Comparison

Coating OS vs Form Up

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

Head to head
About

Coating OS

Features
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CoatingOS is the all-in-one business management app built specifically for floor coating contractors - epoxy, polyurea, polyaspartic, and concrete coating professionals. MANAGE YOUR ENTIRE BUSINESS: - Create and send professional estimates in minutes - Convert estimates to work orders with one tap - Generate invoices and track payments - Schedule jobs and manage your calendar - Store customer information and job history STAY CONNECTED: - Two-way SMS messaging with customers - Automated follow-up workflows - Push notifications for new leads and messages - Access everything from your phone or tablet BUILT FOR CONTRACTORS: - Industry-specific line items and pricing - Photo documentation for jobs - Square payment integration - Works offline - sync when you're back online Whether you're in the field or at the office, Coating OS keeps your business running smoothly. Subscription required. Visit coatingcohort.com for pricing.

About

Form Up

This comprehensive construction management app streamlines crew, project, and financial operations. It offers features like GPS clock-in, automated payroll, project tracking with client portals, and AI-powered estimates. Designed for multilingual crews, it centralizes communication and documentation.

Highlights
  • GPS-verified crew clock-in/out
  • Automated payroll and direct deposit
  • Project tracking with client portals
  • AI-powered estimates and reporting
  • Multilingual support with auto-translation
  • Invoicing and payment processing
  • Material calculators
Features
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FormUp is the all-in-one app for construction and trade companies. Run your crew, projects, schedule, estimates and money from one place, so you can stop juggling a clipboard, spreadsheets, group texts and half a dozen apps that don't talk to each other. Built by a third-generation contractor who got tired of paying for five apps and none of them working together. WIN THE JOB Build a magazine-quality estimate on site, with photos, options and good, better, best packages. Send it as a link instead of just a PDF. Your client opens it on their phone, picks their options, watches the price update, signs, and pays the deposit. Let clients choose patterns, colors and finishes from your own catalog, priced to the square foot. Turn a signed estimate into a live project in one tap. A sales pipeline from new lead to won, with every call, text and email on one timeline. RUN THE JOB GPS-verified clock in and out, so you know who was on site and which job their hours belong to. Weekly crew schedule with copy-a-week templates, time off, open shifts and shift swaps. Assign a task to a day, not just to a job. Photos and video organized into albums, with a burst camera built for work gloves. Daily field reports, punch lists and assignable task checklists. Full PDF plan sets, with AI takeoff, RFIs, submittals and revision comparison. Scan paper documents into clean multi-page PDFs with your phone. GET PAID Set a payment schedule and deposit for every job, and track paid against owed. Invoices, receipts and branded job close-out reports as PDFs. Card on file and automatic charging through Square. QuickBooks sync for invoices, payments and expenses. Watch real profit per job as materials, clocked labor and sub costs roll in. Know your cost of doing business, your overhead, and the rate you actually need to charge. YOUR CLIENTS Every client gets a portal with their estimate, project progress, photos and invoices. Message clients inside the app instead of losing it in a text thread. Automatic review requests once the job is done. CREW AND SUBS Role-based access for owner, admin, manager, office, estimator, foreman, worker and sub. Subs see the job, schedule, tasks, photos and chat they need, and never see your numbers. Share one job with an outside contractor through a link. Track sub payments and year-end 1099 totals. Messages and reports auto-translate, so English and Spanish speaking crews stay together. AI THAT DOES REAL WORK Snap jobsite photos and get an estimate back with line items and pricing. Turn a plan set into a phased job with tasks and crew assignments. Turn rough notes into a clean daily report. Ask about your own jobs, hours and money, and get a real answer from your real data. FRONT DESK, OPTIONAL ADD-ON An AI receptionist answers your phone when you are on a ladder. It books estimate visits, takes messages, and texts you the lead before you climb down. ALSO INSIDE Recurring maintenance: properties, service plans, routes and visit billing. Material load lists and calculators for concrete, decking, fencing, framing and roofing. Equipment tracking, a document vault with expiring-document alerts, and e-signatures. Easy Mode, a stripped-down five-tab version for crews who only need today's work. Dark mode, custom accent colors, and full English, Spanish and Portuguese. Works across concrete, masonry, decks, landscaping, roofing, plumbing, electrical and every trade. FormUp. Win the job. Run the job. Get paid. A subscription is required after your free trial. Front Desk is a separate add-on. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://useformup.com/privacy

Screenshots

Coating OS3 screens
Form Up4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Coating OS at none against Form Up's 6. Coating OS also leads on device support (4 vs 2). Form Up's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 11 days). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. Form Up sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per month. Coating OS asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Coating OS ships an update every 11 days, Form Up every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Coating OS versus Form Up: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCoating OSForm Up
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size120 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJackson StephensonPatrick James Breen

In-app purchases

None

Coating OS

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Form Up

Subscriptions6
  • Starter Monthly1 Month trial$29.991 Month
  • Pro Monthly1 Month trial$59.991 Month
  • Elite Monthly1 Month trial$99.991 Month
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  • Starter Annual1 Month trial$289.991 Year
  • Pro Annual1 Month trial$499.991 Year
  • Elite Annual1 Month trial$839.991 Year

Questions

Is Coating OS free?
Coating OS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Form Up free?
Form Up is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Coating OS or Form Up have ads?
Neither Coating OS nor Form Up shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Coating OS or Form Up?
Coating OS ships an update every 11 days, and Form Up every 5 days. Most recently, Coating OS was updated on October 28, 2026 and Form Up on October 24, 2026.

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