alive5 vs Drying Log
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
alive5
This app streamlines customer communication for agents on the go. It allows for accepting live chat requests and responding to customers via SMS/text messaging, with improvements to real-time conversation loading and message sending functionality.
- Accept live chat requests
- Respond via SMS/Text Messaging
- Real-time conversation loading
- Improved message sending
- Simplified interface
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Introducing a brand new, simplified and minimized Alive5 mobile app. We’ve redesigned and rebuilt this to work better for Agents on the go who want to accept live chat requests and answer customers via SMS/Text Messaging. Many issues were resolved where the chat conversations would not load in real-time, and also some phone versions had issues accessing the textarea to send messages.
Drying Log
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Drying Log turns jobsite moisture readings into clear daily, final, and claim-ready PDF reports. Built for independent restoration professionals and small mitigation teams, it keeps moisture points, atmospheric conditions, equipment, and photo evidence connected to the same room and visit. Set your field defaults once, confirm today's values, and send the report before leaving the site. FIELD DOCUMENTATION • Organize active losses by client, address, claim, and room • Record pin, pinless, probe, or relative-scale moisture readings • Take a meter photo, use on-device OCR, and confirm one large reading field • Set dry targets and see target status immediately • Re-enter established measurement points in one fast daily screen • Photograph a room and place moisture points directly on the image • Record temperature and relative humidity with calculated dew point and GPP • Track air movers, dehumidifiers, scrubbers, heaters, and sensors by room • Keep jobsite photos and customer or technician signatures with the job REPORTS THAT ARE READY TO USE • Daily visit report for the latest inspection • Final drying report with room-by-room trend charts • Concise claim summary for adjuster review • Recipient-ready sending for the adjuster, client, or project manager • Photo evidence pages • Signed certification page with the captured signature and acknowledgement ESTIMATES, INVOICES & JOB FILES • Search every saved report, estimate, and invoice across all jobs • Create an estimate or invoice by talking, typing, or scanning a written scope • Turn recognized scope-photo text into concise work items with private on-device intelligence when available • See the generated draft in the conversation and find it instantly in Documents • Keep a scanned source image attached to the selected job for review • Create an editable mitigation estimate from documented area and equipment • Reuse saved labor, extraction, equipment, tax, markup, and payment defaults • Convert an approved estimate into an invoice without retyping line items • Track sent, approved, partially paid, paid, and void document status • Record payments and see the remaining invoice balance • Generate branded estimate and invoice PDFs and send them from the job BUILT FOR THE JOBSITE Drying Log works offline and syncs job records and photos through your private iCloud database so they are available on your iPhone and iPad. Meter-display OCR runs on device and can suggest a reading from a photo for you to confirm. There is no separate account setup, advertising, or analytics tracking, and job content is not sent to a developer-operated backend. Drying Log is a documentation tool. It does not measure moisture, certify a structure as dry, determine insurance coverage, or replace the judgment of a qualified restoration professional. Confirm every reading and calculation before relying on or sharing a report. DRYING LOG PRO Drying Log Pro Monthly is an auto-renewable one-month subscription. Eligible new subscribers receive a 3-day free trial, then the subscription renews for $14.99 per month in the United States unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Prices may vary by storefront and are shown by Apple before purchase. Payment is charged to the Apple Account at confirmation. Manage or cancel the subscription in App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://michealprescottbusiness-ui.github.io/drying-log-support/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: alive5 at none against Drying Log's 1. alive5 also leads on iOS requirement (12.4 vs 18.0). On price, ads and device support 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. Drying Log sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $14.99 per month. alive5 asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | alive5 | Drying Log |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (10 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alive5, Inc | Fluid Bloom Media LLC |
In-app purchases
alive5
No in-app purchases
Drying Log
- Drying Log Pro3 Days trial$14.991 Month







