GorillaDesk vs LawnManage
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GorillaDesk
Streamline your field service operations with a comprehensive tool for scheduling, invoicing, and business growth. Empower your technicians and impress your customers with an easy-to-use platform designed for efficiency.
- Field service management
- Scheduling
- Invoicing
- Automation
- Customer management
- Technician empowerment
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Grow your field service business with all-in-one scheduling, invoicing, automation & more. GorillaDesk helps you grow your business, organize your operations, empower your technicians, and wow your customers with one powerful, easy-to-use tool.
LawnManage
This mobile application helps field service businesses manage their daily operations. It allows employees to clock in/out, track time spent on jobs, and communicate with clients via SMS. The platform aims to keep work crews connected and efficient, reducing paperwork.
- Clock in and out for work
- Track time spent on specific jobs
- View daily and weekly timesheets
- Send job-related SMS updates to clients
- Simple and easy-to-use interface
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LawnManage – Mobile Workforce Management Made Simple LawnManage is the official mobile app for field service businesses using the LawnManage platform. Designed to keep field crews connected and efficient, our mobile app provides the essential tools your team needs to stay on track—right from their phones. Key Features: Clock In/Out Employees can easily clock in and out at the start and end of their workday, ensuring accurate timesheet records. Timesheet Overview View logged hours and stay informed with a clear breakdown of daily and weekly work times. Job Management Start and stop job timers with a single tap to track time spent on specific tasks or client jobs. Send Job-Related Texts Quickly send SMS messages to clients for updates or notifications—streamlining communication in the field. LawnManage keeps your workforce organized and accountable with a simple and easy-to-use interface, saving time and eliminating paperwork.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: LawnManage at 5.0 against GorillaDesk's 4.4. LawnManage also leads on monetization model (free vs freemium). GorillaDesk's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 16 months) and ratings volume (62 vs 1). 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.
LawnManage holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GorillaDesk has 62 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
GorillaDesk ships an update monthly, LawnManage every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GorillaDesk | LawnManage |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (62 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 62 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 16 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 178 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GorillaDesk | LawnManage |
Customer experience
GorillaDesk
LawnManage
Bugs and requests
GorillaDesk
Reported bugs
45 issues- Always can't connect to server
- Constantly have to close the app out to get routes to load
- Consistently has problems sending emails with docs
- Can’t long press on the schedule to add time off
- App requires great data connection
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- Server updates in the middle of the day
- App glitches
- Server restart in middle of work day
- Latest update changed button locations
- Malfunctions often
- Network connections fail when typing long reports
- App won't open for me at all right now
- 2022 Data loss event
- Lost multiple contract signatures, Photo ID’s, photos of state reports
- Lost customer yard access codes, gate codes, important notes
- System is becoming worse as it evolves
- Fix one issue and another one pops up
- App doesn’t work in the field
- Always asking me to log back in
- Can’t check in, Check out
- Downtimes, loss of data and unplanned system downtimes
- Latest update has been very buggy
- Tech can not add notes or materials
- App tells me my jobs can not be loaded
- No basic search
- Unnecessary in-app updates
- App is horrible on iPhone
- Always updating and always breaking
- Works better on Android
- Can’t connect to server on iPad
- Update errors
- App is terrible
- Once you upload some documents won’t work to retire
- Good luck retrieving some pictures or old documents
- Laggy and buggy
- Impossible to reach a competent human
- Multiple issues consistently with GD
- Logged into OUR account and different pest control company accessible
- My tech can not add notes or materials
- When I try to access information through the app it tells me my jobs can not be loaded
- This is not efficient and we are not being heard either
- Down for 2 days now
- Lacking customer database access
- Lacking ability to add new service dates
- Lacking ability to change rescheduled appointments
Requested features
8 requests- Dedicated Mac application
- Refunds in app
- Incorporate PayPal Here account
- Features available on Apple Watch
- Transfer files when leaving
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- More free contracts
- Dark mode option
- Advanced analytics dashboard
LawnManage
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
GorillaDesk
No in-app purchases
LawnManage
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is GorillaDesk free?
Is LawnManage free?
Which has better reviews, GorillaDesk or LawnManage?
Do GorillaDesk or LawnManage have ads?
Which is updated more often, GorillaDesk or LawnManage?
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