Comparison

IDS Mobile vs Kenect

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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

About

Kenect

Connect with customers through text messaging to boost leads, gather online reviews, and process payments. Initiate video calls directly from text conversations.

Highlights
  • Customer texting
  • Lead generation
  • Online review generation
  • Payment capture
  • Video chat via text
Features
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Engage with your customers where they are - texting on their phone. Double your leads, generate online reviews, capture payments and start video chat conversations all via text message.

Screenshots

IDS Mobile4 screens
Kenect4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Kenect at 3.9 against IDS Mobile's 2.5. Kenect also leads on review sentiment (38% vs 17%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks). IDS Mobile's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Kenect holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kenect has 69 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of IDS Mobile's written reviews are positive against 38% of Kenect's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

IDS Mobile ships an update every 6 weeks, Kenect every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
IDS Mobile versus Kenect: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIDS MobileKenect
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (13 ratings)3.9 (69 ratings) — better
Positive reviews16.7% of reviews37.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1369 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size98 MB83 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperIntegrated Dealer Systems Inc.Kenect, LLC

Customer experience

IDS Mobile

All ratings13 ratings
Positive30.8%
Neutral15.4%
Negative53.8%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive16.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative83.3%

Kenect

All ratings69 ratings
Positive69.6%
Neutral5.8%
Negative24.6%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive37.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

IDS Mobile

No in-app purchases

None

Kenect

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is IDS Mobile free?
IDS Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kenect free?
Kenect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, IDS Mobile or Kenect?
Kenect is rated higher. IDS Mobile averages 2.5 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Kenect averages 3.9 from 69 ratings.
Do IDS Mobile or Kenect have ads?
Neither IDS Mobile nor Kenect shows ads.
Which is updated more often, IDS Mobile or Kenect?
IDS Mobile ships an update every 6 weeks, and Kenect every 2 weeks. Most recently, IDS Mobile was updated on October 4, 2026 and Kenect on October 7, 2026.

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