Comparison

Max Drilling vs ROPE Solutions

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 1-second data streaming
  • Customizable data visualization
  • Time and depth views
  • Lagged channel tracing
  • Rig and well reports
  • Integrated chat
  • Collaborative notes
Features
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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.

About

ROPE Solutions

A 30-day leadership challenge offering daily, concise lessons, reflections, and actionable tasks. Designed for leaders in operational environments, it focuses on practical application and habit building. Track your progress, maintain your streak, and build stronger leadership skills.

Highlights
  • Daily leadership concepts
  • Personal reflection prompts
  • Actionable daily tasks
  • Progress tracking and streaks
  • Private journaling
  • Accountability partner summaries
  • Completion certificate
Features
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ROPE: The 30-Day Leadership Challenge Thirty days. One concept, one reflection, and one real action each day. No theory-heavy course, no filler weeks. Just daily practice for leaders who are actually leading, on the floor, on the shift, with real people relying on them. Built by ROPE Solutions for leaders in high-consequence, operational environments, the challenge moves through five weeks: - Self-Awareness: who you actually are as a leader, not who you think you are - Communication: what you say, what you don't, and what your team hears anyway - Accountability: the standard you hold yourself to and the one you hold others to - Team and Culture: what you're building and who you're building it with - Sustaining the Standard: making it stick after Day 30 Every day takes less than 10 minutes: - The Concept: a short, direct lesson - The Reflection: one honest question - The Application: one real thing to do today, not just think about The app tracks your streak, keeps a private journal of your reflections, and checks in on whether yesterday's application actually happened, not just whether you read the card. Built for real schedules. If you work rotating shifts or a hitch schedule, pause the challenge for as many days as you need. Your streak and progress pick up right where you left off. Bring someone with you. Add a real accountability partner who gets a short weekly summary of what you covered and can actually ask how it's going. Finish strong. Complete all 30 days and get a certificate you can share.

Screenshots

Max Drilling4 screens
ROPE Solutions4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ROPE Solutions at 5.0 against Max Drilling's 3.2. ROPE Solutions also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 63%). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ROPE Solutions holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 15 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Max Drilling's written reviews are positive against 100% of ROPE Solutions's.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Max Drilling versus ROPE Solutions: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMax DrillingROPE Solutions
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.2 (22 ratings)5.0 (15 ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings22 — better15
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size208 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNOV Inc.ROPE Solutions LLC

Customer experience

Max Drilling

All ratings22 ratings
Positive54.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative45.5%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive62.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative37.5%

ROPE Solutions

All ratings15 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Max Drilling

No in-app purchases

None

ROPE Solutions

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Max Drilling free?
Max Drilling is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ROPE Solutions free?
ROPE Solutions is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Max Drilling or ROPE Solutions?
ROPE Solutions is rated higher. Max Drilling averages 3.2 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while ROPE Solutions averages 5.0 from 15 ratings.
Do Max Drilling or ROPE Solutions have ads?
Neither Max Drilling nor ROPE Solutions shows ads.

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