Checklist Inspector vs Sicon Approvals
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Checklist Inspector
Streamline your auditing and safety surveying with this app. Capture detailed inspection data including scores, photos with annotations, and assign actions. Create reusable templates and generate professional PDF reports for easy sharing.
- Quick and simple scoring
- Reusable templates
- Photo annotation
- Assignable actions with due dates
- Professional PDF reports
- Web template builder
- Customizable reports
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Carry out inspections quickly and efficiently with Checklist Inspector. Quick and simple scoring, reusable templates, photo annotation, assignable actions and much more. No accounts, sign-ups or hidden costs. Checklist Inspector is flexible for use in any industry, simple enough for everyday use, and has a host of powerful features to make your inspections quicker, richer and more informative. INFORMATION RICH INSPECTIONS For each test in your inspection, you can capture: - Score (Pass / Fail / NA) - Text Comments - Multiple Photos & Annotations - Assignable actions with due dates and completion status And each inspection captures a wealth of information: - Inspection Details (Title, Reference, Address, Audit Manager & Company, Client Contact & Company) - 10 Assignees/Responsible Persons - Site Photograph & Map - Overall Inspection Comments - Signatures TEMPLATES - Create your personal reusable templates, organised with an easy to use categories and tests system. - Create templates in-app and online with our web template builder. - Share your inspection templates for use on any number of other devices. INSPECTION REPORTS - Compile your inspection results into professionally designed PDF reports. - Share reports via email, Dropbox and many more. - Customise reports for particular assignees or due dates. - Include your own company logo and details on reports. UNDERSTAND YOUR RESULTS - Get a useful overview of inspections results with a visual breakdown of assignees, due dates and overall category scores. - Include graphs and stats on your customisable PDF reports. Checklist Inspector is an invaluable tool for simplifying your inspection workflow, we hope you enjoy using it! We are always adding more features, and we would love to hear from you at feedback@veamstudios.com with any experiences you have. Thanks!
Sicon Approvals
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Sicon Approvals app. A simplified companion app for your Approvals system to use on the go. Create, Submit and Approve: - Expenses - Requisitions - Holiday Requests - Absence Requests - Timesheets Also Approves: - Invoices - Suggested Payments Extras: - Create and record journeys which can then be applied to your expenses. - Goods Received now also available (Active connection to the Approval service required) Notes: - Requires Sicon Approvals Service ** Please be aware that the app does not support the full functionality of the WAP system.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Sicon Approvals at Free against Checklist Inspector's $4.99. Sicon Approvals also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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
Sicon Approvals is free to download; Checklist Inspector costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Checklist Inspector | Sicon Approvals |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (16 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 629 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Veam Studios Ltd | S I Consultants |
Bugs and requests
Checklist Inspector
Reported bugs
6 issues- Drops progress when creating templates
- App crashes/freezes
- App resets to desktop losing unsaved data
- Application freezes since update to version 9
- Locks up on large photos
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- Completed action does not calculate
Requested features
35 requests- Ability to edit pass/fail/NA section
- Ability to add category/question after starting inspection
- Export to CSV file
- Add a widget
- Include section scores on generated PDF report
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- Add text box in inspection detail section
- Add set disclaimers or bodies of text below overall comments
- Add logos to each page
- Add prepared by/for to footer of each page
- Ability to import additional docs to report
- Create a version for iPhone
- Minimal theme option
- Add options other than 'pass fail' (e.g., 'yes no', 'started not started')
- Ability to use from iPhone
- Change pass/fail to yes/no, compliant/non-compliant or phrases of choice
- Red, amber, green options instead of pass/fail
- Red, amber, green, and blue options
- Add text feature in annotations
- Assign more than one person to a project
- Links to send emails with assigned actions
- Email reminders for outstanding actions
- Further customize reports
- Sort inspections by job reference
- Folders option for organization
- Annotate pictures
- Sample database of templates
- Type on photos
- Change default labels
- Change size of photos on reports
- More options than just y/n/na (e.g., open questions, pick list answers)
- More design features and extra templates
- Add completely blank cells that can be numbered and titled
- Improve stability and fix crashing issues
- Make it easier to delete old checklists
- Add scores per categories and score pie chart when exporting report
Sicon Approvals
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Checklist Inspector
No in-app purchases
Sicon Approvals
No in-app purchases
Questions
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