Hive Inspect vs Makeover Estimator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hive Inspect
Streamline your home inspection business with AI-powered report generation, including image analysis and speech-to-text. Manage clients, schedule appointments, process payments, and automate communications.
- AI-first report generation
- Image analysis for reports
- Speech-to-text transcription
- Smart summary generation
- Integrated CRM
- Calendar booking
- Payment processing
- Automated email alerts
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This application is licensed under Apple's standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Manage every aspect of your home inspection business with AI-first report generation (image analysis, speech-to-text, smart summaries) and integrated CRM, calendar booking, payments & automated email alerts.
Makeover Estimator
This app simplifies renovation planning by allowing users to build project scopes, review room details, and manage estimate areas. It offers AI-powered tools and collaboration features to streamline the renovation process from initial walkthrough to final review.
- Project dashboards
- Room-by-room scope review
- Estimate tools
- Project sharing
- AI-assisted project features
- Real estate-focused workflows
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Makeover Estimator helps homeowners, real estate professionals, and lenders create and review renovation project estimates from a simple mobile app. Build project scopes, review room details, manage estimate areas, access AI-powered project tools, and collaborate around renovation opportunities. Makeover Estimator is designed to make renovation planning easier, faster, and more organized from the first walkthrough to the final project review. Features include project dashboards, room-by-room scope review, estimate tools, project sharing, AI-assisted project features, and real estate-focused renovation workflows for qualified users.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Makeover Estimator at free against Hive Inspect's free with in-app purchases. Hive Inspect's advantage is ratings volume (32 vs 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. Hive Inspect sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Makeover Estimator sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Hive Inspect against 5.0 for Makeover Estimator. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hive Inspect has 32 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 97% of Hive Inspect's written reviews are positive against 100% of Makeover Estimator's.
Hive Inspect ships an update every 2 days, Makeover Estimator every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hive Inspect | Makeover Estimator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (32 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 96.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 32 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 147 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Synapse Mobility Inc | Makeover Home LLC |
Customer experience
Hive Inspect
Makeover Estimator
In-app purchases
Hive Inspect
- Homeowner Plan$9.991 Month
- Pro Plan$29.991 Month
- Homeowner Yearly$39.991 Year
Makeover Estimator
- 75 AI Credits$20.00
- Project Upgrade$50.00
- Project Upgrade$100.00
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