Comparison

Aila SoftScan vs Construction

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

Head to head
About

Aila SoftScan

This app provides accurate barcode and passport MRZ scanning for iOS devices. It works reliably in various lighting conditions and integrates with other applications.

Highlights
  • Barcode scanning (1D and 2D)
  • Passport MRZ capture
  • High-performance in various conditions
  • Seamless iOS integration
  • Precision and reliability
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Aila's SoftScan offers a seamless solution for barcode scanning that integrates effortlessly with any iOS application on all Apple iOS devices. Aila's SoftScan is designed to accurately capture passport MRZs as well as 1D and 2D barcodes, regardless of the surrounding conditions. Whether you're in a bustling airport or a dimly lit venue, SoftScan ensures high-performance scanning with precision and reliability. Experience the ease of use and versatility that comes with SoftScan, transforming the way you handle barcode and MRZ data in your applications.

About

Construction

Streamline your contracting business with tools to document issues, create professional estimates, and track job costs. This app helps build customer trust and get you paid faster, even offline.

Highlights
  • Photo documentation of site issues
  • Professional estimate creation
  • Instant invoice conversion
  • Offline work capability
  • Job cost and profit tracking
  • Branded customer portfolios
Features
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CONTRACTOR ESTIMATING & INVOICING — BUILT FOR THE TRADES Spend less time writing proposals and more time getting the work done. Enter a short description of the work along with your material, labor, and other job costs. ET™ helps turn that information into a detailed professional proposal and shows you three suggested pricing options for the job. You choose the amount that works for you. Once you've made your selection, add the customer's information, portfolio or jobsite photos, and mark up images when you want to clearly show the work being proposed. Review and edit everything before sending the finished proposal to your customer for signature. YOU STAY IN CONTROL. ET HELPS YOU GET THERE FASTER. • Create professional estimates and proposals • Compare three suggested pricing options • Edit every detail before sending • Collect customer signatures • Create and send invoices • Receive follow-up reminders • Keep estimates, invoices, receipts, portfolios, and customers organized SHOW CUSTOMERS YOUR WORK Build before, during, and after project portfolios. Add jobsite photos, mark up images to explain proposed work, and showcase completed projects professionally. KNOW WHAT YOUR JOBS ARE MAKING Track deposits, expenses, and payments so you can better understand what each completed job is putting in your pocket. YOUR BUSINESS SNAPSHOT. AUTOMATICALLY. Keep running your business. ET keeps track of the activity already happening inside Construction Trades™ and automatically prepares your ET Business Snapshot™ each month. There's nothing extra to create, set up, or manage. When your Snapshot is ready, ET lets you know. See your signed revenue, jobs won, close rate, average job value, outstanding estimates and invoices, follow-up opportunities, and estimated time saved — all organized for you. Open it, review it, download it, print it, or share it. YOU DO THE WORK. ET KEEPS YOU INFORMED. BUILT FOR CONTRACTORS Construction Trades™ is designed for roofers, general contractors, remodelers, plumbers, electricians, HVAC technicians, carpenters, painters, flooring contractors, siding contractors, deck builders, window and door contractors, landscapers, and other construction trades. Whether you're creating a roofing estimate, contractor proposal, plumbing estimate, electrical estimate, HVAC estimate, remodeling proposal, painting estimate, siding estimate, flooring proposal, or invoice, Construction Trades™ helps simplify the paperwork behind your business. BUILT BY A ROOFER. STILL ROOFING. I'm Enrico Torres. After more than 25 years roofing in Pennsylvania, I'm still on the roof today. I built Construction Trades™ because I was tired of climbing off a roof only to spend my evenings writing estimates, creating contracts, chasing paperwork, and remembering follow-ups. I didn't build software looking for a problem. I built the tool I needed to run my own contracting business, and I still use it on my own jobs today. No monthly contracts. No unnecessary complexity. Just practical tools built for the trades. From one contractor to another, I hope Construction Trades™ helps you spend less time on paperwork and more time doing what you do best.

Screenshots

Aila SoftScan1 screens
Construction4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Aila SoftScan at none against Construction's 4. Construction's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Construction sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Aila SoftScan asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Construction holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 6 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Aila SoftScan ships an update every 3 months, Construction fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Aila SoftScan versus Construction: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAila SoftScanConstruction
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (9 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings9 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAila Technologies, Inc.Appendme Inc

Customer experience

Aila SoftScan

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%

Construction

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Aila SoftScan

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Construction

One-time4
  • ET 2 Credits$24.99
  • ET 5 Credits$49.99
  • ET 12 Credits$99.99
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  • ET 20 Credits$150.00

Questions

Is Aila SoftScan free?
Aila SoftScan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Construction free?
Construction is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Aila SoftScan or Construction?
Construction is rated higher. Aila SoftScan averages 4.6 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Construction averages 5.0 from 6 ratings.
Do Aila SoftScan or Construction have ads?
Neither Aila SoftScan nor Construction shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Aila SoftScan or Construction?
Aila SoftScan ships an update every 3 months, and Construction fortnightly. Most recently, Aila SoftScan was updated on September 19, 2026 and Construction on September 9, 2026.

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