Environmental Reports vs SWPPP
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Environmental Reports
Streamline environmental inspections by digitizing data collection. Record GPS locations, photos, and audio notes to create defensible records. Archive and manage your critical environmental, health, and safety data efficiently.
- Digital data collection
- GPS location recording
- Photo and audio notes
- Real-time data sharing
- Data archiving and retrieval
- Environmental, health, and safety management
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Eliminate paperwork and boost the efficiency of your environmental inspections. The EnvironmentalReports (ER) App is a companion to the subscription based service. The ER App makes it easy for you to collect environmental, health, and safety data electronically in order to send it to your office or partners in real time. The ER App makes your inspection/survey records more defensible by allowing you to record GPS location, take photos, and create audio notes while out on the job. With an EnvironmentalReports account you can archive your data for use later on. You can retrieve archived data, use them for reference or update them with new findings. EnvironmentalReports simplifies the complexities of collecting, storing, organizing, and managing critical environmental, health, and safety data.
SWPPP
Streamline stormwater pollution prevention inspections with advanced analytics for compliance and transparency. Create custom plans, conduct site inspections, and generate reports with photos and notes, all accessible from any mobile device. The app works offline and allows for voice dictation.
- Customizable plan development checklists
- Mobile inspection and corrective action forms
- Digital signatures and unlimited photo uploads
- Voice dictation for notes
- Offline functionality
- Cloud-based file storage and access
- Customizable reports with company branding
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SWPPP was designed to sharply reduce the administrative cost of managing stormwater pollution inspections and tracked advanced analytics to ensure compliance and transparency throughout the organization. Plan development guides you through a list of best practice questions within specific categories. These checklists can be augmented with each company’s questions. Questions can be assigned to various parties (both internal and external to the organization) and can be tailored for each project. Mobile forms have forms for SWPPP Site Inspections and Corrective Action Summaries. These forms have never been easier to fill out with calendars for dates, clocks for tracking time, nested options (if answer = “x” then answer the following questions), digital signatures from your device, unlimited photos and more. It also provides a way to capture notes using voice dictation from the mobile device The RTRS Cloud allows companies to “drag and drop files” into the cloud and view them from any mobile device. And, the app works offline! Features and Benefits: -Mobile application based with back end website administration and analytics -SWPPP Site Inspection and Corrective Actions Forms -Innovative Lessons Learned program -SWPPP news broadcast to the app (companies can even broadcast out their own news!) -Reports are effortlessly created with photos, notes, party observed and severity level -Customize reports and website with your own company logo -Most companies are up and running in about an hour
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: SWPPP at every 3 weeks against Environmental Reports's every 3 months. Environmental Reports's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Environmental Reports against 5.0 for SWPPP. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
Environmental Reports ships an update every 3 months, SWPPP every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 4, 2026.
| Parameter | Environmental Reports | SWPPP |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ERBLUE, INC. | Real Time Risk Solutions, LLC |
Customer experience
Environmental Reports
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In-app purchases
Environmental Reports
No in-app purchases
SWPPP
No in-app purchases
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