Palmtech Complete vs Hive Inspection Software
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Palmtech Complete
This business app streamlines home inspection workflows by enabling users to create reports, manage schedules, and process payments. It offers customizable templates for documents and automated features to improve efficiency.
- Create inspection reports
- Request list builder
- Book jobs and manage calendar
- E-sign contracts
- Collect payments
- Customize templates
- Route planning
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Palmtech Complete is the one-stop shop for all your home inspection needs. It’s a simpler, lower-cost solution that provides new and established home inspectors alike with the core functionality they need to run their businesses from a single intuitive, easy-to-use app. With Palmtech Complete, inspectors can create simple, elegant inspection reports with a request list builder that your customers and real estate agents will love. The app enables you to handle your entire workday on the go – making it easy to book jobs, get your contracts e-signed, manage your calendar, and collect payments. Palmtech Complete makes it easy to customize inspection templates as well as the other documents your business needs, such as contracts and email templates. The app also helps inspectors work smarter and save time with route planning and automated email templates. Palmtech Complete also comes with free support and training, so help is there when you need it.
Hive Inspection Software
Streamline your home inspection business with a comprehensive app for report writing, scheduling, and payments. Utilize AI-powered comment drafting and photo markup to create professional reports quickly. Manage your entire business workflow, from client booking to team schedules, all in one place.
- AI-powered report drafting
- Photo and video markup
- Offline report writing
- Online booking and e-signatures
- Automated client communication
- Team scheduling
- Property details from Zillow
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Hive Inspect is complete home inspection software and business tools in one app. Write the report on your phone, see your whole schedule in one place, get paid, and let AI draft your comments. WRITE REPORTS FASTER • Smart Add: take photos or video, type or dictate a quick note, and Hive turns it into a finding in the right section. It finds the closest comment in your own library, or drafts a new one with Hive Comment Assist. • Check every AI draft before it goes in the report. Edit the observation and recommendation in your own words. • Mark up photos with boxes, arrows and labels. • Templates with sections for information, limitations and defects. • Works offline in crawlspaces, attics and rural areas. Hive syncs when you're back online. REPORTS CLIENTS CAN READ • A clear online report plus PDF, with marked-up photos and recommendations. • Translate reports into Spanish. RUN YOUR BUSINESS • Calendar with day, week and month views. • Online booking, agreements with e-signature, and payments. • Automated emails and texts to clients and agents. • Property details filled in from Zillow when you add an inspection. • Teams: see every inspector's schedule. HELP WHEN YOU NEED IT • Chat with the Hive team right from the app. Start with a free trial, then choose a plan at hiveinspect.com. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hive Inspection Software at 97% against Palmtech Complete's 20%. Hive Inspection Software also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 2 days vs monthly). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Hive Inspection Software holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 32 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of Palmtech Complete's written reviews are positive against 97% of Hive Inspection Software's.
Palmtech Complete ships an update monthly, Hive Inspection Software every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Palmtech Complete | Hive Inspection Software |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (23 ratings) | 4.9 (32 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 96.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 23 | 32 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 137 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Porch.com | Synapse Mobility Inc |
Customer experience
Palmtech Complete
Hive Inspection Software
In-app purchases
Palmtech Complete
No in-app purchases
Hive Inspection Software
No in-app purchases
