Max Drilling vs Pason
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.
Pason
Access real-time drilling data for your active wells anytime, anywhere. Securely view well information, customize data displays, and manage memos for informed, time-sensitive decisions.
- Real-time drilling data access
- Secure data transmission
- Customizable data display
- Well memo viewing and sending
- 1-second data updates
- Drilled depth per well
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Pason Live delivers your real-time drilling data to you anytime, anywhere. It provides fast and secure data access enabling you to make time-sensitive decisions about your active wells when it matters most. - Secure access to your real-time data - Enhance your data view with the customizable display - View memos for more information about your well Use Pason Live to access your well information: - Access real-time well information securely via 1-second updates - Display a list of all your active wells with drilled depth for each well - Keep your well data secure with encrypted data transmission Customize your display to better view your data: - Zoom in and out on details of a graph - View data in boxes view - Customize the scale settings for your drilling parameters - Configure predefined templates to save and quickly access your preferred trace views - Choose units for your drilling parameters and define your trace colors View memos for more information about your well: - View a complete list of memos for a well - View memos in the trace view - Select and read individual memos - Send memos to the rig Pason, the Pason stylized logo and Live are trademarks of Pason Systems Corp.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pason at 4.6 against Max Drilling's 3.2. Pason also leads on review sentiment (82% vs 63%) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Pason holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 20 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Max Drilling's written reviews are positive against 82% of Pason's.
Max Drilling ships an update every 4 months, Pason every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Max Drilling | Pason |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (22 ratings) | 4.6 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews | 81.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 208 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NOV Inc. | Pason Systems Corp |
Customer experience
Max Drilling
Pason
In-app purchases
Max Drilling
No in-app purchases
Pason
No in-app purchases







