Maintenance Manager vs Message Scroll
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Maintenance Manager
Streamline maintenance operations by tracking technicians, assigning work orders, and managing tasks on a tablet. Visualize technician locations on a map and schedule work orders with an intuitive drag-and-drop interface.
- Track technician locations
- Assign work orders
- Manage maintenance tasks
- Schedule work orders via drag and drop
- Map technician locations
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Maintenance managers can easily track technicians, assign work orders and manage their maintenance tasks from their tablet. Tech locations can be displayed on a map when technicians are utilizing Yardi Maintenance Mobile. WO’s can be scheduled via a drag and drop process. Maintenance Manager Mobile requires that clients install Yardi Maintenance Plug-in 11.0 (for Voyager™ 60) or Yardi Maintenance Plug-in 3.0 (for Voyager™ 7S) or greater. In addition users must be licensed for Advanced Maintenance.
Message Scroll
Display customizable scrolling text on your screen for various purposes, from business presentations to personal messages. Choose from multiple lines, colors, and speeds, and store up to ten messages. The app also offers options to display the current time and date.
- Customizable scrolling text
- Multiple line display options
- Various color choices
- Adjustable scrolling speeds
- Message storage for ten messages
- Time and date display
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Eye catching and fun – scroll text across the screen. For use in business, education, community organizations or at home. Modes: One Line Two Lines Three Lines* One BIG Line One BIG Line+* Colors: Red Green* Blue* White* Magenta* Orange* Speeds: Extra Slow* Slow* Medium Fast* Extra Fast* Messages: Stores ten customizable scrolling messages. (example messages provided) Also has options for displaying time, date or both. *Requires premium — a one-time in-app purchase. Message Scroll uses the standard Apple Terms of Use End User License Agreement (EULA): http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Message Scroll at 5.0 against Maintenance Manager's 3.0. Message Scroll also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months) and device support (4 vs 1). Maintenance Manager's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 18.0). On price, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Message Scroll sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Maintenance Manager asks for nothing beyond the download.
Message Scroll holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.
Maintenance Manager ships an update every 3 months, Message Scroll every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Maintenance Manager | Message Scroll |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Yardi Systems, Inc. | Single Sail Software, LLC |
Customer experience
Maintenance Manager
Message Scroll
In-app purchases
Maintenance Manager
No in-app purchases
Message Scroll
- Premium$0.99
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