Comparison

Hail Trace vs Hail Drive

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

Head to head
About

Hail Trace

Discover properties with hail, wind, and tornado damage to identify sales leads for restoration services. Get notified of customer impacts, canvass effectively, and track potential clients to nurture them into sales.

Highlights
  • Find hail, wind, and tornado damage
  • Customer impact notifications
  • Canvass and track customers
  • Identify quality sales leads
  • Nurture leads into sales
Features
Currently charting
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HailTrace App focuses on helping you get the data you need to sell your restoration product. Find quality leads, damaged buildings, and dented cars and nurture those leads into sales! 1. Find Hail, Wind, and Tornado Damage 2. Get notified when your customers are impacted 3. Canvass and track your customers 4. Find quality leads

About

Hail Drive

Access interactive storm maps, property storm history, and generate address reports. Receive native storm alerts for hail, wind, and tornadoes. Includes Knock Mode for managing property visits and follow-ups.

Highlights
  • Interactive storm map
  • Property storm history
  • Address report generation
  • Native storm alerts
  • Knock Mode for property visits
  • Personal and company workspaces
Features
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Take Hail Drive into the field to review storm activity, check properties faster, generate address reports, and stay on top of hail and wind alerts. Take Hail Drive into the field to review storm activity, search properties, generate address reports, and stay on top of hail and wind alerts. Hail Drive is the mobile app for Hail Drive customers. Sign in with your existing account to access interactive storm maps, storm-date history, address-level storm context, alerts, and field workflow tools from your phone. Features may vary by plan, workspace role, and account configuration. Use Hail Drive to review radar-derived hail swaths, recent storm reports, and hail, wind, tornado, and related storm context across supported storm days. Supported accounts can search addresses, review property-level storm history, and generate shareable PDF address reports. Hail Drive also supports native storm alerts so your device can receive hail, wind, tornado, and related storm notifications as new activity is processed. Hail Drive includes Knock Mode in the in-app map experience. Knock Mode lets users save properties from the map, log visit outcomes, schedule follow-ups, review daily activity, and work in personal or company workspaces. Eligible company accounts may also have access to teammate management, templates, photos, signatures, and supported third-party workflow integrations. Hail Drive is for existing accounts. Account setup and subscription management are handled through the Hail Drive website. Features • Sign in with Apple, Google, or email using an existing Hail Drive account • Interactive storm map with hail and wind views • Storm-date browsing for current and historical supported storm days • Radar-derived hail swaths with recent storm report context • Wind, tornado, and storm context overlays • Optional location access to center the map and improve nearby workflows • Address search and property-level storm context • Shareable PDF address reports • Native hail, wind, tornado, and storm alerts • In-app access to support, privacy policy, terms, and account deletion • Knock Mode: save properties, log outcomes, manage follow-ups, and review daily activity • Personal and company workspaces with role-based access for eligible accounts

Screenshots

Hail Trace4 screens
Hail Drive4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Hail Drive at 5.0 against Hail Trace's 3.3. Hail Drive also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 62%) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Hail Trace's advantage is ratings volume (122 vs 3) and chart position (#205 vs unranked). 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hail Drive holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hail Trace has 122 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Hail Trace's written reviews are positive against 100% of Hail Drive's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Hail Trace versus Hail Drive: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHail TraceHail Drive
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (122 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings122 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
Best chart rank#205 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDerik KlineDenys Pentsak

Customer experience

Hail Trace

All ratings122 ratings
Positive54.9%
Neutral0.8%
Negative44.3%
Written reviews98 reviews
Positive62.2%
Neutral1.0%
Negative36.7%

Hail Drive

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Hail Trace

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • App crashes and force closes frequently
  • Freezing and locking up during use
  • Filters require multiple attempts to work
  • Slider controls unresponsive
  • Maps fail to load on first attempt
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  • Geolocation shows incorrect locations
  • Phone number entry blocks submit button
  • Saved data deleted after updates
  • Login page with no signup option
  • Radius search returns inconsistent results
  • App performance degrades significantly after updates
  • Touch interface jumps and is unresponsive

Requested features

8 requests
  • Improve mobile app stability and performance
  • Simplify app navigation and interface
  • Better notification system
  • Fix geolocation accuracy
  • Streamline filters and search functionality
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  • Focus on core storm tracking features
  • Reduce unnecessary features cluttering the app
  • Improve map data currency and accuracy

Hail Drive

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Hail Trace

No in-app purchases

None

Hail Drive

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hail Trace free?
Hail Trace is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hail Drive free?
Hail Drive is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hail Trace or Hail Drive?
Hail Drive is rated higher. Hail Trace averages 3.3 out of 5 from 122 ratings, while Hail Drive averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Hail Trace or Hail Drive have ads?
Neither Hail Trace nor Hail Drive shows ads.

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