The connection fails
If the internet doesn't reach the workshop properly, Gestión Taller keeps the work moving.
01Comparison
The difference isn't the screens, it's where the records live.
In short
A local Android app like Gestión Taller fits when simplicity and working without internet come first. Web software like MecánicOS fits when the same work has to be shared between several users and devices, and reached from off site.
Who it's for
For anyone deciding between installing an app on Android and working through a browser, who wants to know what each one means in practice.
The real problem
Both can handle customers, vehicles, repairs and documents. A similar feature list hides what actually changes: whether you depend on the connection, whether you share the work, how many devices you use, and whether you need to open it from off site.
What decides it
It depends on how you work, not on a feature list
Does it have to work with no internet? Do several of you need to work on the same records at once? Do you get in from one Android device or from several? Do you need access from off site? The answers give a recommendation you can explain.
Android and local, or web and shared
Gestión Taller
Android app
The decision
MecánicOS
Web software
- Platform
- Android app
- Web: PC, phone and tablet
- Connection
- Works with no internet
- Needs internet
- Access
- Android and web on the same WiFi
- From outside the workshop and several devices
- Working
- Local, one person or several
- Shared, several users at the same time
What the two models share
- 01Customers, vehicles and repairs
- 02Job orders and paperwork
- 03Quotes, invoices and history
- 04Photos and signatures within the job
The answer can be to compare
If you need to work without internet and, at the same time, have several people open it from off site, there is no option without a trade-off. Better to decide which condition is compulsory and which is desirable than to force a winner.
Three common situations
Front desk, office and workshop
If several people need the same order at once, that's what MecánicOS solves.
You need both
If you need to work with no internet and open it from off site, sort your priorities before choosing.
Before you decide
01Can an Android app be used from a PC?
Gestión Taller offers PC access through a browser when the devices are on the same WiFi. It is not a way to open it from off site.
02Does web software work without internet?
MecánicOS is web software and needs a connection. For working without internet, the option is Gestión Taller.
03Which is better for several mechanics?
If they need the same records at once, MecánicOS: it has users, roles, assigned mechanics and access from different devices.