Comparison

Filio vs ASHI Helpdesk

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Filio

This app revolutionizes construction documentation by capturing geotagged photos, videos, and scans directly on plans or maps. It uses AI to organize and make jobsite records searchable, streamlining progress tracking, inspections, and reporting for field teams.

Highlights
  • Geotagged photo and video capture
  • Document on plan sheets and maps
  • AI-powered search and organization
  • Offline-friendly capture and sync
  • Professional PDF and Word reports
  • Team and project management
Features
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Filio is an AI-powered construction photo documentation and field reporting platform for contractors, inspectors, and engineering teams. Capture geotagged photos, videos, scans, annotations, measured visuals, and 360 media on plan sheets, blueprints, or maps, then turn them into searchable, report-ready jobsite records. Filio preserves the field context that matters, including GPS location, date and time, bearing, elevation, weather, and captured-by details. Use Filio for progress tracking, inspections, QA/QC, closeouts, punch lists, engineering observations, and evidence packages. AI captions, AI labels, tags, and custom fields make project media easier to organize, search, and retrieve when it matters most. With Filio, teams can: - Capture jobsite media in the mobile Field Data Collector app - Document directly on plan sheets and map views - Keep records searchable with AI captions, AI labels, tags, and metadata - Review projects by media library, map, plan sheet, and timeline - Manage teams, projects, groups, offices, stakeholders, and permissions in the Web Console - Generate professional PDF and Word reports with repeatable templates Built for real field workflows, Filio supports offline-friendly capture and reliable sync so teams can keep working even when connectivity is limited. Replace scattered camera rolls, folders, and manual reporting with a faster, more defensible jobsite documentation system.

About

ASHI Helpdesk

This app connects members of a professional society with industry experts for question submission. It also provides access to technical documentation relevant to the home inspection field.

Highlights
  • Submit questions to industry experts
  • Access technical documentation
  • Home inspection industry resources
  • Member support
  • Expert advice
Features
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Help Desk Application for the American Society of Home Inspectors. This app allows members to submit questions to industry experts. It also contains technical documentation related to the Home Inspection Industry

Screenshots

Filio4 screens
ASHI Helpdesk3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Filio at every 10 days against ASHI Helpdesk's every 9 months. Filio also leads on ratings volume (58 vs 8). ASHI Helpdesk's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 83%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Filio against 4.5 for ASHI Helpdesk. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Filio has 58 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of Filio's written reviews are positive against 100% of ASHI Helpdesk's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Filio ships an update every 10 days, ASHI Helpdesk every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Filio versus ASHI Helpdesk: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFilioASHI Helpdesk
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (58 ratings) — better4.5 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings58 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size244 MB175 MB
Age rating9+17+
DeveloperFiliocorpAmerican Society of Home Inspectors, Inc

Customer experience

Filio

All ratings58 ratings
Positive89.7%
Neutral1.7%
Negative8.6%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

ASHI Helpdesk

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Filio

No in-app purchases

None

ASHI Helpdesk

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Filio free?
Filio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ASHI Helpdesk free?
ASHI Helpdesk is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Filio or ASHI Helpdesk?
Filio is rated higher. Filio averages 4.6 out of 5 from 58 ratings, while ASHI Helpdesk averages 4.5 from 8 ratings.
Do Filio or ASHI Helpdesk have ads?
Neither Filio nor ASHI Helpdesk shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Filio or ASHI Helpdesk?
Filio ships an update every 10 days, and ASHI Helpdesk every 9 months. Most recently, Filio was updated on November 6, 2026 and ASHI Helpdesk on November 3, 2026.

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