WellDrive vs PBADD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WellDrive
Access and manage well-related documents and files directly from your mobile device. Browse entries, download necessary files, and upload new documents or edits made in other applications.
- Browse wells, entries, and files
- Download documents
- Upload files
- Edit and upload documents
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Features: *Browse wells, entries and files *Download documents to your device *Upload files to WellDrive *Edit documents in other apps & send to WellDrive for upload For registered WellDrive users only.
PBADD
This app serves as a digital hub for directional drilling professionals in the Permian Basin. It provides members with a digital membership card, event listings, a member directory, and profile management. Association staff can manage members, events, and communications.
- Digital membership card
- Event listings
- Member directory
- Profile management
- Membership billing history
- Staff management dashboard
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PBADD is the official app of the Permian Basin Association of Directional Drilling, the industry's home for directional drilling professionals across the Permian Basin. FOR MEMBERS • Your digital membership card, with a QR code for event check-in • Upcoming PBADD events, plus Permian Basin industry events from Oilpatch Calendar • The member directory, to find and contact fellow members • Your profile: photo, title, company and a short bio • Your membership billing history • The association's board and leadership FOR ASSOCIATION STAFF • A dashboard of applications, renewals and upcoming events • Member, company, list and committee management • Event management and QR ticket check-in that keeps working without a signal • Staff messaging with mentions and attachments Sign in with the email address on your PBADD membership. First time? The app emails you a code so you can set a password.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: PBADD at every 4 days against WellDrive's every 9 months. WellDrive's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.4). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for WellDrive against 5.0 for PBADD. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
WellDrive ships an update every 9 months, PBADD every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WellDrive | PBADD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WellDrive | HRH Operating Inc. |
Customer experience
WellDrive
PBADD
In-app purchases
WellDrive
No in-app purchases
PBADD
No in-app purchases
