Comparison

BE vs Yardi Facility Manager

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

Head to head
About

BE

Manage property maintenance, work orders, inspections, and incidents directly from your mobile device. Attach photos and access all your data, even when offline.

Highlights
  • Work order management
  • Preventive maintenance
  • Inspections
  • Incident tracking
  • Photo attachments
  • Offline access
Features
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BE Mobile provides key property management features in the palm of your hand! Manage work orders, preventive maintenance tasks, inspections, incidents and much more. Attach photos to any record and view associated files on your iPhone. Work offline with access to all of your data.

About

Yardi Facility Manager

Manage facility tasks efficiently with this mobile tool. Complete work orders, inspections, and maintenance checklists, even offline. Attach photos and notes to tasks and create new work orders or inspections.

Highlights
  • Complete work orders
  • Perform inspections
  • Manage maintenance checklists
  • Offline work capability
  • Attach photos and notes
  • Create new work orders
  • Create new inspections
Features
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The Yardi Facility Manager app works in conjunction with Yardi Elevate Facility Manager. With the Yardi Facility Manager app, you can quickly and easily view and complete your work orders, inspections, and preventative maintenance checklists. More features: - Work without a data connection and sync your changes when you have a connection. - Attach photos and notes. - Pick up unassigned work orders. - Create new work orders. - Create new inspections (requires a data connection)

Screenshots

BE4 screens
Yardi Facility Manager4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Yardi Facility Manager at 3.6 against BE's 2.3. Yardi Facility Manager also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 21%) and iOS requirement (10.3 vs 13.0). BE's advantage is ratings volume (135 vs 12). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

Yardi Facility Manager holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BE has 135 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 21% of BE's written reviews are positive against 50% of Yardi Facility Manager's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BE ships an update every 2 months, Yardi Facility Manager every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and August 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
BE versus Yardi Facility Manager: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBEYardi Facility Manager
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (135 ratings)3.6 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews21.3% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings135 — better12
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.010.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB172 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBuilding EnginesYardi Systems, Inc.

Customer experience

BE

All ratings135 ratings
Positive27.4%
Neutral7.4%
Negative65.2%
Written reviews47 reviews
Positive21.3%
Neutral4.3%
Negative74.5%

Yardi Facility Manager

All ratings12 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

BE

Reported bugs

19 issues
  • Have to log out/in multiple times or reinstall to gain access
  • Work orders don't always load
  • Only able to upload one photo at a time
  • Everything gets stuck pending
  • App fails, all data lost
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  • Update screwed up app operation
  • Tech support never responds
  • App won't let you log in
  • App doesn't communicate with network
  • Entries do not link between app and desktop
  • Acknowledgement pending issues never resolved
  • New update changed 'work order by Building' to 'work order by location'
  • New version is slower and not user friendly
  • No access to PMs for weeks
  • Stuck on 'synchronization'
  • Work order creation from phone never appears in system
  • Timer starts when work order begins but pauses upon completion
  • Comment box moves off screen when typing
  • App crashes when typing comments

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add resource management
  • Add day view and approve/deny for resource management
  • Disable notifications when staff is off the clock
  • Edit frequency for PMs
  • Allow scheduling
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  • Swipe to go back gesture

Yardi Facility Manager

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

BE

No in-app purchases

None

Yardi Facility Manager

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BE free?
BE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Yardi Facility Manager free?
Yardi Facility Manager is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BE or Yardi Facility Manager?
Yardi Facility Manager is rated higher. BE averages 2.3 out of 5 from 135 ratings, while Yardi Facility Manager averages 3.6 from 12 ratings.
Do BE or Yardi Facility Manager have ads?
Neither BE nor Yardi Facility Manager shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BE or Yardi Facility Manager?
BE ships an update every 2 months, and Yardi Facility Manager every 3 months. Most recently, BE was updated on September 14, 2026 and Yardi Facility Manager on August 12, 2026.

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