Comparison

Material Now vs InEight Document

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Material Now

This app helps contractors manage concrete and bulk material deliveries, track job site performance, and monitor project status in real time. Field crews can monitor truck movements and communicate with suppliers, while managers can oversee project progress, place orders, and review financials from any device.

Highlights
  • Real-time delivery tracking
  • Job site performance monitoring
  • Project status updates
  • Truck tracking
  • Messaging with suppliers
  • Financial overview
Features
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Material Now lets contractors track concrete and bulk material deliveries, job site performance, and project status in real time. If you have a smart phone or tablet, you’ll have the updates you need to make informed decisions. Crews in the field can track trucks, exchange messages with materials suppliers, get alerts and avoid problems. Managers can follow project and crew performance, request new orders and check financials – all from a mobile device or online.

About

InEight Document

This construction industry app offers centralized document control and enhanced team collaboration. It provides field teams with intuitive mobile access to project information, enabling them to view, mark up, and link documents and other project items directly to drawings.

Highlights
  • Centralized document repository
  • Project team collaboration
  • Mobile document viewing and markup
  • Link items to drawings
  • Form and email review
  • Improved interface
Features
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InEight’s document control software is designed for the construction industry, by construction professionals. InEight Document provides project-centric organisations with information visibility and better project team collaboration featuring intuitive mobile applications designed for the way field teams complete work. With all your project documentation is stored in a centralised repository, your project team members can find accurate information to make informed project decisions. Our new mobile application offers an improved interface for simplified document navigation and viewing. View and markup your documents in the field and review those markups back in the office. Pin and link exisiting or new items (RFI's, photos, documents, etc) directly to your drawings. Review and respond to forms and email, all from your mobile device.

Screenshots

Material Now4 screens
InEight Document4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Material Now at 3.6 against InEight Document's 2.7. InEight Document's advantage is review sentiment (22% vs 0%) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.6). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Material Now holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 9 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Material Now's written reviews are positive against 22% of InEight Document's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Material Now ships an update fortnightly, InEight Document monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Material Now versus InEight Document: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMaterial NowInEight Document
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (9 ratings) — better2.7 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews22.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings99
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB183 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBCMI CorporationInEight Inc.

Customer experience

Material Now

All ratings9 ratings
Positive55.6%
Neutral11.1%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative50.0%

InEight Document

All ratings9 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral11.1%
Negative55.6%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive22.2%
Neutral11.1%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

None

Material Now

No in-app purchases

None

InEight Document

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Material Now free?
Material Now is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is InEight Document free?
InEight Document is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Material Now or InEight Document?
Material Now is rated higher. Material Now averages 3.6 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while InEight Document averages 2.7 from 9 ratings.
Do Material Now or InEight Document have ads?
Neither Material Now nor InEight Document shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Material Now or InEight Document?
Material Now ships an update fortnightly, and InEight Document monthly. Most recently, Material Now was updated on October 4, 2026 and InEight Document on October 12, 2026.

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