HELIXproject vs BIM 360 Layout
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HELIXproject
This app streamlines construction project communication and management by coordinating real-time information between field teams and off-site stakeholders. It offers tools for tracking assets, changes, issues, and documentation, ensuring efficient project execution.
- Real-time information coordination
- Asset and change tracking
- Customizable checklists
- Team directory with permissions
- Location-based issue tracking
- Photo and video documentation
- Collaborative task management
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Transform the way you manage construction projects with HELIXproject. Coordinate real-time information between the field and off-site project owners, designers, and builders to drive action and streamline communication. Key Features - Assets - Models, serial numbers, and custom information for every item maintained in a facility, from generators to paint colors. - Changes - Tracking for every change event from identification through incorporation into the prime contract and individual subcontracts. - Checklists - Customizable template forms for any process onsite, like commissioning, safety observations, and quality inspections. - Directory - The entire team from owners and designers to builders and craft workers, with permissions that fit content to each role. - Documentation - Every submission required for project turnover and designed for easy reference throughout facility operations. - Issues - Location-based tracking for punch list and other issue categories, with workflows to bring quick resolution to every item. - Logistics - Status and location management for any material, assembly, or scope of work, including offsite prefabrication. - Photos - Photography and videos that document progress and keep the team updated no matter where they’re working each day. - Plans and Specifications - Every drawing sheet, specification section, and 3D model in a single searchable list that’s accessible everywhere. - RFIs - Every clarification of the design documents in a workflow that communicates quick resolution to the entire team. - Site Personnel - Onboarding, identification, and badging for every person on site with contact details that keep everyone in touch. - Submittals - Specification-based registration and packaging that makes review and approval easy and team distribution even easier. - Tasks - A collaborative to-do list for the whole team with multi-step workflows designed to drive every item to completion. - Warranty - Post-construction issue identification and resolution using workflows among the owner, builder, and craft workers. Proven Success Trusted by thousands of collaborators on hundreds of projects totaling over 80 million square feet and $40 billion in construction value, HELIXproject has enabled complex construction project management work on projects of any size for more than a decade. With HELIXproject, your team can take direct action in the field to keep everyone building with confidence and efficiency.
BIM 360 Layout
This app connects construction models to the field layout process, increasing job site productivity and accuracy. It guides users to exact point locations for staking and verification using compatible total station hardware. Models and point data can be downloaded for offline use.
- Connects model to field layout
- Increases job site productivity
- Improves accuracy of staked components
- Guides users to exact point locations
- Supports offline model and point data
- Remote total station control
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The Autodesk® BIM 360™ Layout app for iOS and BIM 360™ web service provide vertical construction contractors the ability to connect the coordinated model to the field layout process, helping to increase job site productivity while improving the accuracy of staked or installed building components. The app synchronizes with your BIM 360 account to download and upload project models with point location coordinate detail. Once paired with a total station, BIM 360 Layout on your iPad™ guides the user to the exact location of those points on the job site for field staking and/or location verification activities. NOTE: The BIM 360 Layout app is currently directly compatible with the following positioning hardware: Topcon LN-100 3D Layout Navigator, Topcon DS-200i, Leica iCON robot 60, and Leica iCON robot 50. NOTE: The BIM 360 Layout app is currently compatible with the following positioning hardware when used in conjunction with a compatible BT Bridging device: Topcon LN-150 3D Layout Navigator, Topcon DS-200i/DS-200, Topcon GT and PS series, Sokkia SX and IX series, and Leica iCON robots 50, 60,70, and 80. ______________________ Share and Collaborate ◆ Share and assign layout points from within BIM 360 Glue Web to the BIM 360 Layout app ◆ Models and point data can be downloaded for offline use in the field ◆ Sync and share collected/as-built points from the app in the field with BIM 360 Glue web ◆ Upload models with layout points created in Autodesk Point Layout directly from AutoCAD, Revit and Navisworks into BIM360 Glue and sync with the BIM 360 Layout app Robotic Total Station Controller ◆ Seamless connection to total station hardware ◆ Control the total station remotely utilizing guide and point-turn functionality ◆ Step-by-step, guided total station set-up routine including coach marks for each feature User Interface and Navigation ◆ Select level and location in 2D, navigate directly to that location in 3D model view ◆ First person—immersive view of the building model as the user walks the jobsite ◆ Optimized views to see total station, prism, selected point and auto-zoom 2D & 3D viewing modes when nearing a point ______________________ Autodesk BIM 360 Layout mobile app is licensed under the following License and Services Agreement. Your download and/or use of the Autodesk BIM 360 Layout mobile app shall serve as your acknowledgement to the terms of this License and Services Agreement with respect to your use of the Autodesk BIM 360 Layout mobile app. Requirements: Requires iOS 12 or later.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: HELIXproject at 43% against BIM 360 Layout's 0%. HELIXproject also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). BIM 360 Layout's advantage is rating (3.7 vs 3.1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
BIM 360 Layout holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 43% of HELIXproject's written reviews are positive against 0% of BIM 360 Layout's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
HELIXproject ships an update every 2 weeks, BIM 360 Layout every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HELIXproject | BIM 360 Layout |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (7 ratings) | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Holder Construction Group, LLC | Autodesk Inc. |
Customer experience
HELIXproject
BIM 360 Layout
In-app purchases
HELIXproject
No in-app purchases
BIM 360 Layout
No in-app purchases








