Xactimate vs Horizon Mobile 3
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.
Horizon Mobile 3
This app streamlines home inspection report writing by allowing users to collect data and create reports simultaneously in the field. It offers offline capabilities, photo editing, and seamless integration with a desktop portal for efficient workflow.
- Simultaneous data collection and report writing
- Offline functionality
- Full-sync with desktop portal
- In-app photo editing
- Intuitive report writing tool
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Horizon Mobile 3 is the latest companion app for Horizon Inspection Software, offering the fastest, smartest, and most intuitive report writing tool for home inspectors. This app is designed to help you collect data and write your report simultaneously during the inspection process. The app works while connected via cellular, WiFi, or offline. Use the full-sync feature anytime during or after your inspection to integrate your field data with your desktop portal. Use the camera on your phone or tablet to quickly add photos, along with full editing control to resize images, add arrows and other shapes, as well as captions. Horizon Mobile 3 offers a best-in-class inspection reporting solution, with navigation and features that let you complete your reports with speed and accuracy. Device Recommendations for Optimal Performance: - iOS/iPadOS 17 or newer - iPhone 13 or newer, or iPad (2021 models or later) - 4 GB RAM or more - 64 GB storage or more Devices on beta iOS/iPadOS or jailbroken devices may face issues.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Xactimate at 4.6 against Horizon Mobile 3's 3.8. Xactimate also leads on ratings volume (8.4K vs 101) and review sentiment (50% vs 27%). Horizon Mobile 3's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). 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 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Xactimate has 8.4K ratings behind it against 101, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Xactimate's written reviews are positive against 27% of Horizon Mobile 3's.
Xactimate ships an update fortnightly, Horizon Mobile 3 every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Xactimate | Horizon Mobile 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (8.4K ratings) — better | 3.8 (101 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 49.6% of reviews — better | 26.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8.4K — better | 101 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 391 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Xactware Solutions, Inc. | Carson Dunlop |
Customer experience
Xactimate
Horizon Mobile 3
User reviews
Xactimate
From 8.4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Time saver
- 🚀 Efficient estimating
- 🚀 Useful mobile features
- 👍 Intuitive interface
- 👍 Great for adjusters
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes frequently
- 🐛 Buggy and glitchy
- 🐛 Unreliable syncing
- 🐛 Slow performance
- 🔋 High battery consumption
Horizon Mobile 3
From 101 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍🏼 Easy to use/learn
- 👍🏼 Clients love report format
- 👍🏼 Streamlined
- 👍🏼 Smooth and fluent
- 👍🏼 Great cloud base software architecture
Room to improve
- 🐛 Glitchy and slow performance
- 🐛 Crashes constantly
- 🐛 Unusable, will not sync work orders
- 🐛 Push sync fails
- 🐛 Software is awful
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
Horizon Mobile 3
Reported bugs
25 issues- Syncing issues with work orders
- Push sync failures
- Data sync failures
- Lost inspections
- Lost pictures
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- Deleted recommendations
- Slow syncs
- App gets slower throughout the day
- Slow back button response
- Descriptions and pictures missing from final report
- App goes back to homepage when selecting a photo
- App crashes when trying to load photos from camera roll
- App freezes
- App crashes when trying to attach pictures
- App freezes or completely shuts down during work
- App fails to save photos
- App shuts down when adding photos from photo library
- App closes when adding photos
- Unable to delete photos accidentally added to report
- Unable to add multiple photos at a time
- App crashes when adding photo from gallery
- App crashes approximately 20 times per inspection
- App crashes 75% of the time when uploading photos to a comment
- App randomly adds a photo to the report with no way of deleting it
- Pre-written narratives won't show up
Requested features
2 requests- Increase font size in the app
- Pre-made ancillary templates available (Manufactured Homes, pool & Spa, etc.)
In-app purchases
Xactimate
No in-app purchases
Horizon Mobile 3
No in-app purchases
