DataCollect by SKF vs RigCLOUD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DataCollect by SKF
Transform your tablet into a powerful data collection tool for machine inspections. This app guides users to ensure accurate and consistent data capture, leveraging SKF's expertise and cloud storage for enhanced productivity and safety.
- Tablet as productivity tool
- Guided data collection
- Accurate and consistent data
- SKF cloud integration
- Machine inspection focus
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With DataCollect from SKF your tablet becomes your new productivity tool. The system combines the intuitiveness of an app. The power of SKF´s knowledge in data collection and machine inspections with the safety of SKF cloud. DataCollect from SKF is built to provide user guidance, resulting in more accurate and consistent data.
RigCLOUD
Access and analyze well data to make informed drilling decisions. Understand rig performance with daily reports and detailed operational insights. Review well annotations and remarks with high-resolution data visualization.
- Access active and historical well data
- Daily Performance Reports for rig performance
- Configurable scroll graph for operational insights
- High-resolution data visibility
- Access Toursheets and Daily Reporting
- Searchable well annotations and remarks
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Using the latest data management technology, RigCloud® empowers you to quickly, effectively and easily make informed drilling decisions. - Access to active and historical well data - Quickly understand rig performance using Daily Performance Reports - Drill down into your operation with the highly configurable scroll graph - Get maximum visibility with high-resolution data - Easily access Toursheets and Daily Reporting - Review well annotation with searchable, indexed Remarks
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: DataCollect by SKF at 5.0 against RigCLOUD's 4.4. DataCollect by SKF also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 14.0). RigCLOUD's advantage is ratings volume (30 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). 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.
DataCollect by SKF holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RigCLOUD has 30 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 25, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DataCollect by SKF | RigCLOUD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.4 (30 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 30 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SKF Sverige AB | NABORS DRILLING TECHNOLOGIES USA, INC. |
Customer experience
DataCollect by SKF
RigCLOUD
In-app purchases
DataCollect by SKF
No in-app purchases
RigCLOUD
No in-app purchases
