Helion Mobile vs roam.
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Helion Mobile
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Helion Mobile is the ultimate app for mystery shopping or market research fieldwork and facilitates all fieldwork activities in mystery shopping, client intercept surveys, exit surveys, target marketing surveys, internal audits, and many other types of studies. Helion Mobile connects to the Helion platform where you can find opportunities, complete jobs even if offline, track payments and manage profile data at home or on-the-go, on any device. • Easily and quickly sign up with Helion • Follow the Job Board and grab open jobs while on-the-go • Complete Surveys with built-in data validation and automation even offline • Attach multimedia from your device or produce media files as you complete surveys
roam.
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Keep your fleet running smoothly with roam – the dedicated mobile app for roam technicians, built by boxworks.io. Built from the ground up for field teams, this app empowers technicians with everything they need to complete, document, and track fleet maintenance jobs in real-time – all from a mobile device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: roam. at every 3 days against Helion Mobile's every 6 months. Helion Mobile's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Helion Mobile ships an update every 6 months, roam. every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Helion Mobile | roam. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 126 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 2010 Helion Market Research CVBA | Boxworks |
In-app purchases
Helion Mobile
No in-app purchases
roam.
No in-app purchases
