IDS Mobile vs TheCRM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
IDS Mobile
This app allows dealership staff to manage daily tasks like unit check-ins, inventory counts, and customer communication from anywhere. It streamlines service operations, improves parts ordering, and speeds up the customer experience with mobile documentation and signatures.
- Mobile unit check-in with 360 walk-arounds
- Voice-to-text for job entry
- Customer signature capture
- Photo documentation for parts and issues
- Mobile inventory counts
- View unit details and pricing on the go
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Integrated Dealer Systems (IDS) is proud to introduce a mobile app that will allow your service writer, technicians, salespeople, and parts department to perform key daily tasks from anywhere in your dealership. Fast & Easy Unit Check-in: • Conduct a 360 degree walk around of the unit with a customer, add jobs using the voice to text feature, and take pictures to properly document any customer wants, needs, questions or concerns. • Offer customers additional service opportunities while you inspect the unit. • Eliminate paperwork and speed up the customer experience by collecting your customer’s signature without the need to return to the service desk. Improved Communications: • Take pictures of the parts required and attach them to the work order to eliminate confusion in your parts department on which part to order. • Take pictures of an issue and upload to a manufacturer’s website for expedited warranty submission. Streamlined Inventory Management • Save time and improve efficiency by conducting year end and cycle inventory counts with your mobile device. • Sell more by showing all unit details (including pictures and price) to a customer while away from your desk. “The concept of checking-in a unit using a mobile app is truly ground breaking. Any service we can provide to our customers right on the spot, without having to go back and forth to a computer, is a huge plus.” Jeremy Ketelsen, Ketelsen RV "One of the features we like about the mobile app is the ability to take pictures of boats, engines, and parts and attach them to specific jobs and warranty claims. This feature allows us to increase the efficiency of our warranty process and gives visual history of a unit or part when it enters the dealership removing any possibility of future discrepancies at the onset. " Carly Poole, Buckeye Marine
TheCRM
Manage customer relationships, inventory, and communications for automotive and RV businesses on the go. This mobile app offers core functionalities of its desktop counterpart, allowing users to send texts, manage emails, and view daily tasks from their handheld devices.
- Customer relationship management
- Inventory management
- Email and text communication
- MyDay task management
- Lead pool management
- Mobile access to core desktop features
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TheCRM, is a full version of our desktop application and while the size of the screen does mean some compromises, you can do most everything right here in the palm of your hand. If you are using an iPad we suggest you use our full browser version because it is designed for that size screen natively. Send texts, manage email, view your MyDay, manage inventory and so much more. From your inbox to your lead pools, TheCRM allows you to get to work and stay at work all the time, anytime.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: IDS Mobile at every 6 weeks against TheCRM's every 12 months. IDS Mobile also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.2). TheCRM's advantage is ratings volume (52 vs 13). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.5 for IDS Mobile against 2.4 for TheCRM. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 52 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 17% of IDS Mobile's written reviews are positive against 19% of TheCRM's.
IDS Mobile ships an update every 6 weeks, TheCRM every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | IDS Mobile | TheCRM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (13 ratings) — better | 2.4 (52 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews | 18.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 52 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 17.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 98 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Integrated Dealer Systems Inc. | CRMSuite Corporation |
Customer experience
IDS Mobile
TheCRM
In-app purchases
IDS Mobile
No in-app purchases
TheCRM
No in-app purchases
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