Comparison

Home Inspector Pro Mobile vs Palm

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

Head to head
About

Home Inspector Pro Mobile

This mobile application serves as a companion to desktop home inspection software, allowing users to collect inspection data, capture photos and videos, and input information on-site. It syncs templates and offers voice recognition for efficient report generation.

Highlights
  • Syncs templates from desktop software
  • On-site data collection
  • Photo and video capture with annotation
  • Voice recognition for data input
  • Access to thousands of pre-made narratives
  • Supports multiple inspection template types
Features
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The mobile home inspection software companion to Home Inspector Pro. Sync ALL your templates from your favorite Mac/Windows inspection software to your iPhone or iPad. Collect all your inspection data on-site, take photos and videos, then annotate them with your device and instantly slot them into the report and use voice recognition or the keyboard to input data. Since you can download all your inspection templates from the desktop to your iPhone or iPad you have access to thousands of narratives in your residential (including TREC 7-6), Wind Mitigation, 4 Point, Commercial, Mold, Radon, Septic, Pool, Fire door, Accessibility (and more) templates! Our home inspection software designed in cooperation with home inspectors who were tired of other programs not living up to their expectations. Home Inspector Pro is currently being used in at least 22 countries and 9 languages that we know of (English, French, Italian, Spanish, Czech, Chinese, Portuguese, Croatian and German). View several dozen additional templates shared by other inspectors through our message boards. Make sure to join the Home Inspector Pro Facebook group for the latest discussions on new features! Call 888-750-4777 with any questions or email the help desk at Help@HomeInspectorPro.com

About

Palm

Create professional home inspection reports directly from your mobile device. This app streamlines the inspection process, allowing you to document findings, customize templates, and email reports to clients instantly, saving you time and enhancing your business.

Highlights
  • Create inspection reports in the field
  • Customize templates on PC
  • Email reports directly to clients
  • Intuitive and fast interface
  • Cut, copy, and paste options for edits
  • Connects to business management portal
Features
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This App is a companion to our PC based product and business management portal. Using the app, licensed Palm-Tech Version 9 users create home inspection reports in the field with the business management portal giving you even more tools to save you time and grow your business. Make the most of your time on-site and produce professional looking reports without spending extra time back at the office. Thousands of home inspectors have downloaded the Palm-Tech app and use it daily to quickly document inspection findings and create the best looking reports in the industry. Palm-Tech Plus delivers a brand new app designed to save even more time when creating reports and connects automatically to your business management portal. Palm-Tech gives you the ability to email your inspection reports to clients directly from your mobile device. This means you can start, finish and deliver your report all from your iPhone or iPad. This is exactly what you need and will save you time! Not All Apps Are Created Equal - The Palm-Tech Advantage Palm-Tech has been built from the ground up to be used in the field by home inspectors like you. It’s been around for 20 years and is constantly improved to make it easier for you to do your job. • The Fastest - An intuitive interface and multiple options for entering information add up to the fastest app for entering inspection information. • Most Flexible App - Fully customize your templates on your PC and send them over to your app. Make changes on the fly with cut, copy, paste options. • Easy to learn - Free training webinars, tons of step by step HOW TO documents and lots of video tutorials - you’ll be an expert in no time! • Customer Service - Call us Mon - Fri 9am - 5pm Eastern time and you get a live voice in the US ready to help. Call us today at 888-736-2462 and see for yourself.

Screenshots

Home Inspector Pro Mobile4 screens
Palm4 screens

Verdict

The call

Home Inspector Pro Mobile and Palm both sit at 4.3 stars, but that hides the real split: 81% of Home Inspector Pro Mobile's written reviews are positive against 73% of Palm's. Home Inspector Pro Mobile also leads on ratings volume (75 vs 19). Palm's advantage is iOS requirement (8.1 vs 15.0). On price, rating, 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

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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Home Inspector Pro Mobile against 4.4 for Palm. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 75 and 19 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of Home Inspector Pro Mobile's written reviews are positive against 73% of Palm's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and June 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Home Inspector Pro Mobile versus Palm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHome Inspector Pro MobilePalm
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (75 ratings)4.4 (19 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.0% of reviews — better72.7% of reviews
Number of ratings75 — better19
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.08.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB167 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHome Inspector ProPorch.com, Inc.

Customer experience

Home Inspector Pro Mobile

All ratings75 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral2.7%
Negative17.3%
Written reviews63 reviews
Positive81.0%
Neutral4.8%
Negative14.3%

Palm

All ratings19 ratings
Positive84.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative15.8%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive72.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative27.3%

Bugs and requests

Home Inspector Pro Mobile

Reported bugs

15 issues
  • Camera will not focus on close-ups on the first attempt
  • Numerous pics save with the wrong orientation
  • Software turning all pictures black and white when zooming
  • Trouble uploading photos
  • New photo interface with smaller confirm button
Show 10 more
  • Recent update very laggy
  • Camera option to take a photo back to back no longer on the same screen
  • Reports take forever to complete
  • Cannot delete a section from the report midstream without desktop
  • Cannot copy a section from one template to another without desktop
  • Unable to go back and refer to photos outside of the program
  • New camera is annoying, save and take another picture button gone
  • TREC form 7-4 is outdated, current form is 7-5
  • Reports wouldn't upload to the cloud
  • Pictures were ridiculously blurry in demo version

Requested features

10 requests
  • Fix camera focus on close-ups
  • Address photos saving with wrong orientation
  • Fix pictures turning black and white
  • Improve photo uploading stability
  • Revert or improve photo interface
Show 5 more
  • Simplify template editing
  • Improve training tutorials
  • Address lag and slowness from updates
  • Make desktop client unnecessary
  • Allow photo reference outside program

Palm

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Home Inspector Pro Mobile

No in-app purchases

None

Palm

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Home Inspector Pro Mobile free?
Home Inspector Pro Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Palm free?
Palm is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Home Inspector Pro Mobile or Palm?
Palm is rated higher. Home Inspector Pro Mobile averages 4.3 out of 5 from 75 ratings, while Palm averages 4.4 from 19 ratings.
Do Home Inspector Pro Mobile or Palm have ads?
Neither Home Inspector Pro Mobile nor Palm shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Home Inspector Pro Mobile or Palm?
Home Inspector Pro Mobile ships an update every 2 months, and Palm every 2 months. Most recently, Home Inspector Pro Mobile was updated on September 18, 2026 and Palm on June 2, 2026.

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