irth UtiliSphere vs Resource Requests
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
irth UtiliSphere
This cloud-based software streamlines 811 One Call ticket management for utility and energy companies. It automates workflows, enhances workforce and asset performance, and provides operational insights through advanced reporting and analytics.
- Automated 811 One Call ticket management
- Workforce and asset performance optimization
- Operational insights and analytics
- Customizable form designer
- Work and asset mapping
- Configurable process automation
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Software for 811 One Call Ticket Management that maximize growth and performance for people, work and assets for the Oil & Gas, Energy, Telecom and Utilities companies. Cloud-based and mobile-ready, irth UtiliSphere automates workforce management and field operations around custom workflows that integrate into back-end systems. UTILISPHERE BENEFITS • Automated 811 One Call ticket management - Electronically receive, respond to and resolve excavation requests in an automated fashion. • Increase employee and asset performance - Make sure your business-critical employees are always at peak performance and assets are fully utilized. • Gain unprecedented operational insights - Get increased visibility into operational performance to maximize business benefits. • Improve process efficiencies - Eliminate redundant steps and trim wasted time with more direct communication and workforce collaboration. • Streamline workflows and operations - Automate process flows and work routines based on custom business logic that you define. • Gain insight from your data - Advanced executive-level reporting and analytics provide you with insights for critical decision-making. UTILISPHERE FEATURES 811 One-Call Ticket Management UtiliSphere has the premier, leading one-call ticket management solution in the industry. Using UtiliSphere, organizations can electronically receive, respond to and resolve excavation requests. Includes customizable rules for automatic ticket routing and dispatching and one call ticket screening with facility and responsibility area mapping. Other features include automated One Call positive response to the one call center, utility company, locator and excavator via email, voice, fax or manual call and the ability to accurately and comprehensively pinpoint dig sites on a map. Customizable Form Designer Our unique form designer empowers customizable, DIY digital form design in a collaborative, easy to use, test and publish environment. Forms can be designed with advanced functions like dynamic contextual intelligence, multiple field types, advanced nesting, tracking, auditing, alerts, triggers, calculations, data inputs, validation and verification. Work and Asset Mapping UtiliSphere gives you the ability to dynamically map your assets as well as where and when work is scheduled and/or completed. With pinpoint accuracy, our maps display street and satellite with ERSI map layers. Layers can be activated with various assets — and maps can be leveraged to define workforce responsibility, measure distances, search for assets/locations, auto-suggest related work items, view worker’s locations in real time, see work in progress and many more advanced functions. Configurable Process Automation Designer Using UtiliSphere, entire work processes can be completely customized, automated and enforced. This includes automatic work dispatch (individuals or groups) based on triggered, scheduled or timed events; advanced if/then actions and rules based on system conditions; and recurring workforce notifications. In addition, workforce automation can be extended to third parties and contractors. Customized Scheduling and Routing UtiliSphere has the ability to schedule and optimize routes to job sites with automated routing or manual overrides — including the ability to take into account average time on a job site and travel time. This allows organizations to better plan jobs, communicate arrival times to customers or site managers, provide notices and alerts and develop advanced schedules. Reporting and Analytics UtiliSphere provides Reporting and Analytics with the opportunities to drill down into every aspect of your business and create custom DIY reports with visually rich charts, graphs and complex data comparisons. Information can also be viewed on a map, exported to multiple file formats and indexed by time, work type, work cluster and more.
Resource Requests
This app allows authorized users to create and submit resource requests directly from their mobile devices into an incident action plan software. Field responders can track their requests and receive real-time status updates throughout the ordering process.
- Create resource requests for ordering process
- Submit requests directly to IAP Software
- Track request status
- Receive status change alerts
- Search and view requests by others
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Note: This app may only be used by current WebIAP Software users who have licensed the feature. The Resource Request Mobile Application is the latest addition to TRG’s suite of mobile software services. Resource Request is simple to use and gives field responders the ability to easily create resource requests on their mobile devices that are submitted directly into the Incident Action Plan software for approval and ordering. Field responders are able to track their requests and receive alerts as the request advances in the ordering process. Key Features and Benefits: - Create requests for resources that feed directly into the IAP Software® ordering process - Receive alerts on status changes to your requests - Search and view requests created by others in your incident
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Resource Requests at 100% against irth UtiliSphere's 6%. Resource Requests also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.4) and monetization model (free vs paid). irth UtiliSphere's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (28 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Resource Requests holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: irth UtiliSphere has 28 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 6% of irth UtiliSphere's written reviews are positive against 100% of Resource Requests's.
irth UtiliSphere ships an update monthly, Resource Requests every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | irth UtiliSphere | Resource Requests |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (28 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 5.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 28 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 197 MB | 153 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | irth Solutions, Inc. | The Response Group, Inc. |
Customer experience
irth UtiliSphere
Resource Requests
In-app purchases
irth UtiliSphere
No in-app purchases
Resource Requests
No in-app purchases
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