Bluebeam vs GovInspect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bluebeam
Access and collaborate on PDF documents directly from your mobile device. Communicate project updates with markups and work offline by syncing files. Seamlessly join live collaboration sessions and manage document revisions from the field.
- Real-time PDF collaboration
- Markup and annotation tools
- Offline file access
- Document syncing
- Studio Project management
- Live session joining
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Bluebeam for iOS keeps you connected to your teams and documents, so you can quickly access the information you need in the field and capture what matters for the office. - Communicate with markups using tools like callouts, text, clouds, and status indicators - Import your team's custom Tool Sets from Revu, so your standardized markups are ready to go in the field, even offline - Attach photos captured in the field directly to a markup, so supporting documentation stays organized without cluttering your drawings - Open your files stored on your device, Studio Projects, or Studio Sessions - Join Studio Sessions for live collaboration. If your connection drops, your changes sync when you're back online - Check out files in Studio Projects to make edits, then check them back in when you're ready - Work offline by syncing Project files ahead of time or opening PDFs stored on your device Whether you’re reviewing submittals, placing markups in the field, or tracking revisions with your team, Bluebeam gives you the flexibility to get the job done from anywhere.
GovInspect
Streamline your inspection process with this mobile tool. Conduct construction, rental, code enforcement, and work order inspections directly from your device. Access property history and report new violations on the go.
- Conduct construction inspections
- Perform rental/sale inspections
- Code enforcement and violation citing
- Manage work orders
- Navigation to destinations
- Access property profiles and history
- Report new code violations
- Schedule future inspections
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GovInspect App allows you to perform all your inspections from your phone or tablet. The GovInspect App can be used for all your Construction Inspections, CCO Rental/Sale Inspections, Code Enforcement Inspections and Citing of Violations, as well as Work Orders. With the GovInspect app you can hit a simple Navigation button to start direction on how to get to your destination. The GovInspect App also brings the popular Property Profile with you on the go. You can search any address or touch the house icon and see the history of the parcel with all the associated records from all your departments attached. The GovInspect App also gives your the flexibility to report new code violations discovered while in the field as well as schedule future inspections across the different modules.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: GovInspect at 75% against Bluebeam's 3%. GovInspect also leads on rating (4.4 vs 1.5) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). Bluebeam's advantage is ratings volume (392 vs 7) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
GovInspect holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bluebeam has 392 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 3% of Bluebeam's written reviews are positive against 75% of GovInspect's.
Bluebeam ships an update monthly, GovInspect every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bluebeam | GovInspect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.5 (392 ratings) | 4.4 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 2.6% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 392 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 288 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bluebeam, Inc. | PropertyPilot LLC |
Customer experience
Bluebeam
GovInspect
Bugs and requests
Bluebeam
Reported bugs
28 issues- Markups fail to load or display correctly
- App deletes markups instead of saving them
- Documents wipe clean when reopened
- Files uploaded disappear from app
- Corrupted file errors when opening PDFs
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- Keyboard disappears during login
- Selection boundaries too large, preventing precise markup selection
- Apple Pencil input stops working intermittently
- Pen tool produces no line output despite input
- App crashes when opening large file sets
- Session documents fail to load
- Blank PDF pages displayed
- Scaling doesn't work properly
- Blue screen errors
- Markups missing after checkout and checkin
- Incomplete markups syncing between devices
- App freezes during document checkin
- Unable to add users to sessions
- Projects not showing up in app
- App crashes when opening Studio sessions
- Drawings won't load or open
- Markup placement doesn't correspond to tap location
- PDF goes blank when inserting callouts
- Constant logout requiring re-authentication
- Links to details don't work
- App crashes on older iOS versions
- Audio communication issues
- File synchronization failures
Requested features
25 requests- Restore measurement and scaling tools
- Add custom toolsets and tool libraries
- Implement bookmarks for document navigation
- Enable image embedding in callouts
- Add undo/redo functionality
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- Support multiple PDF tabs simultaneously
- Create stamp library with standardized markups
- Add dimension markup capabilities
- Allow local PDF file access and import
- Full Studio session integration
- Improve Apple Pencil responsiveness and precision
- Add eraser tool for pen markups
- Enable photo capture and attachment to markups
- Support Dropbox and cloud storage integration
- Add form field editing capabilities
- Implement punch list and defect tracking
- Add RFI creation functionality
- Support for custom columns and data fields
- Reset viewpoints feature
- Pen width and cloud shape customization
- Settings menu for preferences
- Better pen and drawing mechanics like Notability
- Ability to download session documents to device
- Support for opening PDF attachments from desktop
- Batch file upload capability
GovInspect
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bluebeam
No in-app purchases
GovInspect
No in-app purchases
Questions
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