API PRO Offline vs DataCollect by SKF
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
API PRO Offline
Manage and track maintenance work orders offline. Create, start, stop, and complete tasks, adding details like time spent, spare parts, and photos. Access documents and inspection activities even without an internet connection.
- Offline work order management
- Create, start, stop, and finish work orders
- Add time spent, spares, and error details
- Attach photos for documentation
- Access documents and work instructions offline
- Scan maintenance objects to filter work orders
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API PRO Job monitor offline. The API PRO Job Monitor is a tool to survey and handle work orders in a maintenance organization. The Job monitor is designed to be able to filter/show work orders for a plant, department or for one person. Work orders can be created, started, stopped and marked as finished. Information about time spent, used spares, errors and more can be added to the job descriptions. Pictures/Photos from the iPhone can be added to a work order as additional work order error documentation. The App have support for offline work orders – so work can be done – even in areas with no online connection available. Work orders now includes started inspection activities when the inspection activities is related/controlled by a work order. When offline due and started inspection can be started together with start of the work order. Stock removal can now be done based on stock control data. Document attched to maintenance object and work instruction can now be accessed. The document can be downloaded and used offline. Scan button in job monitor will now filter and show work orders related to the scanned maintenance object. In order to work a live connection to a running API PRO EAM/CMMS system is required.
DataCollect by SKF
Transform your tablet into a powerful data collection tool for machine inspections. This app guides users to ensure accurate and consistent data capture, leveraging SKF's expertise and cloud storage for enhanced productivity and safety.
- Tablet as productivity tool
- Guided data collection
- Accurate and consistent data
- SKF cloud integration
- Machine inspection focus
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With DataCollect from SKF your tablet becomes your new productivity tool. The system combines the intuitiveness of an app. The power of SKF´s knowledge in data collection and machine inspections with the safety of SKF cloud. DataCollect from SKF is built to provide user guidance, resulting in more accurate and consistent data.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: API PRO Offline at 3 against DataCollect by SKF's 1. API PRO Offline also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 10.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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 — 5.0 for API PRO Offline against 5.0 for DataCollect by SKF. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 24, 2026 and June 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | API PRO Offline | DataCollect by SKF |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 10.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | API Maintenance Systems A/S | SKF Sverige AB |
Customer experience
API PRO Offline
DataCollect by SKF
In-app purchases
API PRO Offline
No in-app purchases
DataCollect by SKF
No in-app purchases
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