Home Inspector Pro Mobile vs Palmtech Complete
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Palmtech Complete
This business app streamlines home inspection workflows by enabling users to create reports, manage schedules, and process payments. It offers customizable templates for documents and automated features to improve efficiency.
- Create inspection reports
- Request list builder
- Book jobs and manage calendar
- E-sign contracts
- Collect payments
- Customize templates
- Route planning
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Palmtech Complete is the one-stop shop for all your home inspection needs. It’s a simpler, lower-cost solution that provides new and established home inspectors alike with the core functionality they need to run their businesses from a single intuitive, easy-to-use app. With Palmtech Complete, inspectors can create simple, elegant inspection reports with a request list builder that your customers and real estate agents will love. The app enables you to handle your entire workday on the go – making it easy to book jobs, get your contracts e-signed, manage your calendar, and collect payments. Palmtech Complete makes it easy to customize inspection templates as well as the other documents your business needs, such as contracts and email templates. The app also helps inspectors work smarter and save time with route planning and automated email templates. Palmtech Complete also comes with free support and training, so help is there when you need it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Home Inspector Pro Mobile at 81% against Palmtech Complete's 20%. Home Inspector Pro Mobile also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (75 vs 23). Palmtech Complete's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Home Inspector Pro Mobile holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 75 and 23 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Home Inspector Pro Mobile's written reviews are positive against 20% of Palmtech Complete's.
Home Inspector Pro Mobile ships an update every 2 months, Palmtech Complete every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Home Inspector Pro Mobile | Palmtech Complete |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (75 ratings) — better | 3.0 (23 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 81.0% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 75 — better | 23 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 129 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Home Inspector Pro | Porch.com |
Customer experience
Home Inspector Pro Mobile
Palmtech Complete
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
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- 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
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- Simplify template editing
- Improve training tutorials
- Address lag and slowness from updates
- Make desktop client unnecessary
- Allow photo reference outside program
Palmtech Complete
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Home Inspector Pro Mobile
No in-app purchases
Palmtech Complete
No in-app purchases
Questions
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