PhoenixMobile for Appraisers vs TOTAL for Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PhoenixMobile for Appraisers
This app streamlines data collection for real estate appraisers during inspections. It allows users to gather property data, attach photos, create sketches, and take notes directly on their mobile devices, eliminating the need for paper forms and reducing return visits.
- In-field data gathering
- Attach photos to orders
- Integrated floorplan sketching
- Voice, text, and hand-drawn notes
- Support for standard UAD forms
- Eliminate data entry
- Avoid return visits
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PhoenixMobile - the leading data gathering app for Real Estate Appraisers. It's time to throw your clipboard in the trash. PhoenixMobile lets you gather data, attach photos, and create your sketch right on your iPhone or iPad - all during your inspection. * Eliminate Data Entry * Spend your time focusing on what you're paid to do - instead of mindlessly copying information from scraps of paper to your desktop software. * Avoid Return Visits * Know you've collected all the information you needed during the inspection and avoid unnecessary return visits. FORMS We currently support the following standard forms: - UAD - FNMA 1004 - UAD - FNMA 1075 - UAD - FNMA 2055 - UAD - FNMA 1073 FLOORPLANS Floorplans have never been easier on a mobile device. Built specifically for the iPhone and the iPad from the ground up, our floorplan tool is second-to-none for in-field diagramming. PhoenixSketch - our desktop powered sketcher - is built right into PhoenixMobile. It's not some watered-down mobile version - it's the full thing! And your floorplans come right over to our desktop version exactly as you made them in PhoenixMobile. PHOTOS With PhoenixMobile, you won't have to go hunting through hundreds of photos to find the ones you're looking for. Your photos are instantly attached to the order you're working on. With PhoenixCamera, our iPhone companion tool, you can take photos with your iPhone and they will instantly be transferred to your report - which means you can keep working on your forms or sketch on the iPad without missing a beat. NOTES Now take voice, text, or hand drawn notes on your iPad or iPhone!
TOTAL for Mobile
Streamline your real estate appraisal workflow by capturing field data, sketches, and photos directly on your mobile device. Seamlessly sync your work to the cloud and desktop for efficient report generation, eliminating the need for retyping and reformatting.
- Cloud syncing for reports
- Form filling with QuickLists
- Automatic photo form addition
- Intuitive sketch creation
- GPS mapping and directions
- Audio recording and notes
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TOTAL for Mobile is the perfect mobile companion app for TOTAL on the desktop. With TOTAL for Mobile, you’ll save the most time from field to office and shave minutes off of every report by not having to retype, resketch, and reformat, since all field data and sketches flow into your forms. It’s the best real estate appraisal app yet. YOUR REPORTS IN THE CLOUD Starting, editing, and sharing your reports between mobile and desktop is easier than ever before. Whether you start your appraisal reports in TOTAL or from your iPad or iPhone, the new design gives you instant access to your files from the cloud. And, the updated syncing process makes it easy to choose which files to send on your schedule, instead of sending everything at once. FORMFILLING Your QuickLists sync too, so you’ll fly through data gathering by simply tapping to fill in your canned comments instead of typing. PHOTOS With TOTAL for Mobile's photo tools, add as many subject photos as you want. Then, the correct photo forms are automatically added to your report in TOTAL when you sync. No more juggling extra devices or extra work organizing and relabeling the photos yourself. TOTAL for Mobile does all the work for you. SKETCHING Creating detailed sketches is as simple as swiping and tapping with your fingertips. Quickly define lengths, angles, arcs, and areas. Pinch to zoom and pan across the screen. And tap to drop symbols and labels in place so your sketches look complete and professional. MUCH MORE… Create audio recordings, notes, and freehand drawings on the fly. They’re added to TOTAL's Spectrum Workfile when you sync. TOTAL for Mobile also takes advantage of your device's GPS to create precise maps and give you turn-by-turn directions -- extremely helpful for navigating to your subject and comps. With TOTAL on your desktop and TOTAL for Mobile in the field, you’ll go paperless. Best of all, it’s absolutely free. Download it today. ABOUT A LA MODE Founded in 1985, a la mode’s mission-critical desktop, mobile and web tools are used by more than 100,000 real estate and mortgage lending professionals located in every county of every state in the U.S. a la mode has been deploying forms on handheld devices, en masse, and routing form-data via the Internet since the mid 1990s.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: TOTAL for Mobile at free against PhoenixMobile for Appraisers's paid. TOTAL for Mobile also leads on rating (2.8 vs 2.3). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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.
TOTAL for Mobile holds the better App Store score, 2.8 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 29 and 85 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 29% of PhoenixMobile for Appraisers's written reviews are positive against 27% of TOTAL for Mobile's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
PhoenixMobile for Appraisers ships an update every 5 weeks, TOTAL for Mobile monthly. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | PhoenixMobile for Appraisers | TOTAL for Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (29 ratings) | 2.8 (85 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews — better | 27.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 29 | 85 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 83 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PhoenixSuite | a la mode technologies, llc. |
Customer experience
PhoenixMobile for Appraisers
TOTAL for Mobile
User reviews
PhoenixMobile for Appraisers
From 29 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Saves time overall
- 👍 Great for photo collection
- 👍 Good customer support
- 👍 Replaces clipboard/paper
- 👍 Seamless integration (sometimes)
Room to improve
- 🐛 Clunky and inefficient navigation
- 🐛 Redundant data entry
- 🐛 Frequent glitches and bugs
- 🐛 Poor usability
- 🐛 Battery hog
TOTAL for Mobile
From 85 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Time saver
- 👍 Easy to use
- 💡 LiDAR based measuring
- 👍 Paperless operation
- 🚀 Faster inspections
Room to improve
- 🐛 Sketch crashes frequently
- 🐛 Scan to sketch inaccuracies
- 🐛 LiDAR calculations inaccurate
- 🐛 Laggy section switching
- 🐛 Trace mode buggy
Bugs and requests
PhoenixMobile for Appraisers
Reported bugs
27 issues- Diagram going nuts
- Sketching impossible on iPad after update
- Remote clicker and volume buttons no longer take pictures after updating to iOS 16
- App crashes
- Lost sketches
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- Deleted photos
- Not stable
- Program will not sync
- Address fields gone after update
- Lost sketches completely from one appraisal
- Program will not sync at all
- Deleted sketches, photos, and form data from previous reports
- Photos sometimes save, sometimes don't
- Program won't save photo labels
- Crapshoot whether photos make it to permanent memory
- Check boxes incorrect after transfer
- Cannot get photographs to transfer
- Photographs have to be transferred one at a time
- Sketch cannot be changed unless buying separate software
- Lost data
- Custom labels are lost during transfer
- Photos do not transfer in the order placed
- No copy/paste feature for photos
- Loses information sometimes
- Exits out of pages when only wanting to view
- Never loaded the first time
- Won't send return email
Requested features
26 requests- Auto-populate data from other cells
- Easier and simpler interface for field reps
- Make notes visible while logging calls
- Show time logged in contact history
- Import photos from camera roll
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- Option to use native camera app features
- Allow app to replace computer and clipboard
- Map comps like the subject
- Undo/redo/delete buttons on sketch screen
- Save custom dropdowns to cloud
- Condition pop-up when entering materials
- Tag photos to a photo page
- Allow labels to stay the same and upload in order
- Allow photos taken with iPad to be accessed for editing
- Allow program to be used horizontally or vertically
- Add additional comps in the form
- Allow sketches to be edited on desktop
- Fix check box issues after transfer
- Create own forms
- More forms available
- Add kitchen, bath, interior materials info
- Jot down notes while in the field
- Save data when leaving a field
- Fix sketch editing issues
- Fix photo transfer issues
- Fix data field integration issues
TOTAL for Mobile
Reported bugs
61 issues- Scan to sketch not working properly
- LiDAR calculations inaccurate
- Sketch crashes frequently, especially with porches/patios
- Laggy navigation between sections
- Trace mode closes out automatically
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- Undo in trace mode exits trace mode
- Photos not saving location info
- Photos not loading or showing up after last update
- Split screen functionality removed
- App crashes constantly
- App crashes during sketches
- App crashes when adding pool icons
- App crashes when trying to recover sketch
- App crashes when tracing over two areas
- App crashes when tapping undo in trace mode
- App crashes constantly and adds time to inspections
- App crashes constantly and won't load reports
- App relies heavily on internet to reopen crashed reports
- App caches report files in the field instead of pulling from cloud
- App crashes constantly during sketches
- App closes when taking pictures
- Sketch having glitches
- App shutting down in sketch mode
- Not saving latest measurements
- Files corrupted in the field
- App freezes up
- Pictures don't get labeled correctly
- Erasers data and sketches
- Sketch function crashes constantly
- App crashes and makes user lose sketch
- Sketch extremely slow or doesn't open
- Photos often don't stick
- Crashing while using the app in the field
- Lost part of sketch when crashes
- Crashes almost every time
- Camera freezing and takes time to become operable
- App crashes constantly
- Does not communicate properly with apple camera
- Deletes sketches and pictures
- App crashes mid inspection
- App crashes in multiple instances on different devices
- App won't reload/update after crash
- Loses all inspection data after crash
- Crashes with big files
- App won't update/refresh and crashes
- Wipe app data and reinstall to continue
- App crashes constantly
- App crashes during photo taking
- App won't load, tries to load then crashes
- Stamp mode makes sketch messy
- App hangs when trying to open
- Black screen on iPhone 6s Plus
- App opens to a blank screen
- Uploading a report takes 5-9 minutes
- Going back from comp photo page to map page takes 2-3 seconds longer
- Sketch number buttons too small
- Photo page gets buggy when changing orientation
- Keyboard pops up automatically
- Crashes every time hitting the "back" button in photos
- Crashes while taking photos
- Crashes when you try to open a commercial form
Requested features
15 requests- Flexible pricing tiers for low-volume appraisers
- More forms (Land, 1007/216, Disaster, FHA, driveby)
- Put back split screen functionality
- Fix scan to sketch accuracy
- Improve LiDAR rounding for sketches
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- Fix trace mode bugs
- Add location info to photos
- Add Land forms, 1007/216, Disaster inspections, FHA final inspections, driveby forms support
- Make keyboard optional
- Add expand picture feature
- Add addendum/exhibit section
- Allow selection of only needed fields in critical items
- Seamless experience across devices without upload/download
- Improve desktop publishing experience
- Fix stamp mode in sketch
In-app purchases
PhoenixMobile for Appraisers
No in-app purchases
TOTAL for Mobile
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is PhoenixMobile for Appraisers free?
Is TOTAL for Mobile free?
Which has better reviews, PhoenixMobile for Appraisers or TOTAL for Mobile?
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