iG Inspect vs HeadLight Fieldbook
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iG Inspect
This iPad application streamlines government field inspections, including building, land use, and environmental checks. It manages the entire inspection process, from routing and research to checklists, digital signatures, and printing.
- Manage unlimited inspections
- Building, land use, environmental, safety & compliance inspections
- Inspection routing and research
- Checklists and corrective items
- Digital signature capture
- Printing capabilities
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i-Government is here! iG Inspect is a mobile inspections application brought to you by iG Workforce™ - the industry's first mobile government workforce platform designed for the iPad. iG Inspect is a powerful iPad application that allows government field workers to quickly and easily manage an unlimited amount of inspections such as building inspections, land use inspections, environmental, safety & compliance and much more. iG Inspect provides comprehensive management of the daily inspection process from inspection routing, research and review, inspection checklists, holds and corrective items as well as digital signature and printing capabilities.
HeadLight Fieldbook
This app streamlines onsite project information capture for infrastructure projects. It allows teams to quickly record inspection data, generate daily reports, and add multimedia context like photos and videos. Users can easily search archived data and flag areas of concern for immediate notification.
- Real-time data capture and sharing
- Built-in daily report generation
- Multimedia observation recording
- Archived data search functionality
- Flagging areas of concern
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HeadLight Fieldbook is a photo-driven inspection and verification technology used during infrastructure project delivery. It's designed exclusively for state and local transportation agencies, engineering firms that offer construction management services, and heavy-civil contractors that wish to gain easier, more effective, and less-costly ways for their teams to perform onsite project information capture. HeadLight Fieldbook Features ----------------------------- • Capture inspection data quickly and share it in real time to everyone on the project. • Daily reports are built-in so you can create and submit your documentation without leaving the field. • Add videos, photos and voice recordings to your inspection observations, creating additional clarity and context to reporting. • Find archived inspection data quickly by searching observation text, bid item numbers, contractors or custom tags that you create. • Flag areas of concern to instantly notify those who need to know.
Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: HeadLight Fieldbook at 3.6 against iG Inspect's 2.1. HeadLight Fieldbook also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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.
HeadLight Fieldbook holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 2.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 36 and 23 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 16% of iG Inspect's written reviews are positive against 8% of HeadLight Fieldbook's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
iG Inspect ships an update every 4 months, HeadLight Fieldbook every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 6, 2026 and July 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iG Inspect | HeadLight Fieldbook |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (36 ratings) | 3.6 (23 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 15.8% of reviews — better | 8.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 36 — better | 23 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 128 MB | 128 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | iG Workforce | Pavia Systems, Inc |
Customer experience
iG Inspect
HeadLight Fieldbook
In-app purchases
iG Inspect
No in-app purchases
HeadLight Fieldbook
No in-app purchases
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