Inspection Apps vs Metro Insp
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Inspection Apps
Streamline your inspection process with this flexible mobile application. Record data, capture photos, and generate professional PDF reports quickly and efficiently, whether online or offline. Save time and improve productivity for various inspection needs.
- Offline data capture
- Photo and defect recording
- Automatic cloud upload
- One-click PDF report generation
- Customizable inspection types
- Multi-user support
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Inspection Apps offers the most flexible and easy-to-use inspection application for iPhone and iPad. You can throw away your paper-based checklist and digital camera, and substitute them with Inspection Apps. A cloud-based inspection management application can replicate your paper-based checklist, and allow you to use your iPhone or iPad to record inspection data, capture defects and take photographs, whether you are online or off-line. Captured data and photographs wirelessly and automatically upload to the cloud-based application, which you can then incorporate into PDF client reports, or management reports, with one click. You will save hours of time by avoiding manual tasks of re-typing from paper-based notes, or needlessly connecting and uploading from your digital camera. About Inspection Apps: Inspection Apps is a multi-award winning product that provides a software solution for Business, Government, Councils, Real Estate, Building inspectors, Mining, OH&S inspectors and so many more. Unlike other apps, Inspection Apps allows you to have multiple inspection types within the one app, and each inspection type can have a unique combination of checklist questions. The product is a fully customised, fully developed software solution, for a couple of dollars per inspection, and delivered within a few days. Businesses achieve measurable labour cost savings and fast turnaround times, every time. Use of a mobile device simplifies information collection, and provides automatic, wireless uploading. The combined SaaS solution and app increases productivity and guarantees consistent quality. A PDF report, with embedded photos, can be produced in under 10 seconds! It doesn’t matter if you are sole operator business, or a government agency with hundreds of users....Inspection Apps is the answer.
Metro Insp
This app helps independent contractors gather data, answer questions, and take photos for inspections in real time. It guides users through step-by-step processes, allows for real-time data capture, and includes features for reviewing and submitting inspection reports.
- Real-time data and photo capture
- Step-by-step inspection guidance
- Assignment management
- Status updates and communication
- Digital signature capture
- Review and submission features
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Title: The Metro App Short Description: A tool that will be used on a broad scale by independent contractors hired by Metro Inspections, i.e., inspectors, in the field, to gather data, answer questions and take photographs while capturing all the aforementioned on our servers in real time. Detailed Description: Two primary functions performed on The Metro App include: 1) Inspection Management Tool: This is a place that the inspector can log in to the mobile inspection platform in order to confirm their acceptance of assignments, see their pending assignments along with high level order info and due dates/times. Inspectors will use this part of the platform to enter appointment times as well as updates regarding status and communications with the subject of the inspection (“merchants”). 2) Mobile Site Inspection: This is the primary focus of The Metro App. It allows the inspector to“Begin Inspection” and then go through the established process based on what has been requested by the client. In other words, once the inspector begins the inspection, it gives them step-by-step instructions to follow, asks the appropriate questions and prompts the inspector to take the appropriate photographs. Metro Inspections’ servers captures the answers to the questions and uploads the photos in real time as the inspection is taking place. This includes “back” “forward” “skip” and“review” features. The “back” feature is intended to allow an inspector to go back to previous questions if they realize they answered a question incorrectly or learn new information that may change a previous answer later in the inspection process. The “forward” is meant to catch back up to where they were in the inspection before having used the “back” feature. The “skip” feature is for questions or photos that may need to come later in the inspection process than where they are originally placed. If there are photos that are unavailable or questions that can’t be answered, there is an N/A option. Once all of the required photos and questions are entered, there is a review page to make sure the inspector is happy with the answers to the questions and quality of the photos provided. Once the inspector is ready to submit the order, there is a feature where the inspector can sign the device on the screen with their finger and also have the on-site contact sign the device with their finger. Once this is all complete, the data is entered in to an editable form for our quality review process to take place.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Inspection Apps at 100% against Metro Insp's 33%. Metro Insp's advantage is iOS requirement (12.4 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, 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.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Inspection Apps | Metro Insp |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 3.8 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Inspection Apps | Metro Inspections, LLC |
Customer experience
Inspection Apps
Metro Insp
In-app purchases
Inspection Apps
No in-app purchases
Metro Insp
No in-app purchases
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