update every 4 weeks, Heave every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | VisionLink™ | Heave |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (43 ratings) | 4.6 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 43 — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 175 MB | 100 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Caterpillar Inc. | Heave LLC |
Customer experience
VisionLink™
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In-app purchases
VisionLink™
No in-app purchases
Heave
No in-app purchases
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