I've been using the Mobi and Trendsource apps, along with a few others, since they first came out and tend to give high priority to scheduling those shops where I can use those apps because I love them so much. Even though I'm now considered a senior, I embrace new technology.
However, when Maritz announced their new app, I approached it with trepidation, not because it was new, but because it came from Maritz. I think most of you get my drift.
The app can be used on the bank shops and the yellow gas stations. I also used it on one pegusus station not knowing I wasn't supposed to. I was told after the fact that I would likely lose all my photos but it went through just fine.
Here are my thoughts. The banks are super easy on the app. It is wonderful to do the reports immediately and not have to deal with photo resizing, etc.
The yellow gas station shops take a little longer but to me it is well worth it not to have to go home after a long day on the road and have to deal with Maritz' antiquated way of reporting.
The down side to the app:
You cannot jump around the questions. The questions are in the exact same order as the online questionnaire and you have to input your answers and photos in exact order. Logical items are not necessarily grouped together.
For example, you cannot take the photo of the women's restroom until you have taken the photo of the men's restroom. So if there is a line for the men's room, you stop your shop until it is your turn.
Once you get to the women's restroom you cannot take the photo of your vest and manual. That comes at the end so you have to go back in there.
There are a number of instances where you are back and forth several times. It's even worse for the Pegusus shops where the app forces you to take the photos of the pumps in chronological order. You spend a lot of time waiting on customers to finish up.
The other two problems are that you cannot invoice from the app and you cannot send in corrections from the app.
If anyone has found workarounds or menus that I haven't found, please share.
Overall, I like the app. If they would at least give us the ability to jump around the questions like you can with Mobi and Trendsource, it would be an excellent app.
Also, if you hit the wrong button it may kick you out. If so, it will save your answers as long as you had an internet connection, but you will have to click through each question to get back to the same point.