Comparison

Archipad ™ vs Site Diary

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

Head to head
About

Archipad ™

Streamline construction site management with this tool for creating punch lists, documenting observations, and generating reports directly from the field. Optimize your time by entering data on-site and reducing manual formatting, making project tracking more efficient.

Highlights
  • On-site meeting management
  • Observation and punch list creation
  • Report generation with drawing locations
  • Auto-completion for typing
  • Digital signature for meeting attendees
  • Centralized document storage
Features
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Archipad is the new way to manage your on-site meetings, and the easiest way to write down observations, removing many fastidious steps in the process. Archipad allows you to easily create punch lists, and allows you to send a report, the punch list and drawings with item locations, directly from the site. No need to go back to the office to prepare minutes and reports, no more losing precious hours formatting your documents. Archipad is created for construction professionals, architects, engineers, contractors, project managers, assistants, promoters... Archipad Classic on iPad offers a unique and easy to use solution to manage observations, punch lists, drawings, and meetings. The iPad is what we all have been waiting for to do on-site visits, witch even if they last all day, your iPad will not run out of battery when correctly charged at start. Archipad strong points: - User friendly and extremely simple to use: no training required. - Optimize your time and use the iPad as a data entry tool, pointing observations directly on plans and drawings, and reduced typing with our auto-enhancing typing reducer: as you add observations, Archipad will learn your vocabulary and sentences and propose auto completion, the smart way. - A flat fee and moderate price. You will know what you pay up front, and will not be billed by the project or number of hours used. In just a couple of meetings your purchase will pay back by the time you saved. - Reports with punch lists with drawings indicating the locations of each observation can be made per work package or per drawing, making it easy to read for all those working on the project, whether they are contractors or architects. The reports have been thought as actual meeting minutes, by allowing each person attending the meeting to sign a presence sheet your reports will show the signature of all attendances. IN SHORT From construction to delivery - one tool for all • Manage construction site meetings • Organize your observations and retentions • Reduce the time to enter observations Information management • Send out the report at the end of the meeting • Keep track of previous visits • All your plans and drawings in one location Tracking and managing the construction site • Point observations directly on your drawings • All your documents available to use on-site • A cost-effective tool for improved tracking of work Terms of use : https://archipad.com/en/terms-of-service/ Privacy policy : https://archipad.com/en/privacy-policy/

About

Site Diary

Streamline construction daily reporting with this app. It replaces paper logs with digital entries, integrates task management, and automatically includes weather data and photos. Supports offline use and various export formats for seamless project tracking.

Highlights
  • Digital daily reports
  • Integrated task management
  • Real-time progress monitoring
  • Automatic local weather reports
  • Image attachments
  • Offline support
  • PDF, Excel, CSV export
Features
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Site Diary app replaces the existing paper construction daily reports, site journal or daily logs, where field workers make a report of things that occurred on their projects. With Site Diary app, we make the whole process quick, fun and simple so you both have a detailed daily report and time left to focus on building more. We developed Site Diary to address the needs of site engineers, foremen and site managers working in construction organizations, contractors and installation teams both large and small. "Site Diary allowed me to keep track of construction progress and emerging issues in real time” - Christopher Pletcher, Municipal Engineering Manager, Ayres Associates Task management/allocations feature The first product to integrate daily reports and task management. Users can create a task, add information about the task (manpower, equipment & materials to be used) and the persons it assigned to. Report progress on a task by creating a work log. The diary form will be automatically filled with all the task info which will make it a lot quicker for users to fill their daily reports. Site Diary Features include - Real-time site progress and monitoring, whereby users have visibility of work being done by site staff. Submitted reports are immediately available for review and approval by off-site personnel. - Share information. The app will allow field workers to send an email after they create an event. (This is optional) - Local weather report automatically included - every report entry is automatically linked with the prevailing weather conditions for that site at the time, which is important information to include in a daily construction report app. - Added images - photos and other images can be attached to reports. - Offline support - Sites with limited connectivity are not a problem as the app continues to perform seamlessly off-line. Data captured is saved on the device and synchronized to the cloud as soon as a connection becomes available. - User management - Add and remove users in your team - Set up site resources (labour, equipment, materials, contractors, tags) that you will use on your construction site. Tags are used to determine the type of event that is recorded, example: Safety. - Export Reports - This can be used as shift updates or project summaries and shared with staff, contractors and clients. These are done in either PDF, Excel or CSV format.

Screenshots

Archipad ™4 screens
Site Diary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Site Diary at none against Archipad ™'s 2. Site Diary also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Archipad ™ sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $72.99 per month. Site Diary asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Archipad ™ against 4.4 for Site Diary. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 45 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 88% and 88% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Archipad ™ ships an update every 3 weeks, Site Diary weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Archipad ™ versus Site Diary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArchipad ™Site Diary
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (19 ratings)4.4 (45 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.0% of reviews — better87.5% of reviews
Number of ratings1945 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size299 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBigsoolScript&Go

Customer experience

Archipad ™

All ratings19 ratings
Positive84.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative15.8%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive88.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative8.0%

Site Diary

All ratings45 ratings
Positive86.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Archipad ™

Subscriptions2
  • Premium - Monthly$72.991 Month
  • Premium - Yearly1 Month trial$739.991 Year
None

Site Diary

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Archipad ™ free?
Archipad ™ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Site Diary free?
Site Diary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Archipad ™ or Site Diary?
Site Diary is rated higher. Archipad ™ averages 4.3 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while Site Diary averages 4.4 from 45 ratings.
Do Archipad ™ or Site Diary have ads?
Neither Archipad ™ nor Site Diary shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Archipad ™ or Site Diary?
Archipad ™ ships an update every 3 weeks, and Site Diary weekly. Most recently, Archipad ™ was updated on September 21, 2026 and Site Diary on September 19, 2026.

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