Free iphone/Android App For Window Cleaners

The newest app for iphones now available...free!

The WCR App: iPhone- Now you can download & view all window cleaning related events, happenings & news right in your palm. The Window Cleaning Resource App' has arrived. If you need help on the job or just having a quiet moment with a cup of coffee if the weather turns for the worse, this is the app' for you. Having problems on the job, take a photo & ask forum members in real time what to do! Only available from the world's #1 Window Cleaning community forum!

Come join the biggest online resource for professional window cleaners! With the WCR App, you can access windowcleaningresource.com forums directly from your iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad.

- Send and receive PM's

- Access and post to the most recent discussions

- Read and post to blogs and articles

- View WCR profiles

- Customize your mobile account anywhere, anytime

Category: Social Networking, Released: Jul 15, 2011, Version: 1.1.2, Size: 7.1 MB

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Rated 4+

Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 3.1 or later.

Also the WCR app' for the android phone:

Allows application to take pictures and videos with the camera. This allows the application at any time to collect images the camera is seeing. The new Window Cleaning Resource app has been released! The app functions on Iphone, Android and the Black Berry. One touch shopping has never been easier, running low on rubber in the field? Within 2 clicks you can quickly order what you need! QR code below.

New Free iphone App' For Window Cleaners: Review

Another review of an iphone app' this time from Torben Østergaard in Denmark. I've been trying this one out for a few days, just to see how useful it could be. It comes under the name "Win-Service" & it's free. Here's the description..

"Win-Service" by "i-Toe Apps."

Win-Service turns your iPhone, iPod or iPad into a Windows Cleaner's handy pocket office. If you need to handle a professional deal in a hurry, then the program will enable you to give a qoute for window cleaning. You won't need an office lady or other administrative staff. You will be able to book your agreements into your calendar, so that you can plan followup, execution and invoicing. It has never been easier to become independent than this App has made it for you.

Here you get both a FREE fully functional version of the App and an up-to-date User Guide.

Features:

• Enter detailed quote/agreement information.
• Send quote/agreement to customer.
• Job/Task planning for a period of time with recurrency option.
• Job List, basically a booking/calendar list letting you know how often you have to do the job.
• Job List Sorting.
• Job List Filtering.
• Price Calculation.
• Custom Pricing, Cost Distribution and Tax settings.
• Custom Logo, take a picture or select photo from picture album.

Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 3.1 or later.



Pro's:

• It's free - what more do you want!
• Nice layout & great import of custom logo.
• Great app' on the go for sending a receipt immediately*
• Great for adding notes to the job.
• Good for on the go notes in general.
• Help menu in-application.

Con's:

• Doesn't integrate with calendar or phone lists.
• No computer integration.
• Not so sure about the pricing per window application.
• No option to import clients.
• Phone numbers in-application can't be rung.
• Sat-Nav integration (OK, but it's worth a try!)
• Do I really need to import all my contacts manually & then loose it all with an upgrade when it appears?

VERDICT: Go ahead & download. It's free! And if you're like me, then you like to have all your info close at hand, it can be useful. *I'm really impressed with the idea of making receipts & emailing straight away. Nice one. Probably a great app' for the smaller route/round window cleaner. To download this program direct to your iPhone, scan this QRcode barcode link. Don't have a barcode reader ? Click here.

Dangerous iphone App' For Window Cleaners

Since this application review has been released - the developer has worked tirelessly to correct the problems I've experienced on my iphone. The developer reports that in most cases this iphone application works.

Apple iphone applications are very far and few between for window cleaners. I thought I'd have a play around with this one, just to see how useful it could be. It comes under the name "Safety Ladder" & costs $1.99 or the equivalent (whatever country you're in). Here's the description..

Safety Ladder By iPear Ltd

Ladders are used day in, day out by decorators, builders, Window Cleaners, the list goes on.

However, more than 2.1 million individuals were treated in U.S. emergency departments for ladder-related injuries from 1990 through 2005, according to a study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

One way to improve ladder safety is to make sure the angle of the ladder is correct.

The correct angle for a ladder is 75 degrees, any slight difference, and the safety of the user could be at risk.

Simply by holding "Safety Ladder" against the ladder will assist you in finding the correct angle. As soon as 75 degrees is reached, the phone will vibrate, letting you know your ladder is at the recommended angle.

Why be concerned about ladder safety?

“Individuals using ladders are often not mindful of the severe risks associated with use,” said the study’s co-author Lara Trifiletti, PhD, MA, principal investigator in the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Columbus Children’s Hospital and an assistant professor at The Ohio State University College of Medicine.

“Increased public health initiatives that target men and women, especially of working age, could help reduce the number of ladder-related injuries.”

This is the first U.S. study to use national data to comprehensively examine nonfatal ladder-related injuries.

During the 16-year study period, the number of ladder-related injuries increased by more than 50 percent. Nearly 10 percent of injuries resulted in hospitalization or transfer to another hospital, approximately twice the admission rate of consumer product-related injuries overall, according to the research.

*Please note, the application relies on the accuracy of the device and iPear Ltd are not responsible for any inaccuracies of the angle.

Screenshots


Pro's;

• The disclaimer highlighted above.

Con's;

• Very slow to work with.
• Didn't work.
• No where near the angle stated on the phone when held against the ladder.
• The only way I could get anywhere near the 75 degrees on the screen was alter the angle of the iphone to around 25 degrees.
• $1.99! Not even worth the electric to view the product on the computer.
• No way to rate this product at this current time.
• A dangerous application - it might even cost an inexperienced ladder users life!

VERDICT: A big fat thumbs down.