Comparison

Building Start vs Hy IMI

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

Head to head
About

Building Start

This platform digitizes field testing for construction and engineering projects. It allows for centralized test plan creation and offline execution on field devices, synchronizing data back to the cloud upon completion.

Highlights
  • Centralized test plan authoring
  • Push test plans to field devices
  • Offline field testing capabilities
  • Data synchronization to cloud
  • Digital capture of construction projects
  • Support for TAB, Building Startup, Commissioning, Energy Audits
Features
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Building Start is a field services platform used in construction and engineering to perform centralized test plan authoring and management and push the test plan from the cloud to field devices to perform on-site field testing digitally. Once a field technician has been assigned a project, they can receive the project on their field device and perform the test plan and responses offline and synchronize them back into the cloud when they complete their work for the day. Building Start is widely used in the construction industry with over 30,000 construction projects digitally captured in such efforts as Test, Adjust & Balance (TAB), Building Startup, Building Commissioning (LEED, Green Building,etc) and Energy Audits.

About

Hy IMI

Features
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System Solution for IMI company

Screenshots

Building Start4 screens
Hy IMI3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Building Start at monthly against Hy IMI's every 4 months. Hy IMI's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Building Start ships an update monthly, Hy IMI every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Building Start versus Hy IMI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBuilding StartHy IMI
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB52 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperBuilding StartKrzysztof Hoffmann

In-app purchases

None

Building Start

No in-app purchases

None

Hy IMI

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Building Start free?
Building Start is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hy IMI free?
Hy IMI is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Building Start or Hy IMI have ads?
Neither Building Start nor Hy IMI shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Building Start or Hy IMI?
Building Start ships an update monthly, and Hy IMI every 4 months. Most recently, Building Start was updated on October 23, 2026 and Hy IMI on October 26, 2026.

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