Comparison

myAEDES vs BuildIntel Camera

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

Head to head
About

myAEDES

Features
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myAEDES is the simple and intuitive management software for managing your construction site, available on PC and smartphone. With myAEDES you can: • Create Site Inspection Reports, HSE Reports, Site Diary. • Manage site attendance: easily record and monitor staff attendance directly from the app. • Manage site accounting: accurately monitor costs, resources, work, and production, updating operational accounting with simple and immediate tools. • Manage your files easily and securely with the integrated File Manager: use an alternative to Dropbox, OneDrive, and Google Drive to organize, store, and share your documents. • Document every detail with photos: take, annotate, and attach images directly to your reports. • Customize your documents with letterhead: insert your company data and get professional reports with one click. • Complete reports by voice: use the voice assistant to dictate observations and notes, saving valuable time. • Share official PDFs instantly: send your documents via email, certified email, WhatsApp, or through your favorite apps. • Collaborate in real time: invite your collaborators to work on reports and see changes instantly

About

BuildIntel Camera

Features
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BuildIntel Camera is a construction site photo tool that automatically stamps every image with your name, date, time, GPS location and routing tags. Built to work seamlessly with SmartSort™. SMARTSORT™ COMPATIBLE Using SmartSort™ on your project? Every photo from BuildIntel Camera is tagged and ready for automatic sorting. Shoot on site, upload to SmartSort, and your photos are filed to the right folder instantly. Learn more at smartsort.build-intel.co.uk COMPANY CONNECT & AUTO UPLOAD Connect to your company with a project code to turn on automatic upload. Every photo you take is queued and sent in the background, even if you close the app or lose signal — it resumes as soon as you're back online. A Sync Status screen shows you exactly what's uploaded, pending or needs attention. SHOOT WITH CONTEXT Open the camera, snap the photo. Your name, the date, time and GPS coordinates are burned into every image automatically. No extra steps. TAG AND ROUTE Add routing tags before you shoot. Tap construction stage codes from the built-in tag sheet. Space inserts a dash automatically. Every photo is tagged and ready to file. FREEFORM NOTES Add short notes to any photo. Text is stamped directly onto the image so the context travels with the file. BUILT FOR SITE Full camera controls including flash modes, front and rear camera, pinch to zoom from 0.5x to 10x, and tap to focus. Designed to work fast on a live construction site. YOUR PHOTOS, YOUR PHONE Every photo is stored locally on your device first. Without a company connection, that's it — no account, no cloud, no upload. Connect to a company and photos also upload automatically for routing. Browse your photos in the built-in gallery, share or delete in batches. FREE WITH OPTIONAL TIP BuildIntel Camera is completely free. If you find it useful, you can support development with an optional tip in the app.

Screenshots

myAEDES4 screens
BuildIntel Camera4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: myAEDES at none against BuildIntel Camera's 1. myAEDES also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. BuildIntel Camera sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. myAEDES asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

myAEDES ships an update every 6 days, BuildIntel Camera every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
myAEDES versus BuildIntel Camera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametermyAEDESBuildIntel Camera
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAEDES SRLBuildIntel Limited

In-app purchases

None

myAEDES

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

BuildIntel Camera

One-time1
  • Buy Us a Coffee$2.99

Questions

Is myAEDES free?
myAEDES is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BuildIntel Camera free?
BuildIntel Camera is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do myAEDES or BuildIntel Camera have ads?
Neither myAEDES nor BuildIntel Camera shows ads.
Which is updated more often, myAEDES or BuildIntel Camera?
myAEDES ships an update every 6 days, and BuildIntel Camera every 2 months. Most recently, myAEDES was updated on October 7, 2026 and BuildIntel Camera on October 1, 2026.

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