Site Diary vs PlanHub Field App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Site Diary
Streamline construction daily reporting with this app. It replaces paper logs with digital entries, integrates task management, and automatically includes weather data and photos. Supports offline use and various export formats for seamless project tracking.
- Digital daily reports
- Integrated task management
- Real-time progress monitoring
- Automatic local weather reports
- Image attachments
- Offline support
- PDF, Excel, CSV export
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Site Diary app replaces the existing paper construction daily reports, site journal or daily logs, where field workers make a report of things that occurred on their projects. With Site Diary app, we make the whole process quick, fun and simple so you both have a detailed daily report and time left to focus on building more. We developed Site Diary to address the needs of site engineers, foremen and site managers working in construction organizations, contractors and installation teams both large and small. "Site Diary allowed me to keep track of construction progress and emerging issues in real time” - Christopher Pletcher, Municipal Engineering Manager, Ayres Associates Task management/allocations feature The first product to integrate daily reports and task management. Users can create a task, add information about the task (manpower, equipment & materials to be used) and the persons it assigned to. Report progress on a task by creating a work log. The diary form will be automatically filled with all the task info which will make it a lot quicker for users to fill their daily reports. Site Diary Features include - Real-time site progress and monitoring, whereby users have visibility of work being done by site staff. Submitted reports are immediately available for review and approval by off-site personnel. - Share information. The app will allow field workers to send an email after they create an event. (This is optional) - Local weather report automatically included - every report entry is automatically linked with the prevailing weather conditions for that site at the time, which is important information to include in a daily construction report app. - Added images - photos and other images can be attached to reports. - Offline support - Sites with limited connectivity are not a problem as the app continues to perform seamlessly off-line. Data captured is saved on the device and synchronized to the cloud as soon as a connection becomes available. - User management - Add and remove users in your team - Set up site resources (labour, equipment, materials, contractors, tags) that you will use on your construction site. Tags are used to determine the type of event that is recorded, example: Safety. - Export Reports - This can be used as shift updates or project summaries and shared with staff, contractors and clients. These are done in either PDF, Excel or CSV format.
PlanHub Field App
Manage your job schedule, complete tasks, and upload proof of work. This app facilitates real-time team communication with project-specific chat and file sharing.
- Job scheduling
- Task completion tracking
- Proof of work uploads
- Document access
- Material and hour logging
- Real-time team chat
- File sharing
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Reliable & Easy to Use The PlanHub Field App focuses on 3 things: 1) what Jobs do you have on the schedule 2) completing the Job scope and uploading proof of work and 3) coordinating with your team Job Management See your upcoming job schedule by day, week, or month. View key job details like milestones & sub-tasks, upload proof of work, access documents, and record materials and hours worked Camera App Easily upload proof of work to a complete Job milestone Team Chat Stay in sync with your entire crew and back-office, in real time, by each project. Attach links and files, and find them again with ease.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PlanHub Field App at 5.0 against Site Diary's 4.4. PlanHub Field App also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Site Diary's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (45 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
PlanHub Field App holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Site Diary has 45 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Site Diary ships an update weekly, PlanHub Field App every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Site Diary | PlanHub Field App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (45 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 45 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 115 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Script&Go | PlanHub |
Customer experience
Site Diary
PlanHub Field App
In-app purchases
Site Diary
No in-app purchases
PlanHub Field App
No in-app purchases
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