Comparison

Nearby Now vs SweetProcess

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

Head to head
About

Nearby Now

This app helps contractors expand their local presence and gather customer reviews. It uses AI to assist with job descriptions and displays real-time service area maps. Approximate location updates build social proof and encourage customer feedback.

Highlights
  • Extend local reach
  • Get customer reviews
  • AI-powered job descriptions
  • Real-time service area maps
  • Build social proof
  • Send customer satisfaction surveys
Features
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Nearby Now is the easiest way for contractors to extend their local reach, and get more customer reviews. Whenever your techs and sales people arrive at a customer’s house or business, they simply press a button on their iPhone, and Nearby Now will update their location on the Nearby Now map. And now, with the power of AI, we help you write amazing job descriptions so that you can maximize the value of the content you are creating. New customers who need your services can see that you’re working nearby, and also that you frequently work in their neighborhood. Your frequent visits to customer’s neighborhood automatically build social proof that you’re a reputable company who is already trusted by their neighbors. Make getting local reviews from happy customers part of your daily routine - each time you check in at a customer’s location, click a button and the Nearby Now app will send a customer satisfaction survey to your customer via email or sms. Nearby Now can embed custom real-time service area heat maps on your website, so you can show your website visitors an exciting, interactive, real-time map of your service area for each area you feature. Your privacy and your customer's privacy is always protected - Nearby Now only shows approximate geolocations for your safety.

About

SweetProcess

Manage your business's procedures, policies, and tasks on the go. Access critical information even without an internet connection, syncing automatically when you're back online. Receive timely reminders for upcoming or overdue tasks.

Highlights
  • Procedure and policy management
  • Offline access to tasks
  • Automatic data syncing
  • Task due date reminders
  • Overdue task notifications
Features
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Take your procedures, policies and procedures with you into the field with the SweetProcess app for the iPhone. Work to complete tasks even without internet access and sync when you regain data connection. Also (optionally) receive timely reminders when tasks for you are due to begin or fall overdue.

Screenshots

Nearby Now4 screens
SweetProcess4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: SweetProcess at 100% against Nearby Now's 45%. SweetProcess also leads on rating (4.9 vs 2.8). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SweetProcess holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of Nearby Now's written reviews are positive against 100% of SweetProcess's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nearby Now ships an update monthly, SweetProcess every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Nearby Now versus SweetProcess: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNearby NowSweetProcess
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (16 ratings)4.9 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews45.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings16 — better7
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNearby Now, LLCSweetProcess, Inc.

Customer experience

Nearby Now

All ratings16 ratings
Positive43.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative56.3%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive45.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative54.5%

SweetProcess

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Nearby Now

No in-app purchases

None

SweetProcess

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Nearby Now free?
Nearby Now is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SweetProcess free?
SweetProcess is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Nearby Now or SweetProcess?
SweetProcess is rated higher. Nearby Now averages 2.8 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while SweetProcess averages 4.9 from 7 ratings.
Do Nearby Now or SweetProcess have ads?
Neither Nearby Now nor SweetProcess shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Nearby Now or SweetProcess?
Nearby Now ships an update monthly, and SweetProcess every 3 weeks. Most recently, Nearby Now was updated on October 30, 2026 and SweetProcess on October 24, 2026.

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