PowerDrive RSS vs RigCLOUD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PowerDrive RSS
This application provides smart, automated interpretation of drilling events, delivering real-time alerts directly to your mobile device. It offers robust insights for professionals in the field.
- Automated drilling event interpretation
- Real-time alerts
- Pocket-sized insights
- Robust interpretation
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smart automated interpretation of drilling events provides robust real-time alerts straight to your pocket.
RigCLOUD
Access and analyze well data to make informed drilling decisions. Understand rig performance with daily reports and detailed operational insights. Review well annotations and remarks with high-resolution data visualization.
- Access active and historical well data
- Daily Performance Reports for rig performance
- Configurable scroll graph for operational insights
- High-resolution data visibility
- Access Toursheets and Daily Reporting
- Searchable well annotations and remarks
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Using the latest data management technology, RigCloud® empowers you to quickly, effectively and easily make informed drilling decisions. - Access to active and historical well data - Quickly understand rig performance using Daily Performance Reports - Drill down into your operation with the highly configurable scroll graph - Get maximum visibility with high-resolution data - Easily access Toursheets and Daily Reporting - Review well annotation with searchable, indexed Remarks
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: RigCLOUD at 30 against PowerDrive RSS's 9. On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for PowerDrive RSS against 4.4 for RigCLOUD. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 30 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PowerDrive RSS | RigCLOUD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (9 ratings) — better | 4.4 (30 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 30 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Schlumberger Technology Corporation | NABORS DRILLING TECHNOLOGIES USA, INC. |
Customer experience
PowerDrive RSS
RigCLOUD
In-app purchases
PowerDrive RSS
No in-app purchases
RigCLOUD
No in-app purchases
