ZOLEO vs Chatwork

Great app and product. App has a few minor bugs but overall is pretty stable. One thing I am struggling with is notifications coming through when people send me messages. Message notifications often don't show on the android notifications bar but appear in the app after opening. This requires opening the app often and has led to a few missed/late messages. Running s20fe android 12.

- Chris Miller

App will not load on Galaxy S10. Get to phone # verification screen then it crashes. Tried everything, including 1+hr with tech support, who was great, but couldn't fix it. Works on my old iPhone, so I carried that + S10 on a solo backpack trip recently. Found out mid trip that the iPhone no longer holds a charge. So I had extra weight, 2 phones, and still no way to message from the field. Check-in worked from device, but Zoleo's big selling point is msg ability. Zoleo needs to fix this!

- Pat Ortmeyer

In general it works great. I can send texts to my wife when in nature. She can also see where I am, and I can send SOS in case something goes wrong (not used fortunately). Recently it turned off for no reason. It had enough charge and turning on and off is hard because it is a small button and you have to press for a few seconds, so it is weird that it was suddenly turned off, and dangerous when you suddenly need it in case of emergency. They want user's feedback. I said I want to download my tracks so I can check it out on Google Maps. This is easy to program for them. They were very unresponsive to this idea. I could do this with my SPOT communicator 10 years ago already.

- Vincent van Rooijen

We have all sorts of way to communicate available to us these days. But usually, when working with clients (I run a content-production company), I used to use email. It was easy to get to. It created a good record of conversations. It was easy to search. But... it... is... so... slow. I found out about Chatwork and started using it with one of my clients, and the entire nature of our communication changed. I guess I'd put it this way: email is a form of communication: Chatwork is a conversation. It's like texting, but you can do it from your desktop too. It does everything that email does (easy to use, get to, archive, search, etc). It just turns communication into conversation which, I think, helps me build stronger relationships with my clients. And for a freelancer, building those relationships is the key to creating long-term customers. I think email still has a place. I still use it. I just use it much less.

- Hobart S.

First of all it's easy to install for Desktop and Mobile, even the web platform it's very easy to use if you are in an agile team you'll understand why this is an effective messaging system. I like the "My Chat" which you can send personal/private conversation for yourself, I mean if you have to remind yourself for some links to test or links for some tutorials. And my favorite function that Chatwork have is the Search bar, because whenever I need to find some credentials regarding our on going projects I just have to type a keyword regarding the topic/credentials I need to find.

- Aaron Emmanuel G.

Chatwork is fun and easy to use! One obvious advantage of chatwork is that you are released from daily stressful communication using e-mail. E-mail communication is already jurassic work style.

- Akinori U.