Zidy vs CrewBoard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Zidy
This app unifies customer communications, bookings, payments, and marketing automations into a single dashboard. It helps businesses manage multiple channels like SMS and social media, automate tasks with AI, and keep teams in sync for faster customer service and lead capture.
- Unified Inbox for SMS, social media, and team chat
- AI chatbot and voice AI for lead qualification and support
- In-app voice calls with logging
- Customer self-scheduling and automated reminders
- One-tap review requests and replies
- Secure payment links and invoice tracking
- SMS marketing campaigns and automation sequences
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Zidy transforms the way your business talks to customers with the unified communications hub that puts real‑time conversations, bookings, reviews, payments, and marketing automations on a single screen. Running a growing team means juggling multiple channels and touchpoints. Zidy consolidates SMS, social messaging, voice, reviews, and scheduling into one intuitive dashboard so you can serve customers faster, capture more leads, and keep every teammate in sync—anywhere, even offline. Key Capabilities: • Unified Inbox: Handle SMS, Facebook Messenger, and Instagram DMs side‑by‑side with internal team chat and group threads. • AI Assistance Everywhere: Deploy an AI chatbot and real‑time voice AI to greet visitors, qualify leads, book appointments, summarize chats for your team, and free you from repetitive replies. • Voice Calls In & Out: Make and receive calls directly inside Zidy, with automatic call logging and follow‑up suggestions. • Bookings & Reminders: Let customers self‑schedule, then send automatic confirmations and day‑of reminders to minimize no‑shows. • One‑Tap Review Requests: Invite happy clients to post Google Business reviews and reply to feedback without leaving the app. • Payments & Invoices: Send secure payment links in any chat and track status in real time. • Marketing & Automations: Build targeted SMS campaigns or set rule‑based sequences to re‑engage, request reviews, or nurture leads. • Templates & Personalization: Insert merge‑fields for names, dates, or service details to keep every message personal at scale. • Multi‑Location Support: Manage branding, numbers, and reporting for each branch from one login. • Role‑Based Access: Grant granular permissions so owners, managers, and agents see only what they need. • Third‑Party Integrations: Connect your CRM, calendar, or favorite apps to trigger workflows automatically. • Offline Mode: Draft messages, queue updates, and review customer histories, even with no signal; Zidy syncs the moment you’re back online.
CrewBoard
Streamline team communication by automatically sorting messages into flagged items, tasks, and events. This app helps business owners stay informed about critical updates and pending tasks without sifting through endless group chats. Crew members receive job details directly in their familiar texting interface.
- Auto-sorts messages into flagged items, tasks, and events
- Tracks tasks assigned via normal messages
- Schedules and displays daily jobs for the crew
- Provides a dashboard for crew members
- Centralizes business operations on one screen
- No new app required for crew members
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Your crew talks. We organize. Stop running your business through 47 group texts. CrewBoard sorts through the noise so you stay up to speed — without reading every message. Your crew chats like they always do. You stay on top of what matters: what's pressing, what's pending, and what's getting done. HOW IT WORKS Every message your crew sends gets read and sorted — flagged, task, or normal chat. The signal gets surfaced. The chatter stays in the chat. • Flagged — Important stuff surfaces automatically. Nothing slips through the cracks, and your crew never has to text you twice. • Tasks — A normal message like "Jake, grab filters from Lowe's before Park Ave" becomes a tracked task. It shows up pending for them and you. They mark it done; you see it done. • Events — Schedule the day's jobs. Your crew sees what to do and when. You see what's in progress and what's overdue — a pulse check without waiting for a reply. FOR THE OWNER • Every message auto-sorted, so you don't miss a beat • Big picture or little picture, fast • See what's pending, without keeping a separate list • The whole business on one screen FOR THE CREW • No new app to learn — they text like they do now • Job details right in the chat, so they know what to do and when • Their own simple dashboard — a glance at the day, no mental list • Everything in one place — they never have to leave the chat BUILT FOR SERVICE BUSINESSES Landscaping, cleaning, HVAC, trades, restoration, pest control, pool service — any crew, any size. If your work happens out in the field, CrewBoard fits. SIMPLE PRICING You pay as the owner. Your crew joins free. 14-day free trial, 5 minutes to set up. Cancel anytime from settings — no phone call, no runaround. Run your business. Not group texts.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CrewBoard at none against Zidy's 1. CrewBoard also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Zidy's advantage is ratings volume (226 vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Zidy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. CrewBoard asks for nothing beyond the download.
CrewBoard holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Zidy has 226 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Zidy | CrewBoard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (226 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 90.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 226 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zidy | Austin Insurance Group LLC |
Customer experience
Zidy
CrewBoard
Bugs and requests
Zidy
Reported bugs
8 issues- App freezes
- Cannot open messages
- Inconsistent performance
- Glitchy functionality
- Features not working as advertised
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- Spotty connection
- Slow messaging
- App downtime
Requested features
6 requests- Address bugs and glitches
- Improve feature reliability
- Enhance UI/UX
- Improve connection stability
- Speed up messaging system
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- Add quality of life features
CrewBoard
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Zidy
- Zidy Base$249.99
CrewBoard
No in-app purchases









