Field Nation vs Gatekeeper Digital Toolkit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Field Nation
Connect with on-site IT jobs matching your skills. Manage your work, communicate with clients, and get paid weekly through direct deposit or PayPal. Focus on your technical expertise while administrative tasks are handled.
- Find on-site IT jobs
- Real-time updates
- Message clients
- Scan packages
- Collect signatures
- Track payments
- Weekly direct deposit
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Find on-site IT work that matches your skills. Tackle jobs with an iOS app designed for technicians. Get paid without the hassle of invoices. Leave the administrative work to us. Find work that fits your experience with the all-in-one solution for connecting businesses with skilled IT technicians like you. With 20,000+ work orders each week across the US and Canada, Field Nation gives you the flexibility to work anytime, anywhere. The Field Nation mobile app was designed with technicians in mind. You can share updates in real-time, upload photos, message clients, scan packages, collect signatures, track payments, and much more. To get started, highlight your skills on our marketplace by creating a profile that shows off your qualifications, skillsets, work history, and equipment. Then, quickly search for the types of jobs that best fit your experience, pay rate requirements, and location. Finally, request the work assignments you want. Why do thousands of technicians love Field Nation? * Get paid without the hassle of invoices: Technicians receive payment for the final work order after approval, less a 10% fee. Get paid weekly via direct deposit or PayPal, or get paid right away for an additional fee. You choose what works best for you, and we make it happen. * Leave the administrative work to us: No more invoicing, project management, or tax paperwork headaches. Receive one 1099 tax document directly from Field Nation each year. * Get support from our team of experts 24/7/365: We know problems don’t always happen between 9 am and 5 pm. That’s why our support team is available around-the-clock. Submit a ticket online or speak to a live person over-the-phone. 97% of customer service tickets are resolved within 2 hours. Most common types of work available on Field Nation: Networking, point of sale, telecom/VOIP, desktop/laptop, low-voltage cabling, audio visual (AV), alarm & security, kiosk, printer, server, ATM, and electrical. Who should download this app: Anyone living in the US or Canada with IT skills who’s interested in completing on-site work.
Gatekeeper Digital Toolkit
This app provides technicians with instant access to critical information, including manuals, guides, and training materials. It also offers powerful communication tools for real-time collaboration, file sharing, and support requests, streamlining on-the-job tasks and enhancing customer service.
- Access manuals and training materials
- Live chat with image annotations
- Video communication with recording
- File and document sharing
- Guided step-by-step work instructions
- Onsite job audits and QC
- Product guides by category
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This application enables technicians to access manuals, reference guides and training materials to create ease of access to critical information. It provides powerful communication tools to contact other technicians and technical support while onsite. Live chat with one or a group with image annotations, image download and recorded conversations. File and document sharing – Video, audio, PDF’s, images, and interactive work instructions can be easily shared and accessed – no need for your field service technicians to switch between various applications. Saving time and frustration. Everything you need at your fingertips and in real time. The application provides the platform to enhance the on-the-job experience and provide excellent customer service, reduce return trips, and get and deliver information in real time. The features include, but are not limited to: Communication Tools: - Conversations with Digital Image Annotations will provide the ability for field teams to remotely access and obtain guidance through issues. Images can be annotated to provide the best placement of devices, loop layout, and much more. - Video Communication will provide real-time ability to “see what they see”. - Multi-party, scheduling, recording, and playback of sessions are all included in Atheer. User can annotate on both live video and still images. - Request Support Form for Technical Services. Simplifies obtaining technical services support when assistance is required. Guided Work Instructions and Documentation Tools with sophisticated step by step guides: - Job check-in and check-out. To ensure everything needed to successfully start work is available with instant communication to get assistance. - Onsite Job Audits and QC’s. To audit the installations while techs are still onsite to make corrections, reducing/eliminating return trips caused by installation errors, and/or workmanship. Also, opportunities for training and performance improvement real time. - Auto Accident. A Clear process to follow, ease of collection and reporting information back to the appropriate parties. - On-the-Job Injury/Incident Employee Statement. Easy access to forms and reporting instantly. - Safety and PPE. Allows collection of audits in the app and consolidation of results for reporting to ensure safety is the first priority. - Vehicle Inspection. Easy access to forms and process - Product Guides by category. Product information with photos, manuals, and quick reference guides to provide all the information needed for the technician to complete the job without waiting. Ease of access and search tools to navigate and access topics. - How To’s for using the application. Users can find self-help within the in the application versus requiring support from others to use the application, find job boards and submit requests. - Secure chat and group messaging – Allow your teams to seamlessly collaborate with peers and in-house experts to get the assistance you need while in the flow of work. Enhancements will continually be added, and revisions made to the application to remain cutting edge in the field services space.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Gatekeeper Digital Toolkit at 5.0 against Field Nation's 4.3. Gatekeeper Digital Toolkit also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and device support (3 vs 1). Field Nation's advantage is ratings volume (3K vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Gatekeeper Digital Toolkit holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Field Nation has 3K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Field Nation ships an update fortnightly, Gatekeeper Digital Toolkit monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Field Nation | Gatekeeper Digital Toolkit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (3K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 139 MB | 189 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Field Nation, LLC | Gatekeeper Systems Inc |
Customer experience
Field Nation
Gatekeeper Digital Toolkit
In-app purchases
Field Nation
No in-app purchases
Gatekeeper Digital Toolkit
No in-app purchases
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