Comparison

Inventory Shield vs Mitigate

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

Head to head
About

Inventory Shield

Track your business's physical assets in real-time using GPS. Simply attach tracking labels to your equipment and scan them into new locations via the app to maintain constant visibility of your inventory.

Highlights
  • Real-time GPS tracking
  • Inventory Shield Tracking Labels
  • Scan equipment into new locations
  • Mobile visibility of assets
  • Business inventory management
Features
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As a business, do you know where all your Inventory is right now? If you were using Inventory Shield, you would! In fact, you could see a map with real time gps tracking and know where it is with the swipe of your phone. Just put the Inventory Shield Tracking Labels on your equipment, and then as the equipment moves from your shop to your trucks, or from your trucks to a job site, you can scan the equipment into that new location with the app. Once you make this a part of your business process, you will always be able to see where everything is at all times.

About

Mitigate

This mobile application streamlines water loss documentation for mitigation technicians. It allows for easy, real-time collection of drying project data, including instant 2D floor plan generation with LiDAR-enabled devices. Designed by industry professionals, it aims to improve operational consistency and accuracy in the field.

Highlights
  • Real-time drying project data collection
  • Instant 2D floor plan generation
  • LiDAR-enabled scanning
  • Room labels and dimensions
  • Field-adjustable floor plans
  • Workflow solution for technicians
Features
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Mitigate™ is the field app from Cotality™ for restoration professionals who'd rather be drying structures than filling out paperwork. Capture everything a water loss needs — right from your phone, right where the work is happening — in a workflow built around the daily rhythm of a mitigation project. Set up the job the way it actually dries: Create the loss, map out levels and rooms, and build your drying chambers to match how the structure really breaks down — not a generic form. Record readings that hold up: Capture moisture content by material and monitoring point, plus atmospheric and psychrometric conditions — tied to the room they came from and tracked toward your drying goals. Log your equipment: Place dehumidifiers and air movers by chamber and room, and keep a running record from setup to demobilization. Keep photos where they belong: Attach documentation to the exact room, chamber, or reading it supports, pre-tagged so nothing is lost in a camera roll. Work where you work: Capture in the field even when signal doesn't cooperate; your work uploads automatically in the background once you're connected. Documentation you can stand behind: Restoration work only counts if it's documented. Because every reading, photo, and piece of equipment is tied to where and when it happened, the record builds itself as you do the job. When it's time to justify the drying plan — to a reviewer, a carrier, or your own office — the whole story is already there, organized and complete. Everything you log flows to the web portal, so the job is documented once, cleanly, and stays in sync. Confidently do what you do best. Built for the field, trusted on the claim.

Screenshots

Inventory Shield4 screens
Mitigate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Inventory Shield at 100% against Mitigate's 8%. Inventory Shield also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.0) and iOS requirement (15.5 vs 17.6). Mitigate's advantage is ratings volume (97 vs 15). On price, update cadence, 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

Inventory Shield holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mitigate has 97 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Inventory Shield's written reviews are positive against 8% of Mitigate's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Inventory Shield ships an update every 3 weeks, Mitigate fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Inventory Shield versus Mitigate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInventory ShieldMitigate
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (15 ratings) — better2.0 (97 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better8.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1597 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.5 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB234 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperInventory Shield LLCCoreLogic

Customer experience

Inventory Shield

All ratings15 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Mitigate

All ratings97 ratings
Positive23.7%
Neutral4.1%
Negative72.2%
Written reviews50 reviews
Positive8.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative84.0%

Bugs and requests

Inventory Shield

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Mitigate

Reported bugs

77 issues
  • App crashes frequently
  • App freezes
  • App is slow
  • Data is lost
  • Photos are erased
Show 72 more
  • Camera button does not work
  • App overheats phone
  • Ghost rooms
  • Humidity reading swapping
  • Only allows square rooms
  • Struggle uploading photos
  • App drags with poor signal
  • Photos are lost with poor signal
  • Equipment not showing up in MICA Exchange
  • Duplicate visits recorded
  • Login screen freezes
  • App cannot open claims
  • App cannot even open
  • Two hours of work disappeared
  • Sketch feature is buggy
  • Lidr issues
  • Endless loop of errors
  • Data not saving
  • App not loading anything
  • Glitchy
  • Real-time data capture issues
  • LiDAR data integration problems
  • Inconsistent performance
  • Errors when trying to add readings
  • Line item feature is unusable
  • App is scattered across multiple products that don't work together
  • Android users experience significant issues
  • Data not saving to phone offline
  • App is intentionally difficult to use
  • App is not finished before release
  • App is unreliable
  • App is buggy
  • App is hard to read
  • App is hard to put information into
  • App is hard to see mistakes in
  • App cannot handle large jobs
  • App is not user-friendly
  • Adjuster cannot read app output
  • App fixes introduce new bugs and break features
  • App has no registration or sign up, only login
  • Support staff are unhelpful and hang up
  • App is slow and clunky
  • Sketch tool requires extra steps
  • App is poorly designed
  • App destroys previous functionality (MICA)
  • App has no clear flow
  • App is a joke
  • App is a liability
  • App is garbage
  • App is terrible
  • App is a waste of time
  • App is counterintuitive
  • App UI is terrible
  • App buttons are hidden
  • App checkboxes don't work
  • App options require swiping
  • App performance is severely lacking
  • App is released too early
  • App is difficult to navigate
  • App has too many extra steps
  • App UI is complicated and unforgiving
  • App has issues with MICA Exchange interaction
  • App seems to drag with poor signal
  • App loses photos
  • App has issues with equipment not showing up
  • App shows duplicate visits
  • App is not user-friendly
  • App is not dependable
  • App is inconvenient
  • App could be better
  • App is designed to lose data
  • App is a cancer

Requested features

21 requests
  • Allow shorter photo tags (e.g., PPE)
  • Desktop application or review platform
  • Make photos easier to upload and add
  • Option to save photos taken on app into device camera roll
  • Consult actual people in the field for opinions
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  • Improve sketch feature to be more streamlined
  • Add a simple color code for attention needed
  • Dark mode option
  • Advanced analytics dashboard
  • Fix bugs like ghost rooms, humidity reading swapping, square rooms only
  • Allow users to save data offline
  • Make it easier to get paid for work done
  • Fix the camera button issue
  • Make the app more user-friendly and intuitive
  • Improve the sketch tool to be more efficient
  • Allow for simpler data entry (like an Excel form)
  • Add a one-screen view for essential data like GPP
  • Develop a desktop version of the app
  • Improve interaction with MICA Exchange
  • Fix issues with equipment not showing up
  • Fix duplicate visit entries

In-app purchases

None

Inventory Shield

No in-app purchases

None

Mitigate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Inventory Shield free?
Inventory Shield is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mitigate free?
Mitigate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Inventory Shield or Mitigate?
Inventory Shield is rated higher. Inventory Shield averages 4.7 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while Mitigate averages 2.0 from 97 ratings.
Do Inventory Shield or Mitigate have ads?
Neither Inventory Shield nor Mitigate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Inventory Shield or Mitigate?
Inventory Shield ships an update every 3 weeks, and Mitigate fortnightly. Most recently, Inventory Shield was updated on September 29, 2026 and Mitigate on October 8, 2026.

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