Archipad ™ vs BIMx (legacy)
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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/
BIMx (legacy)
This is a retired version of a mobile viewer app designed for accessing Archicad models. It is optimized for older iOS devices and will not receive future updates. A newer, next-generation version is available separately.
- View Archicad models
- Optimized for older iOS devices
- Legacy version
- Mobile model access
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BIMx (legacy) IS A VIEWER APP — DOWNLOAD ONLY IF YOU WANT TO VIEW ARCHICAD MODELS ON YOUR MOBILE DEVICE(S) This is the legacy version of BIMx which is optimized to run on earlier iOS devices. It will not updated in the future and will be phased out over time. The next generation BIMx application (https: //apps.apple.com/us/app/bimx/id452706864) is now available for free as a separate download from the App Store and includes new capabilities and technology, plus all of the most popular features of the retired app. Contact bimx@graphisoft.com for assistance and further information.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BIMx (legacy) at none against Archipad ™'s 2. BIMx (legacy) also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.6). Archipad ™'s advantage is rating (4.3 vs 3.9) and review sentiment (88% vs 74%). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Archipad ™ sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $72.99 per month. BIMx (legacy) asks for nothing beyond the download.
Archipad ™ holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 18 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Archipad ™'s written reviews are positive against 74% of BIMx (legacy)'s.
Archipad ™ ships an update every 3 weeks, BIMx (legacy) monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Archipad ™ | BIMx (legacy) |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (19 ratings) — better | 3.9 (18 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 88.0% of reviews — better | 74.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | 18 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 299 MB | 100 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bigsool | Graphisoft SE |
Customer experience
Archipad ™
BIMx (legacy)
In-app purchases
Archipad ™
- Premium - Monthly$72.991 Month
- Premium - Yearly1 Month trial$739.991 Year
BIMx (legacy)
No in-app purchases
Questions
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