Rig Count vs Max Drilling
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rig Count
This app provides an interactive analysis of US rotary rig counts, a key indicator for the drilling industry. It helps users understand demand for products used in hydrocarbon extraction and processing.
- Interactive rig count analysis
- Baker Hughes US rotary rig data
- Business barometer for drilling industry
- Leading indicator of demand
- Hydrocarbon extraction insights
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Rig Count is an interactive analysis of Baker Hughes US rotary rig counts. The Baker Hughes Rig Counts are an important business barometer for the drilling industry and its suppliers. The active rig count acts as a leading indicator of demand for products used in drilling, completing, producing and processing hydrocarbons.
Max Drilling
Monitor drilling operations in real-time with instant access to active and historical well data. Visualize drilling parameters, view rig reports, and communicate securely with your team from anywhere.
- 1-second data streaming
- Customizable data visualization
- Time and depth views
- Lagged channel tracing
- Rig and well reports
- Integrated chat
- Collaborative notes
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The new Max Drilling mobile app (formerly WellData MobileRT) provides easy access to active and historical well data so you can monitor your drilling operations from wherever you are. With NOV’s edge infrastructure and M/D Totco instrumentation, your data flows securely from sensor to screen—no third parties involved—so you see it instantly, in real time, with one-second resolution. Key Features: • 1-second data streaming: View real-time drilling data on your mobile device with less than a second of lag between the rig site and your screen (excluding satellite latency). • Customizable visualization: Configure strip charts and traces with flexible options for units, scaling, and more. All tags and channels available in the RigSense Electronic Drilling Recorder (EDR) are accessible, including data from integrated applications like Drilling Beliefs & Analytics and 3rd-party survey data. • Time and depth views: Access both active and historical well data by time or depth for full operational visibility. • Lagged channel tracing: Monitor channels such as gamma ray, methane, propane, total gas, and total gas normalized. • Rig and well reports: View IADC Reports (toursheets), Drilling Contractor Morning Reports, and well information including Bit Records and BHA Summaries. • Integrated chat: Communicate instantly between the rig and other Max Drilling mobile users. • Collaborative notes: View all rig notes or add your own to the official EDR notes in the time-series data. • Secure and compliant: Built on SOC 1 Type II–audited processes and end-to-end SSL/TLS encryption for secure access from anywhere. • Rig locations: View your wells on a map for quick spatial awareness and access directions to the location. • (Coming Soon) Integrated chat: Communicate instantly between the rig and other Max Drilling mobile users. If you experience any difficulties installing or using Max Drilling, please contact the Help Desk at WellDataSupport@nov.com or 1-855-935-5328.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Max Drilling at 3.2 against Rig Count's 2.3. Max Drilling also leads on review sentiment (63% vs 27%). Rig Count's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
Max Drilling holds the better App Store score, 3.2 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 22 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 27% of Rig Count's written reviews are positive against 63% of Max Drilling's.
Rig Count ships an update every 6 months, Max Drilling every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rig Count | Max Drilling |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (23 ratings) | 3.2 (22 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 26.9% of reviews | 62.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 22 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 208 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Baker Hughes Company | NOV Inc. |
Customer experience
Rig Count
Max Drilling
In-app purchases
Rig Count
No in-app purchases
Max Drilling
No in-app purchases






