Comparison

Onsite Pro vs magic5

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

Head to head
About

Onsite Pro

Manage job sheets, time tracking, quotes, and invoices for service businesses. Streamline operations for teams of any size, from solo traders to large workforces, with this integrated system.

Highlights
  • Job sheet management
  • Time tracking
  • Quotation creation
  • Invoice generation
  • Engineer tracking
  • Web-based management system
Features
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Struggling to keep track of your paperwork - your engineers' time sheets, your invoice and your quotes? Do your customers have a habit of loosing job sheets just when your about to settle up? Have you ever found yourself straining to decipher your colleagues' illegible handwriting, had the uneasy feeling that theres missing items not billed for that used on the last job appear to be missing from the list? Our innovative and full solution for any service, installations or repair business from 1 man bands to 500 strong staff - is available to you. Onsite Pro is an iPad application used in conjunction with our own web based iManage System which is a fantastically simple & a great looking Job Sheet, Time Management, Quotation, Invoicing System and Engineer Tracker which is perfect for literally any service based industry, wether it's a one man trader or 500 on site service engineers.

About

magic5

Features
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magic5 enables staff on the go to fill in job sheets on their phone or tablet, with items such as signatures, photos, drawings, diagrams, drop down lists, and check boxes. Track staff via GPS and ensure all aspects of the job sheet are entered with mandatory completion. Staff who are out and about can receive jobs sent from the office with high, medium and low priority status, as well as all of the specific job instructions. Once on site, the app user can fill in the job sheet, take photos, capture signatures, record travel times, and even price up materials and labour. When the job sheet is complete, it is sent back to the office for review, sign-off and further processing. Your customer can receive an invoice before staff have even left site! magic5 can link with Microsoft Office, Sage, Salesforce, ClicData, and many, many more systems - just ask!

Screenshots

Onsite Pro4 screens
magic54 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: magic5 at every 6 weeks against Onsite Pro's every 3 months. Onsite Pro's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Onsite Pro ships an update every 3 months, magic5 every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 6 level
Onsite Pro versus magic5: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOnsite Promagic5
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 6 weeks โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 โ€” better14.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size16 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJohn BryanCadence Computing Ltd

In-app purchases

None

Onsite Pro

No in-app purchases

None

magic5

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Onsite Pro free?
Onsite Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is magic5 free?
magic5 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Onsite Pro or magic5 have ads?
Neither Onsite Pro nor magic5 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Onsite Pro or magic5?
Onsite Pro ships an update every 3 months, and magic5 every 6 weeks. Most recently, Onsite Pro was updated on June 11, 2026 and magic5 on June 1, 2026.

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