Gather Site Diary vs Rail
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Gather Site Diary
Streamline construction project management by capturing essential site data for productivity reporting and continuous improvement. Automate site reporting processes to ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget.
- Site data capture
- Productivity reporting
- Automated site reporting
- Shift record creation
- Speed up data collection
- Improve communication
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Gather is the site diary built for construction teams. Log a full shift in about five minutes on site, even offline, and give your commercial team a record they can actually use. WHAT YOU RECORD โข Shift times, access and possessions โข Labour, plant and materials against the programme โข Progress, delays and events as they happen โข GPS-tagged, timestamped photos โข Weather, captured automatically โข Hours allocation and deliveries BUILT FOR SITE, NOT THE OFFICE โข Works offline and syncs when you get signal โข Voice-to-text that works in gloves and rain โข A guided 8-step entry, so nothing gets missed โข Up to 64% of fields pre-filled from the programme WHY THE RECORD MATTERS Construction contracts set strict notice periods for changes and delays. Miss one and you can lose the right to be paid. Behind the app, Gather's QS AI Agent reviews every diary entry against your contract, flags likely claimable events and early warnings, and drafts the notice with the clause reference, so your commercial team sees it in time. FOR THE WHOLE TEAM โข Supervisors and foremen: a quick daily diary with no office trip โข Site and project managers: one consistent record across every shift โข QS and commercial teams: contemporaneous evidence for claims, valuations and disputes TRUSTED ON MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS โข 4,500+ daily users โข ยฃ25bn+ of project value managed โข Rated 4.8/5 from 82 reviews on Capterra โข ISO 27001, ISO 9001 and Cyber Essentials Plus Works with Procore, Autodesk Construction Cloud and Microsoft 365. Gather is used by contractor and client teams with a company account. To set it up on your project, book a demo at gatherinsights.com.
Rail
This app helps UK rail industry suppliers manage worker time and travel according to regulations. It allows administrators to plan shifts, track worker progress, and generate reports on hours worked and travel time. Workers receive shift notifications and log their time with tap-ins.
- Shift planning and rostering
- Rest period compliance checks
- Worker time tracking (tap-in/out)
- Real-time worker progress monitoring
- Exceedance alerts and remote risk assessment
- Preformatted reporting
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โข Rail-Time is the complete compliance solution for UK rail industry suppliers to manage their worker's time and travel in accordance with industry regulations. โข The system has been designed to allow admin users to plan and roster staff shifts ensuring they meet with all relevant rest periods and breaks required. โข It will also calculate the FRI scores for all planned shifts ensuring that every shift meets the required standards before being passed to the workers phone or tablet. The worker then receives notification that they have been rostered on to a shift. The worker is required to 'tap-in;' when they leave their place of rest, again when they reach the work location, when they leave the work location and finally, when they arrive at their place of rest. Each 'tap-in' is then recorded for audit and time-management purposes. The admin user is able to track in "rail-time" the workers progress through the planned shift. Where an exceedance of working hours is identified the system will notify the worker and the allocated Supervisor where a risk assessment can be carried out remotely to either approve or deny the exceedance. A series of preformatted reports are available for download by the Admin user ranging from total company worked hours, individuals worked hours and travel time for a given period and the hours worked against a specific project.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Rail at 100% against Gather Site Diary's 20%. Rail also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Gather Site Diary's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Gather Site Diary ships an update every 2 weeks, Rail every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gather Site Diary | Rail |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews โ better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks โ better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free โ better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gather Insights Limited | AgileAppCo. Ltd |
Customer experience
Gather Site Diary
Rail
In-app purchases
Gather Site Diary
No in-app purchases
Rail
No in-app purchases
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