GorillaDesk vs Monkey DESK
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.
Monkey DESK
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MONKEY DESK THE SWISS ARMY KNIFE OF YOUR BUSINESS Tired of juggling 10 different apps to run your business? That's over. Monkey DESK brings everything you need into one high-performance platform, built for small and medium businesses across Puerto Rico and Latin America. EVERYTHING IN ONE PLACE - Smart CRM - organize and follow up with every client - Unified Inbox - SMS, email, social messages, all in one thread - Invoicing & Digital Contracts - get paid and signed without friction - Calendar & Appointments - automatic scheduling, zero conflicts - Automations - your business keeps working while you rest - Social Planner - schedule content across 9 networks from one place - Websites & Funnels - build pages that actually convert - Courses, Memberships & Communities - build your own audience - 1,000+ Integrations - connect the tools you already use BUILT TO MOVE FAST Monkey DESK ignites your productivity and launches your business to the next level. Everything automatic, everything in your pocket. READY TO BE TRULY EFFICIENT? Download the app and take full control of your business, wherever you go. hello@monkeydesk.io monkeydesk.io
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Verdict
GorillaDesk and Monkey DESK are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
GorillaDesk ships an update monthly, Monkey DESK every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GorillaDesk | Monkey DESK |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (60 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 60 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 178 MB | 349 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GorillaDesk | Monkey Brain LLC |
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
Monkey DESK
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
GorillaDesk
No in-app purchases
Monkey DESK
No in-app purchases
