Next 26 vs ServiceBuilt
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Next 26
Your essential companion for Google Cloud Next. Access your personalized schedule, navigate the event venue, and connect with other attendees. Find session times, locations, and event updates easily.
- Personalized agenda access
- Venue navigation
- Attendee connection
- Session information
- Event updates
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Your Google Cloud Next guide. Find everything you need to make the most of your time at Google Cloud Next, including access to your personalized agenda, maps to find your way around the Expo, and networking opportunities.
ServiceBuilt
Manage your home service business on the go with tools for dispatching, creating estimates, invoicing, and accepting payments. Keep customer history and request reviews automatically to grow your business.
- Scheduling and dispatching with live job tracking
- On-site estimate creation with customer approval
- Instant invoice generation from estimates
- On-the-spot payment collection (card, tap-to-pay, cash, check)
- Customer history and notes management
- Automatic Google review requests
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ServiceBuilt is the field service management app built to run and grow your home service business from your phone — dispatch, estimate, invoice, and get paid without ever touching the office. Built by a service company owner who got tired of software made by people who've never run a truck. No per-seat fees. No bloat. Just the tools you actually use on the job. SCHEDULING & DISPATCH Dispatch and schedule your techs with live job tracking. See every job's status at a glance — scheduled, on the way, on site, done — and reschedule in seconds. ESTIMATES Build professional estimates on site and send Good/Better/Best options customers approve by text or email. Turn an approved estimate into an invoice instantly. INVOICING & PAYMENTS Collect card, tap-to-pay, cash, or check on the spot. Send text or email receipts, take deposits, and accept partial payments — all from your phone. CUSTOMER MANAGEMENT Keep full customer history, equipment, and notes in one place. Import your existing book from QuickBooks so you start day one with every customer loaded. REVIEWS & REPUTATION Automatically request a Google review after every job to build the reputation that wins your next customer. WHY SERVICEBUILT • Built by a contractor, not a boardroom • No per-seat pricing — bring your whole crew • Everything runs from your phone, in the field • Real tools without the enterprise bloat BUILT FOR THE TRADES Garage door, HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and every home service pro who runs trucks. Download ServiceBuilt and run your whole operation from your pocket.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ServiceBuilt at 100% against Next 26's 14%. ServiceBuilt also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.3). Next 26's advantage is ratings volume (17 vs 2). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ServiceBuilt holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Next 26 has 17 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of Next 26's written reviews are positive against 100% of ServiceBuilt's.
Next 26 ships an update weekly, ServiceBuilt every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Next 26 | ServiceBuilt |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (17 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 182 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Next Event Apps LLC | Travis M Ford |
Customer experience
Next 26
ServiceBuilt
In-app purchases
Next 26
No in-app purchases
ServiceBuilt
No in-app purchases
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