Comparison

ServiceMax Zinc vs KloudGin

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

Head to head
About

ServiceMax Zinc

Facilitates real-time communication for field technicians, connecting them with experts and information to resolve issues quickly. Offers secure messaging, voice, video, and content sharing, purpose-built for business needs.

Highlights
  • Real-time communication
  • Hotline bots for instant expert connection
  • Broadcast alerts to mobile devices
  • 1:1 and group messaging
  • Text, voice, and video calls
  • Content and location sharing
  • Military-grade encryption
Features
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Zinc connects technicians with the people and information they need. Zinc Real-Time Communication connects technicians in real time with the people and information needed to confidently get the job done quickly and correctly, allowing the organization to reduce mean time to repair, boost customer satisfaction and improve employee engagement. Instead of turning to non-compliant consumer apps, service teams can now turn to a powerful, yet easy to use, team communication platform purpose-built for their needs — ServiceMax Zinc. Hotline Communication: • Connects technicians to the right expert instantly with Hotline bots • Bypass long call canter queues and email exchanges to get information quickly and efficiently • Track every request • Measure resolution times, quality of internal service, and adapt Hotline staffing to changing demands Broadcast Communication: • Broadcast information in real time to your teams’ mobile devices • Alerts fill the screen, requiring team members to interact with the message to continue in the app • Target a specific group of employees based on critera such as group membership, department, location, work skills, or role Team Communication: • Communicate 1:1 and in groups • Text, voice, video, content sharing and location sharing • Conversations linked to ServiceMax records (such as Assets, Work Orders, Cases, Returns) for easy reference and access Security: • Military-Grade Encryption • Customer Data Security • Data Center Security • Application Security • Business Continuity and Reliability Privacy: • Data Ownership • Custom Data Storage and Deletion • Multi-Factor Authentication • SSO and SAML 2.0

About

KloudGin

This app unifies business processes for various roles, including field crews, executives, and customers. It offers an intuitive mobile experience for consuming enterprise data, managing workflows, and collaborating. Features include offline capabilities, multimedia support, and role-specific tools for service, asset management, and more.

Highlights
  • Configurable workflows for work orders
  • Offline data capture and validation
  • Geo-tagged photo and e-signature capture
  • Inventory and parts management
  • Automated time card generation
  • Real-time technician tracking
  • Barcode scanning
Features
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KloudGin is Single APP for all roles like Field Crews, Executives, Backoffice, Your customers, Your Sub-contractors KloudGin is your business user's personal mobile experience and is filled with the things they care about. Business users consume enterprise data in a natural style that is easy and intuitive. All aspects of a business flow including analytics, transactions, multimedia, collaboration, device features & offline are now available in one App. Backed by the KloudGin Cloud platform, this application lets you configure and extend the app to empower all your mobile business processes based on various roles in your enterprise. Cloud based KloudGin integration engine that can pull and harmonize data from various sources. Built with intelligent encrypted, offline capability which is source-system agnostic (connects to any on-premise or cloud- based systems). It comes integrated with KloudGin Intelligent Field Service Cloud, KloudGin Intelligent Asset Cloud, KloudGin Inventory Cloud, KloudGin Connected Customer Cloud, KloudGin Procurement Cloud, KloudGin Connected Customer Cloud, and KloudGin AI Assistant. Key Features for Roles: Field Service, Asset maintenance, Field Technicians, Crew Supervisors, Fleet and Facilities managers, Foremen, Sub-contractors, Partners, Dispatchers, Customer Service Reps -- Configurable, easy to use step-by-step optimized workflows for any type of work orders/ ticketing service to enable field crews real-time. -- Designed of rugged performance and simple easy use by non-tech savvy field users -- Multiple work order views to enable short, long-term and other ad-hoc work types -- Take geo-tagged before and after pictures. Annotate on pictures -- Safety and inspection checklist and digital surveys -- Capture e-signature -- Charge Parts/ inventory to the work order. Locate parts in nearest truck or warehouse -- Create a service request from then field -- Generate a Purchase Order, Invoice, Quote from the mobile -- Report a missing part and put work order in suspend mode -- Intelligent Offline. Does not need Field crew to know when they lose and gain a signal when in truck. Intelligent data validation during data capture ensures data integrity even if connectivity is not available -- Collaboration (Mobile Device Alerts, Video Conference, Messaging, Voice integrated with iPhone and iPad) -- Built in ability to Scan barcodes directly from the app and pull relevant details -- Auto Time Card generation as they complete work with breaks, meetings, travel time, job time. Seamless integration to your payroll system with an approval mechanism built it --Visual in-context Troubleshooting (Video & Manuals) and attachments -- Real-time tracking of field techs -- Integrated turn-by-turn directions with voice -- Device to device message by Crew Lead & supervisors -- On-touch Emergency notifications -- Voice enabled to capture notes -- Supervisors & Dispatchers have real-time visibility of where techs are and what they are doing. Have ability to assign/ change jobs assigned to crews -- Supervisor analytics and alerts out of the box which includes projected appointment missing based on KloudGin Big data based scheduling & route optimization engine -- Single sign on (SSO) and SAML 2.0 support ensure faultless, secure access The App can use background location feature. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

Screenshots

ServiceMax Zinc3 screens
KloudGin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ServiceMax Zinc at 3.9 against KloudGin's 2.5. ServiceMax Zinc also leads on monetization model (free vs freemium) and review sentiment (79% vs 60%). 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

ServiceMax Zinc holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31 and 68 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of ServiceMax Zinc's written reviews are positive against 60% of KloudGin's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ServiceMax Zinc ships an update monthly, KloudGin every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
ServiceMax Zinc versus KloudGin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterServiceMax ZincKloudGin
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (31 ratings) — better2.5 (68 ratings)
Positive reviews79.3% of reviews — better60.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3168 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB211 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperServiceMax, Inc.KloudGin Inc.

Customer experience

ServiceMax Zinc

All ratings31 ratings
Positive64.5%
Neutral12.9%
Negative22.6%
Written reviews116 reviews
Positive79.3%
Neutral6.0%
Negative14.7%

KloudGin

All ratings67 ratings
Positive38.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative61.2%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

Bugs and requests

ServiceMax Zinc

Reported bugs

13 issues
  • App freezes when typing
  • Messages don't display on screen while typing
  • Persistent unread message badge (showing 3 unread when none exist)
  • Endless loop when receiving photos
  • Sync screen stuck indefinitely
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  • Keyboard functionality broken after updates
  • Search feature not working
  • App crashes on latest update
  • Random logout without warning
  • Notifications stop working (requires reinstall)
  • Slow message delivery with incorrect sender attribution
  • Missing notification previews despite settings enabled
  • Search box inaccessible on recents tab

Requested features

10 requests
  • Message search functionality
  • Ability to delete sent messages
  • Custom Do Not Disturb scheduling options
  • Emoji support in desktop version
  • Screen rotation support for landscape mode
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  • Third-party keyboard support
  • Mac desktop standalone application
  • Message deletion and conversation archiving
  • CRM integration capabilities
  • Ability for contractors/external users to join groups

KloudGin

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

ServiceMax Zinc

No in-app purchases

None

KloudGin

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ServiceMax Zinc free?
ServiceMax Zinc is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is KloudGin free?
KloudGin is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ServiceMax Zinc or KloudGin?
ServiceMax Zinc is rated higher. ServiceMax Zinc averages 3.9 out of 5 from 31 ratings, while KloudGin averages 2.5 from 68 ratings.
Do ServiceMax Zinc or KloudGin have ads?
Neither ServiceMax Zinc nor KloudGin shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ServiceMax Zinc or KloudGin?
ServiceMax Zinc ships an update monthly, and KloudGin every 2 months. Most recently, ServiceMax Zinc was updated on November 6, 2026 and KloudGin on November 6, 2026.

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