Comparison

FastField vs Cloudflow

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

Head to head
About

FastField

This app provides mobile access to custom forms, eliminating paper and reducing manual input errors. Create and deploy forms in minutes without technical expertise, collecting richer data in real-time from smartphones and tablets, even offline.

Highlights
  • Create custom forms without technical expertise
  • Deploy forms to mobile workforce instantly
  • Collect data in real-time
  • Offline data capture
  • Support for various data fields (photos, audio, GPS)
  • Data export in multiple formats (Excel, PDF, CSV)
  • Integration with third-party systems
Features
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No more clipboards. No more chasing paperwork. No more end-of-day calls to find out where jobs stand. FastField is the mobile forms platform built for field service teams, so managers dispatch with confidence, crews capture the right data on-site, and reports reach the back office the moment a job is done. From a safety inspection on a remote rig to a maintenance call at a customer site, FastField closes the loop between your field teams and your operations center, in real time, without the lag. Built for the Industries That Keep the World Running • Construction: site inspections, daily reports, punch lists, subcontractor sign-offs • Oil & Gas: asset inspections, HSE reporting, field coordination • Facilities Management: preventive maintenance, equipment checks, facility audits • HVAC, Electrical & Plumbing: service calls, technician dispatch, maintenance records, compliance documentation • Field Services: service reports, technician coordination, customer signatures • Manufacturing: quality control, compliance audits, maintenance workflows • Other Businesses: Custom forms for any operational workflow Dispatch • Assign jobs, inspections, and tasks from a central dashboard • Schedule field crews across multiple sites with full visibility into team workloads • Send assignments directly to your team's phone, no paper, no phone calls • Check-in and check-out, crews log arrival and departure on-site Capture • Custom digital forms for every job type • Photos with annotations, GPS tagging, signatures, barcodes, sketches, audio, and video • AI Photo Insights: automatically detect anomalies, hazards, and defects in field photos • OCR Label Scanning: point your camera at an asset tag; form fields populate instantly • Conditional logic and auto-calculations: forms that adapt as your team fills them out • Full offline support: captures everything without a signal, syncs automatically when reconnected Report • Professional reports auto-generate the moment a form is submitted • Delivered instantly to stakeholders, email, or directly into your ERP, CMMS, or back-office system • Connect via API, HTTP Post, FTP/SFTP, or email, data flows where it needs to go automatically Optimize • Live job status monitoring across all sites: open, in progress, completed • Team location visibility during active jobs, know where your crews are when it matters • Operational data that surfaces patterns, reduces delays, and drives continuous improvement Your Field. Your Data. Total Control. Trusted by thousands of field teams worldwide. Install, build your first form in minutes, and deploy to your team today, no coding required.

About

Cloudflow

This app serves as a mobile field office for service technicians. It allows users to manage daily assignments, navigate to job sites, update job statuses, communicate with their team, and document work, all from a single platform. It also supports offline work with automatic syncing.

Highlights
  • Manage daily service schedules
  • Navigate to job sites with GPS
  • Update service status in real-time
  • Chat with your team
  • Upload photos and documents
  • Work offline and sync automatically
Features
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Cloudflow - Your Mobile Field Office The essential app for field service technicians. Get your daily assignments, navigate to customers, update job status, message your team, and document your work—all from one powerful mobile app. What You Can Do: Manage daily service schedules, Navigate to job sites with GPS, Update service status in real-time, Chat with your team, Upload photos and documents, Track your commissions, Work offline, sync automatically Requires an active Cloudflow technician account. Which version would you like to use, or would you like me to customize one further? The App Store typically works best with the concise version (Option 1), but you can use the detailed version if you want to highlight all features.

Screenshots

FastField4 screens
Cloudflow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cloudflow at 100% against FastField's 50%. Cloudflow also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.6). FastField's advantage is ratings volume (17K vs 22). 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

Cloudflow holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FastField has 17K ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of FastField's written reviews are positive against 100% of Cloudflow's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FastField ships an update every 2 weeks, Cloudflow weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
FastField versus Cloudflow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFastFieldCloudflow
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (17K ratings)4.8 (22 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings17K — better22
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB134 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFastField, Inc.Cloudflow LLC

Customer experience

FastField

All ratings17,113 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral3.3%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews216 reviews
Positive50.5%
Neutral7.9%
Negative41.7%

Cloudflow

All ratings22 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

FastField

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Camera and barcode scanner issues
  • Data loss when switching between apps
  • Inconsistent behavior with location services
  • Unreliable form submission and syncing

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add ability to reuse/clone forms
  • Improve photo management and integration
  • Provide better offline functionality
  • Implement search and filtering for reports

Cloudflow

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

FastField

No in-app purchases

None

Cloudflow

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FastField free?
FastField is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cloudflow free?
Cloudflow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, FastField or Cloudflow?
Cloudflow is rated higher. FastField averages 4.6 out of 5 from 17K ratings, while Cloudflow averages 4.8 from 22 ratings.
Do FastField or Cloudflow have ads?
Neither FastField nor Cloudflow shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FastField or Cloudflow?
FastField ships an update every 2 weeks, and Cloudflow weekly. Most recently, FastField was updated on October 16, 2026 and Cloudflow on September 25, 2026.

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