Comparison

ServicePal vs Emburse Professional

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

ServicePal

This app transforms your tablet into a digital tool for managing service work. It streamlines job scheduling, invoicing, estimates, and inspections, helping to reduce paperwork and improve efficiency for field service professionals. It also offers features like appointment reminders and mobile payment acceptance.

Highlights
  • Electronic work orders, invoices, estimates, and inspections
  • Scheduling and dispatching
  • Price book with flat rate pricing
  • Mobile payment acceptance
  • Offline work capability
  • Customer signature capture
  • Customizable invoice formats
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ServicePal turns your iPad into an electronic clipboard for work orders, invoices, estimates, and inspections. ServicePal for iPad works with ServicePal for the Office, bringing comprehensive scheduling and dispatching to your company. BENEFITS - Minimize paperwork. - Schedule and dispatch jobs with ease - Up-to-date price book at your fingertips - Sell more service agreements - Appointment reminders - Shorten drive time - Accept mobile payments (merchant account required) - Work offline - Capture customer signatures, photos and notes - Email invoices FEATURES - Price Book with support for Flat Rate pricing - Offer discounts and coupons - Sales tax calculation. Supports multiple rates - Custom invoice formats - Equipment tracking - Supports multiple service locations - Integrates with Apple Maps or Google Maps - Industry specific forms - Customize invoices using drag/drop Form Designer - Text Messaging reminders to customers. - Form library: Invoice, Estimate, Work Order, NFPA-72, HVAC Work Order, Pool Cleaning, Landscape Maintenance, Insulation Estimate, HVAC Maintenance Agreement, Level 1 and Level 2 Chimney Inspections, Dryer Vent Inspection, Safety Inspection, Multi-Unit, Inspection, Pest Inspection, Equipment Inspection (Water heater, Boiler, Furnace, Water Heater), Bleacher inspections and more... Works across field service disciplines - Air Quality testing - Bleacher Inspections - Chimney Inspections (Level 1 chimney inspection, Level 2 Chimney inspection) - Chimney Sweep scheduling - Electrical services - Elevator Repair - Facilities Management - Fireplace / Hearth repair - Fire Inspections, Fire Safety (NFPA-72) - Hood Cleaning / Commercial Kitchen service (NFPA-98) - HVAC (Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning) - Inspections (fire, property, state and local government) - Landscaping - Machine Calibration - Pest & Termite Control - Plumbing - Pool Service - Rental Agencies - Solar panel installers and more REVIEWS "Customer's perception of my business have massively improved!" "My company has been fully paperless in the field for 5 yrs with ServicePal" "The most straightforward, adaptable, and easy to use app in its class. The form builder allows you to make beautiful, fully customized worksheets, invoices, estimates, inspections, ...whatever you need. All kept and synced in the cloud...no tech burden or experts necessary!" "We have been utilizing this app in our service department and found it to be very beneficial. Not only to us as a company, but for our customers as well!" "This app has been greatly beneficial to our HVAC company. I enjoy the ability to share information about jobs with our service techs. The tech support team is also very responsive to the questions that I have." "This is the first mobile solution we have been able to use for our air filtration business. ServicePal is critical to our ongoing maintenance and service offerings. With ServicePal we are able to service our customers more consistently and see if we are running behind on jobs."

About

Emburse Professional

Streamline your travel and expense management with this app. It uses AI to automatically extract data from receipts captured by your smartphone, simplifying expense entry and report submission for employees on the go. Gain better visibility into spending and reduce manual data entry.

Highlights
  • AI-powered receipt data extraction
  • Automatic expense categorization
  • On-the-go expense report creation and submission
  • Simplified expense approval
  • Reduced manual data entry
  • Timely spend visibility and insights
Features
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Experience effortless expense management with the Emburse Professional app (formerly Certify Mobile). Simply capture each receipt with your smartphone and Emburse will accurately extract receipt data, using AI to automatically fill out and categorize expense entries. Employees can then easily create, submit, and approve expense reports on-the-go from the app. *Empower your employees to efficiently manage their expenses from anywhere *Make paper receipts a thing of the past and simplify the expense experience for all *Decrease manual data entry, improve data accuracy, and reduce errors *Get a timely view of spend and gain insights into expense trends faster ABOUT EMBURSE Over 12 million professionals in 200 countries trust our platform, from global enterprises to mid-sized businesses and public sector organizations to nonprofits. With Emburse, finance teams eliminate busy work to regain the freedom to lead, grow, and shape the future of their business. Whether you're a CFO seeking financial control, a travel manager optimizing spend, or a busy employee submitting expenses on the go, Emburse simplifies expense management, travel booking, invoicing, and payments so organizations can drive efficiency and focus on strategic growth.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ServicePal at 94% against Emburse Professional's 36%. ServicePal also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). Emburse Professional's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (13K vs 7). On price, ads and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ServicePal sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Emburse Professional asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ServicePal holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Emburse Professional has 13K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of ServicePal's written reviews are positive against 36% of Emburse Professional's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ServicePal ships an update every 3 months, Emburse Professional monthly. The most recent releases landed on June 9, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
ServicePal versus Emburse Professional: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterServicePalEmburse Professional
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings) — better4.6 (13K ratings)
Positive reviews93.9% of reviews — better36.4% of reviews
Number of ratings713K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB76 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperServicePal Inc.Emburse, Inc.

Customer experience

ServicePal

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive93.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.1%

Emburse Professional

All ratings12,627 ratings
Positive91.4%
Neutral3.5%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews187 reviews
Positive36.4%
Neutral9.6%
Negative54.0%

Bugs and requests

ServicePal

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Emburse Professional

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Receipts not syncing properly
  • Frequent app crashes
  • Issues with currency conversion and tax calculations
  • Expense reports not populating correctly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Improve auto-fill accuracy
  • Allow multi-receipt upload
  • Add more customization options
  • Improve notification system
  • Streamline expense report submission process

In-app purchases

1 purchases

ServicePal

One-time1
  • PREMIUM$59.99
None

Emburse Professional

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ServicePal free?
ServicePal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Emburse Professional free?
Emburse Professional is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ServicePal or Emburse Professional?
ServicePal is rated higher. ServicePal averages 5.0 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Emburse Professional averages 4.6 from 13K ratings.
Do ServicePal or Emburse Professional have ads?
Neither ServicePal nor Emburse Professional shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ServicePal or Emburse Professional?
ServicePal ships an update every 3 months, and Emburse Professional monthly. Most recently, ServicePal was updated on June 9, 2026 and Emburse Professional on September 20, 2026.

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