Xactimate vs Chatavise
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Xactimate
Create comprehensive property damage estimates directly on your mobile device. This app integrates seamlessly with online and desktop versions, allowing professionals to build estimates from start to finish in the field.
- Build estimates on iOS device
- Seamless cross-platform integration
- Field estimating
- Integrates with Xactware products
- Online and desktop sync
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Xactimate Mobile is the first fully realized mobile estimating app for professionals in the field. Build complete estimates from start to finish directly on your iOS device with seamless integration across Xactimate's online and desktop platforms and the Xactware family of products. *Some features, such as generating reports or downloading price lists, require internet or 4G access. For customer support, visit the eService center.
Chatavise
This business application enables service companies to enhance customer interactions through text messaging. It streamlines communication, saving time and boosting customer engagement by facilitating direct texting with clients.
- Customer experience enhancement
- Text-based communication
- Time-saving for businesses
- Improved customer engagement
- Direct texting with customers
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Chatavise is a Business that helps service companies deliver customer experience with text, not talk. By using Chatavise, companies can save time and improve customer engagement with just texting their customers!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Chatavise at 100% against Xactimate's 50%. Chatavise also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). Xactimate's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.2) and ratings volume (8.2K vs 5). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Xactimate holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Xactimate has 8.2K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Xactimate's written reviews are positive against 100% of Chatavise's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Xactimate ships an update fortnightly, Chatavise every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Xactimate | Chatavise |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (8.2K ratings) — better | 4.2 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 49.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8.2K — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 380 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Xactware Solutions, Inc. | Chatavise, Inc |
Customer experience
Xactimate
Chatavise
Bugs and requests
Xactimate
Reported bugs
5 issues- Login issues
- Sketch mode problems
- Measurement inaccuracies
- Compatibility issues with newer devices
- Data loss when using the app
Requested features
6 requests- Add PDF export option
- Improve photo management
- Enhance sketching tools
- Integrate desktop and mobile versions
- Add keyboard shortcuts
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- Develop a Mac desktop version
Chatavise
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Xactimate
No in-app purchases
Chatavise
No in-app purchases
