Comparison

MessageBox vs Sky Jana Purchasing

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

Head to head
About

MessageBox

This app helps service businesses manage jobs and communicate with staff. It offers features like private and group chat, job scheduling, and real-time dashboards for supervisors and support staff. Location tracking and overdue notifications are also included.

Highlights
  • Private & Group Chat
  • Scheduled Jobs & Appointments
  • Due Jobs Management
  • Supervisor Dashboards
  • Staff Location Tracking
  • Job Collaboration
  • Overdue Notifications
Features
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MessageBox LITE is a frill free app that is priced to deliver the maximum value at the minimum price. It does not have some 1000 features but has all the ones which meet your core requirements. So, if you are running a service business, be it a Hotel, Field Service Management or any other small business and you are interested in getting something that gets your job done without investing a lot on monthly subscriptions, MessageBox LITE is your solution. Using the app: To use the MessageBox LITE app, your business should have a MessageBox account and you must be an authorized user of that account. Little to no training required. Check the Help Section in case of any clarifications. Core Features of MessageBox LITE: 1. Private & Group Chat 2. Scheduled Jobs or Appointments - Create on the mobile or the desktop - View scheduled jobs on a calendar - Scheduled Jobs become Due Jobs at the Scheduled Time and Date 3. Due Jobs Management - - Create Due Jobs - Assign Jobs - Accept Jobs - Complete Jobs - Close Jobs - Update Jobs - Reroute Jobs 4. Supervisor real time dashboards 5. Support Staff real time dashboards 6. Location tracking of staff 7. Collaborate on every job – Every job is a group chat. 8. Overdue Notifications. That’s it…just the bare necessities. MessageBox Premium has enhanced features for hotels & facility management companies like Service Standards, Escalations, Checklists, Snagging and the Engineering module.

About

Sky Jana Purchasing

Features
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Sky Jana Materials Management system is a comprehensive specialized web-based cloud-ready system that is designed to operate on property, cluster and corporate levels. Jana controls all aspects of food items, beverage items, and rest of materials in the complex environment of hotels and restaurants. Jana covers in great depth and details all areas related to material movements and control including paperless purchase order cycle, receiving of goods, requisitions, transfers, property-to-property relocation of goods, perpetual inventory and spot checks, cost control, cost of sales and consumption analysis, recipe management, menu design and back office financial interface. Jana is fully open to the outside environment through multiple interfaces to Point of Sale and back office systems.

Screenshots

MessageBox4 screens
Sky Jana Purchasing4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: MessageBox at weekly against Sky Jana Purchasing's every 5 months. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MessageBox ships an update weekly, Sky Jana Purchasing every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
MessageBox versus Sky Jana Purchasing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMessageBoxSky Jana Purchasing
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size154 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGetmymessage FZ-LLCSky Software

In-app purchases

None

MessageBox

No in-app purchases

None

Sky Jana Purchasing

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MessageBox free?
MessageBox is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sky Jana Purchasing free?
Sky Jana Purchasing is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MessageBox or Sky Jana Purchasing have ads?
Neither MessageBox nor Sky Jana Purchasing shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MessageBox or Sky Jana Purchasing?
MessageBox ships an update weekly, and Sky Jana Purchasing every 5 months. Most recently, MessageBox was updated on October 20, 2026 and Sky Jana Purchasing on October 10, 2026.

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