Hoist vs SiteConnect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hoist
Easily track your tools and assets with cloud backup. Record lending details, due dates, and store extensive information like photos and receipts. Manage your equipment history and condition efficiently.
- Fast asset registration
- Add tools in seconds
- Upload photos and receipts
- Quick lending function
- Due dates for loaned tools
- Full asset history tracking
- Secure online backup
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Hoist is the free and easy way to keep a record of your tools and other assets, all backed up securely in the cloud. Lend tools easily and keep a record of when tools are due back. With Hoist you will always know who is borrowing what, and when it is due back. Hoist is flexible, so you can store as much or as little information as you like about your tools . Everything from purchase dates, serial numbers, photos, receipts, and pictures of your equipment - we store it all. Features * Fast & Easy Asset Register * Add Tools in Seconds * Upload Photos, Receipts, and More! * Quick Lending Function * Due Dates on Tools Loaned Out * Full Asset History Tracking * Condition Register * Free & Secure Online Backup * Team Support
SiteConnect
This app enhances site safety and contractor management. It offers digital tools for inductions, hazard reporting, incident logging, and emergency planning. Features include GPS and QR code integration for relevant site information delivery.
- Contractor compliance inductions
- Hazard and incident reporting
- Task and site audit management
- Emergency response planning
- GPS and QR code integration
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SiteConnect is a health & safety and contractor tracking technology. It includes site inductions for contractor compliance, hazard register, incident register, task analysis register, hazardous products register and an emergency response plan register. New features include tasks, contractor pre-qualifications and site audits. The app uses GPS capabilities and QR code scanning technologies to provide contractors with relevant site inductions and site hazard information.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hoist at 70% against SiteConnect's 50%. 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.
Hoist ships an update every 6 weeks, SiteConnect monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hoist | SiteConnect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hoist Limited | SiteSoft New Zealand Ltd |
Customer experience
Hoist
SiteConnect
In-app purchases
Hoist
No in-app purchases
SiteConnect
No in-app purchases
