LineGuide vs Iris Survey
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LineGuide
This app assists power companies in inspecting transmission lines, poles, and substations. Users can document findings with photos and access repair information, engineering documents, and driving directions. It streamlines the inspection workflow for field personnel.
- Inspect transmission lines, poles, and substations
- Capture photos of findings
- View necessary repairs
- Access engineering documents
- Utilize driving directions
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LineGuide is an application that helps power companies inspect their transmission lines. Inspectors may inspect lines, poles, and substations and take pictures to support their findings. Transmission Line Coordinators (TLCs), Contractors, and Linemen may view all necessary repairs from the Repair View. Workflow is supported with engineering documents attached to lines and Driving Directions. Here is a brief overview video. https://youtu.be/HxqUdgfT9fA IMPORTANT NOTICE: This application uses the mobile device location service.
Iris Survey
A fully customizable mobile tool for capturing property information in the field. It structures surveys to provide actionable intelligence through structured data entry, notes, and photo uploads from any mobile device.
- Fully customizable surveys
- Property information capture
- Actionable intelligence structuring
- Structured data entry
- Raw notes
- Photo uploads
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Fully customizable mobile survey tool. Iris is the only mobile tool your team needs to capture property information in the field. No set-up required, our experts work with you to structure your surveys to make sure you are getting actionable intelligence, not just raw data. The easy-to-use application allows structured data entry, raw notes, and photo uploads from any mobile device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Iris Survey at 5.0 against LineGuide's 4.6. Iris Survey also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.6). LineGuide's advantage is ratings volume (22 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Iris Survey holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LineGuide has 22 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
LineGuide ships an update every 5 weeks, Iris Survey every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LineGuide | Iris Survey |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (22 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FORTALEZA, L.L.C | OpportunitySpace, Inc |
Customer experience
LineGuide
Iris Survey
In-app purchases
LineGuide
No in-app purchases
Iris Survey
No in-app purchases
