Arborgold Crew vs Real Automation
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Arborgold Crew
Manage field service operations with this app. It allows crews to view all jobs, clock in/out, communicate with customers, and manage tasks. Route planning and Spanish language support are also included.
- View all jobs at a glance
- Clock in and out of jobs
- Communicate with customers
- Manage tasks between office and crew
- Plan and manage routes
- Spanish language support
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Arborgold Crew has been completely rebuilt from the ground up! - See all jobs at a glance - Clock in and out of jobs - Communicate with customers - Manage tasks between office and crew - Plan and manage routes - Now available in Spanish An active Arborgold subscription is required.
Real Automation
This app provides an AI-powered front desk for service businesses, handling incoming calls, booking jobs, qualifying leads, and sending text responses. It offers a live overview of calls, messages, and lead data, with detailed call recordings, transcripts, and analytics.
- AI-powered call answering
- Live call and lead overview
- Call recordings and transcripts
- Call analytics and insights
- Lead qualification and booking
- Team collaboration features
- API and webhook integration
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Real Automation is the app for businesses whose phones are answered by William AI, the most personal AI front desk for service businesses. William answers every call the way your best office manager or salesman would: he books the job, takes the message, qualifies the lead, and texts the caller back. This app is where you see all of it. WHAT YOU GET • Today at a glance — calls, new leads, messages, and the callbacks that matter, updated live as calls come in. • Ask William — type or talk to him about your calls. "Who should I call back first?" "What did people want most this week?" • Every call — recording, transcript, summary, and the caller's details. • Call data you can actually use — busiest hours, top services, where callers come from, and a one-tap CSV of everything. Real insight for your marketing and your customers. • Contacts — everyone who has talked to William, how often, and what they wanted. • Hiring — William interviews candidates for your open positions, including Canadian applicants, and you review the results here. • Instant alerts — a notification the moment a call ends; tap it to open that exact call. • Your team — invite your office or a crew lead with their own login, as a viewer or an admin. • Block spam callers, mark leads contacted, and leave notes for your team. • Build your own — API keys and webhooks to send calls to your CRM or spreadsheet. WHY REAL AUTOMATION • Proprietary. William is our own technology, built and trained by Real Automation — not a white-labeled reseller product. • Ownership pricing. You own your front desk instead of renting it month to month. • Backed by a success guarantee. • Built for the trades: HVAC, plumbing, electrical, tree care, landscaping, pest control, roofing, auto, detailing, and more, across the U.S. and Canada. Accounts are created by Real Automation for its clients — there is no in-app signup and nothing is sold in the app. Not a client yet? Visit realautomation.ai.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Real Automation at 100% against Arborgold Crew's 0%. Real Automation also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). Arborgold Crew's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Real Automation holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Arborgold Crew's written reviews are positive against 100% of Real Automation's.
Arborgold Crew ships an update every 3 weeks, Real Automation every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Arborgold Crew | Real Automation |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 116 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tree Management Systems, LLC | QUINTON DENNIS PROUTY |
Customer experience
Arborgold Crew
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In-app purchases
Arborgold Crew
No in-app purchases
Real Automation
No in-app purchases
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