Kahua vs PennDOT
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kahua
Manage construction projects and files on the go. This app allows users to handle documents, track job costs, and send/receive tasks directly from their mobile device, ensuring connectivity and flexibility for fieldwork.
- File management on the go
- Task assignment and tracking
- Industry-leading document management
- Job cost tracking and management
- Mobile construction workflow
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With kahua mobile for iOS, work the way you want to work. Stay connected when you're on the go with kahua. Key Features: - File Manager: Manage your files when and where you want - Tasks: Send and receive tasks directly from your device - Document Management: Our industry-leading document management suite - Cost Management: Manage and track job cost documents on a construction project.
PennDOT
This application streamlines the creation of daily construction inspection reports for field use. It guides users through required fields, automates data capture, and allows for submission directly to a central system once a connection is available, eliminating paper-based processes.
- Field report creation without data connection
- Dynamic guidance for required fields
- Automated data capture
- Complex calculation automation
- Direct submission to ECMS
- Eliminates paper reporting
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The PennDOT Project Site Activity (PSA) app allows construction inspectors to create daily PSA reports while working directly in the field without a data connection. The app dynamically guides the user through the PSA completion process, alerting inspectors to required fields and incomplete items as well as automating repetitive data capture elements and complex calculations. Then, once in range of a cellular or Wi-Fi connection, users can submit their completed PSAs directly into ECMS, completely eliminating the need to capture data on paper and reenter it at a computer terminal.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Kahua at 3.8 against PennDOT's 1.6. Kahua also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks) and review sentiment (26% vs 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.
Kahua holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 1.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 26% of Kahua's written reviews are positive against 0% of PennDOT's.
Kahua ships an update weekly, PennDOT every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kahua | PennDOT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (10 ratings) — better | 1.6 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 25.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 397 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | kahua | Executive Office of The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
Customer experience
Kahua
PennDOT
In-app purchases
Kahua
No in-app purchases
PennDOT
No in-app purchases
