HomeCloud Inc. vs Rafter Home
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HomeCloud Inc.
This app assists field teams in conducting and documenting home evaluations for repair scoping. It facilitates GC-led assessments, simplifying the process of home ownership management.
- GC-led home evaluations
- Repair scoping support
- Field team documentation
- Home ownership simplified
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HomeCloud provides GC-led home evaluations to support repair scoping. This mobile app is used by our field team to perform and document those evaluations.
Rafter Home
This app acts as a personal advisor for your home, offering intelligent, proactive maintenance and cost reduction. It assesses your home's systems, provides a prioritized plan, and connects you with experts when needed.
- Intelligent home assessment
- Proactive problem detection
- Prioritized maintenance plans
- Expert advisory services
- Cost reduction guidance
- Home asset protection
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Your home's intelligent assistant: proactive, personalized, and always available. Rafter combines advanced technology with trusted expertise to make owning your home easier, safer, and more afforadable. It knows what's going on in your home, tells you what matters, and helps you actually do something about it. Intelligent. Rafter continuously assesses your home — inside and out, across every major system — and turns what it finds into a clear, prioritized plan built for your specific property. No noise. No generic tips. Just what your home actually needs, in the order it needs it. Proactive. Most home problems don't appear overnight — they build. Rafter catches them early, tracks what's been done, and keeps your home moving forward. The goal isn't a longer list. It's a shorter one. Always available. Have a question at 10pm? Not sure if something can wait or needs to move now? Rafter is there. And when a situation calls for a real person — someone who knows your home and can help you get it handled — they're a message away. Your home is your most valuable asset. It deserves an advisor that doesn't just flag problems — it helps you solve them.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Rafter Home at 6 against HomeCloud Inc.'s 2. On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for HomeCloud Inc. against 5.0 for Rafter Home. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 6 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
HomeCloud Inc. ships an update fortnightly, Rafter Home every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HomeCloud Inc. | Rafter Home |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HomeCloud Inc. | Five Tree Orchard, Inc. |
Customer experience
HomeCloud Inc.
Rafter Home
In-app purchases
HomeCloud Inc.
No in-app purchases
Rafter Home
No in-app purchases
