Max Drilling vs PowerDrive RSS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Max Drilling
Monitor drilling operations in real-time with instant access to active and historical well data. Visualize drilling parameters, view rig reports, and communicate securely with your team from anywhere.
- 1-second data streaming
- Customizable data visualization
- Time and depth views
- Lagged channel tracing
- Rig and well reports
- Integrated chat
- Collaborative notes
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The new Max Drilling mobile app (formerly WellData MobileRT) provides easy access to active and historical well data so you can monitor your drilling operations from wherever you are. With NOV’s edge infrastructure and M/D Totco instrumentation, your data flows securely from sensor to screen—no third parties involved—so you see it instantly, in real time, with one-second resolution. Key Features: • 1-second data streaming: View real-time drilling data on your mobile device with less than a second of lag between the rig site and your screen (excluding satellite latency). • Customizable visualization: Configure strip charts and traces with flexible options for units, scaling, and more. All tags and channels available in the RigSense Electronic Drilling Recorder (EDR) are accessible, including data from integrated applications like Drilling Beliefs & Analytics and 3rd-party survey data. • Time and depth views: Access both active and historical well data by time or depth for full operational visibility. • Lagged channel tracing: Monitor channels such as gamma ray, methane, propane, total gas, and total gas normalized. • Rig and well reports: View IADC Reports (toursheets), Drilling Contractor Morning Reports, and well information including Bit Records and BHA Summaries. • Integrated chat: Communicate instantly between the rig and other Max Drilling mobile users. • Collaborative notes: View all rig notes or add your own to the official EDR notes in the time-series data. • Secure and compliant: Built on SOC 1 Type II–audited processes and end-to-end SSL/TLS encryption for secure access from anywhere. • Rig locations: View your wells on a map for quick spatial awareness and access directions to the location. • (Coming Soon) Integrated chat: Communicate instantly between the rig and other Max Drilling mobile users. If you experience any difficulties installing or using Max Drilling, please contact the Help Desk at WellDataSupport@nov.com or 1-855-935-5328.
PowerDrive RSS
This application provides smart, automated interpretation of drilling events, delivering real-time alerts directly to your mobile device. It offers robust insights for professionals in the field.
- Automated drilling event interpretation
- Real-time alerts
- Pocket-sized insights
- Robust interpretation
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smart automated interpretation of drilling events provides robust real-time alerts straight to your pocket.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PowerDrive RSS at 4.4 against Max Drilling's 3.2. PowerDrive RSS also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 63%). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PowerDrive RSS holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Max Drilling's written reviews are positive against 75% of PowerDrive RSS's.
Max Drilling ships an update every 4 months, PowerDrive RSS every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Max Drilling | PowerDrive RSS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (22 ratings) | 4.4 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 208 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NOV Inc. | Schlumberger Technology Corporation |
Customer experience
Max Drilling
PowerDrive RSS
In-app purchases
Max Drilling
No in-app purchases
PowerDrive RSS
No in-app purchases
