ScanSeries vs Joyfill
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ScanSeries
Streamline inspections of fire and life safety devices with this comprehensive mobile tool. Quickly gather data, generate verifiable reports, and ensure compliance with code requirements. This app is designed for users of the BuildingReports Web-based inspection reporting system.
- Fire and life safety device inspections
- Quick data gathering
- Verifiable inspection reports
- Code compliance checks
- FireScan, SafetyScan, SprinklerScan, SuppressionScan, SecurityScan, HVACScan modules
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BuildingReports’ mobile and online inspection reporting tools enable inspectors to quickly gather data on fire and life safety devices to ensure they are working properly and meet code requirements, or identify actions needed to meet compliance through easily verifiable inspection reports. BuildingReports has the solutions, inspected device data and the qualified network to cement its reputation as the most trusted name in compliance reporting. *Note: This application is for customers who use the BuildingReports Web-based inspection reporting system only. It is an all-in-one application and contains: FireScan, SafetyScan, SprinklerScan, SuppressionScan, SecurityScan, and HVACScan. The app is supported on iPhone 4S (or newer) and iPod Touch 5th Gen. (or newer) devices.
Joyfill
Streamline workflows with digital forms for inspections and client management. Create custom templates or use pre-built ones, and manage tasks collaboratively. Work offline and sync data when reconnected.
- Offline data entry
- Custom form builder
- Client management
- Inspection scheduling
- Collaborative calendar
- Pre-built templates
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Joyfill offers powerful and easy to use digital forms to help you collaborate with your team, streamline internal processes, and eliminate manual document tasks and processes. Highlight Features: Offline entry Collect information using the offline mode, then upload and sync once reconnected. Custom Form Builder Create and customize digital forms to fit your inspections, or choose from a list of 100s if compliance approved templates, including: NFPA, proposals, invoices and more. Client management Effectively manage all your inspection clients in one place. View activity between your team and clients. Better organize the way your track and interact with your clients. Inspection schedules Teams can organize and schedule inspections, tasks or to-dos on an online collaborative calendar. Always know where you are in the inspection process. And much more!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Joyfill at 5.0 against ScanSeries's 3.8. ScanSeries's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 14 months) and ratings volume (48 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Joyfill holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ScanSeries has 48 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
ScanSeries ships an update every 3 weeks, Joyfill every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ScanSeries | Joyfill |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (48 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 48 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 14 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 13.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BuildingReports.com, Inc | Built To Create LLC |
Customer experience
ScanSeries
Joyfill
In-app purchases
ScanSeries
No in-app purchases
Joyfill
No in-app purchases









