IR Mobile vs Cat® Inspect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
IR Mobile
This business application helps rental companies manage their divisions more effectively. It focuses on reducing costs, improving reliability, and maximizing asset returns through integrated technology and best business practices.
- Rental division management
- Cost reduction
- Improved reliability and availability
- Maximized return on assets
- Enforces best business practices
- Data aggregation for KPIs
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Integrated Rental Systems was founded by the leading rental and software experts who created and implemented rental specific solutions at RSC, United Rentals, and Hertz Equipment. iRental was designed and built in order to take full advantage of the quantum leaps in software, architecture and technological development that have occurred in recent years. iRental is committed to providing solutions and technology infrastructure that enables dealers to better manage their rental divisions, reduce costs, improve reliability and availability, and maximize return on assets. The Integrated Rental Mobile App works in conjunction with the web application to enable rental specific processes and controls resulting in increased revenue, utilization, and profitability. iRental specifically enforces best business practices at every level of business operations and aggregates and organizes data around key performance indicators in order to achieve maximum efficiency across the entire organization.
Cat® Inspect
Streamline asset inspections with pre-defined checklists and custom forms. Capture photos, add comments, and rate equipment. Access completed inspection data via a web portal for efficient follow-up and management.
- Download pre-defined inspection tasks
- Complete inspection forms
- Include pictures and comments
- Rate Cat and non-Cat assets
- Streamlined web portal access
- Create custom inspection forms
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Cat® Inspect is an easy-to-use application which allows users to download and complete pre-defined inspection tasks, as well as include pictures, comments, and ratings for Cat and non-Cat assets. Completed inspection details are easily retrieved from the streamlined web portal for follow up and opportunity management. Inspection forms include Preventive Maintenance checklists, Technical Analysis Forms (TA-1), Daily Safety Walkarounds and more. With the ability to create custom forms, inspection types are limitless. Please contact your local Cat dealer for initial set up and support.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: IR Mobile at 3.9 against Cat® Inspect's 2.3. IR Mobile also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (10.1 vs 13.0). Cat® Inspect's advantage is review sentiment (15% vs 0%). 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.
IR Mobile holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 21 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of IR Mobile's written reviews are positive against 15% of Cat® Inspect's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
IR Mobile ships an update every 3 weeks, Cat® Inspect every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | IR Mobile | Cat® Inspect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (15 ratings) — better | 2.3 (21 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 15.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 | 21 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.1 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 175 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Integrated Rental Systems, Inc. | Caterpillar Inc. |
Customer experience
IR Mobile
Cat® Inspect
In-app purchases
IR Mobile
No in-app purchases
Cat® Inspect
No in-app purchases
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