Box Capture vs Highwire
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Box Capture
Capture documents, photos, videos, and audio recordings directly to the cloud. Save time with automatic scanning features and share securely with your team from anywhere. Keep your work and personal content separate and organized.
- Scan documents, photos, videos, and audio
- Save directly to the cloud
- Secure sharing with team
- Automatic edge detection and cropping
- Cloud storage to save phone space
- Organize content into folders
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Box Capture is a faster way to work with your team from anywhere: ・Snap document scans, photos, videos, or audio recordings ・Save directly to the cloud ・Share securely with anyone Reasons you'll love Capture: ・Save time scanning with automatic edge detection and cropping ・Take photos and videos without running out of space on your phone or tablet – everything is saved to the cloud ・Save your data plan – you can wait for a WiFi connection before uploading ・Separate your work and personal libraries – don't save to your local camera roll unless you want to ・Organize your content – select which folders to upload to, or we can do it automatically for you How a few of our customers are using Capture: ・Scanning receipts to an 'Expenses' folder ・Construction progress updates ・Retail store inspections ・Recording interviews ・Scanning medical documents for HIPAA-compliant storage
Highwire
This app helps field professionals conduct inspections and manage safety. It allows for real-time data collection, trend analysis, and risk reduction directly from a mobile device.
- Create custom inspection types and question lists
- Collect positive and negative inspection findings
- Integrate data with contractor risk assessment
- Add photos, videos, and audio to inspections
- Manage accountability programs with leaderboards
- Share inspection reports and findings
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The Highwire mobile app was developed by Certified Safety Professionals for field and equipment inspections. Easily collect inspection findings to generate real-time insights, trends, and alerts. Effortlessly manage safety, reduce risk, and avoid injuries directly from your device. Use the app to: - Create and configure inspection types, categories, and question lists. - Collect both positive and negative findings. - Integrate inspection data with contractor risk assessment scores - Add photos, videos, and audio files to inspections. - Manage accountability and recognition programs through interactive leaderboards. - Share inspection reports and findings with your team.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Highwire at 5.0 against Box Capture's 2.9. Box Capture's advantage is ratings volume (30 vs 3) and iOS requirement (13.2 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Highwire holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Box Capture has 30 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Box Capture ships an update every 2 months, Highwire monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Box Capture | Highwire |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (30 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 39.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.2 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Box, Inc. | Highwire, Inc. |
Customer experience
Box Capture
Highwire
Bugs and requests
Box Capture
Reported bugs
25 issues- App crashes after iOS 15 update
- App crashes when uploading photos
- App crashes when opening
- App freezes when opening
- App closes every time I try to open it
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- App crashes after iOS 14.0 update
- App crashes after iOS 14 update
- App crashes when selecting photo preview
- App won't start
- App crashes when pressing 'Get Started'
- App crashes when pressing 'Start'
- App doesn't work with iOS 14.4
- App doesn't work with iOS 14
- App doesn't work with iOS 15
- App doesn't open on iPhone XR
- App doesn't allow landscape mode
- App is slow and doesn't let you log in
- App frozen when opening
- App response to iPhone 7 headphone controls is buggy
- Login button, links or input fields are without any function
- App doesn't store photos
- App loses photos
- App doesn't back up photos to phone storage
- App only takes vertical photos
- App crashes when trying to start
Requested features
20 requests- Add compression for smaller file sizes
- Add flash/light option for scan tool
- Add panorama photo option
- Add ability to take photos using volume buttons
- Add JPEG save option for documents
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- Add black and white scanning option
- Add loupe for corner adjustment
- Add support for newer iPhone models
- Add modern design for photo selection
- Add panoramic functionality
- Add OCR functionality to document scanning
- Add manual focus option
- Add option to pick photo resolutions (lower)
- Add pencil-type sketch tool to markup images
- Add searchable metadata with GPS coordinates
- Add ability to open Box app from Capture app
- Add ability to email from Capture
- Add landscape mode support
- Add JPG option for document scanning
- Add document touch-up feature
Highwire
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Box Capture
No in-app purchases
Highwire
No in-app purchases







