vSite AR vs ArcGIS IPS Setup
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
vSite AR
This app provides real-time visibility into subsurface infrastructure projects, simplifying documentation and tracking with AI and AR tools. It helps teams manage progress, quantities, and profitability, reducing errors and delays.
- Real-time project visibility
- AR visualization of drawings and data
- 3D capture of test pits and as-builts
- Automated production and cost tracking
- AI-powered QA/QC and alerts
- Seamless collaboration across teams
- Integration with leading construction platforms
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Construction Management for Subsurface Infrastructure Real-time visibility into progress, quantities, and profitability. vSite simplifies and de-risks underground utility work by making it easy to understand, document, and track projects in the field. On the back end, it delivers real-time insights—powered by AI, AR, and phone-based 3D capture—to keep quantities, costs, and updates accurate and current. What teams can do with vSite: - Get instant answers in the field — open the latest drawings and utility data, visualize with AR, and capture 3D test pits/as-builts in minutes. - Track production & costs automatically — reconcile utilization, quantities, and spend against estimates without spreadsheets. - Stay on schedule with fewer errors — AI-powered QA/QC, tolerance checks, and alerts reduce rework and delays. - Collaborate seamlessly — owners, engineers, locators, and contractors work from the same source of truth via web and mobile. A single easy-to-use toolbox: Stop juggling scanning apps, data collectors, BIM viewers, time sheets, and CSV exports. vSite unifies them into a single, intuitive platform that integrates with Autodesk Construction Cloud, Bentley iTwin, Esri ArcGIS, and other leading systems, simplifying your stack and boosting efficiency. AI-Powered efficiency, AR-grade precision: vSite’s AI automates manual documentation and performs real-time quality checks, while construction-grade AR guides field operations with trench-ready accuracy. Used on hundreds of utility projects, vSite helps teams track progress, ensure quality, reduce line-strike risk, and prevent delays, so jobs finish on time and on budget.Take your infrastructure projects to the next level with vSite AR. Download today!
ArcGIS IPS Setup
This app helps you survey indoor spaces to enable precise indoor positioning using Bluetooth beacons. It allows for the visualization of floor plans, testing of positioning systems, and the collection of reference data for accurate blue dot navigation indoors.
- Record radio signals for indoor positioning
- Visualize floor plans
- Test and experience indoor positioning
- Collect indoor positioning reference data
- Plan and execute radio signal surveys
- Sketch and execute survey recordings
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ArcGIS IPS Setup for iOS provides you with the necessary tools to take recordings of radio signals inside the facility you would like to equip with an indoor positioning system powered by ArcGIS IPS. Once you have your Bluetooth Low Energy Beacon infrastructure in place, use ArcGIS IPS Setup to survey your indoor spaces to enable the blue dot indoors. IPS Setup includes the following components: · Map list: View map details, set favorites, open maps, and access the recordings menu · Map mode: Visualize floor plans, test and experience indoor positioning in a facility and access Survey to collect indoor positioning reference data · Survey mode: Plan and execute a radio signal survey. Sketching and executing the radio survey recordings allow data collection and maintenance workflows.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ArcGIS IPS Setup at 100% against vSite AR's 33%. ArcGIS IPS Setup also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4). vSite AR's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). 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.
ArcGIS IPS Setup holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: vSite AR has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of vSite AR's written reviews are positive against 100% of ArcGIS IPS Setup's.
vSite AR ships an update every 11 days, ArcGIS IPS Setup every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | vSite AR | ArcGIS IPS Setup |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 185 MB | 106 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | vGIS Inc. | ESRI |
Customer experience
vSite AR
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In-app purchases
vSite AR
No in-app purchases
ArcGIS IPS Setup
No in-app purchases
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