Comparison

WellLink™ RT for iPhone vs Max Drilling

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

WellLink™ RT for iPhone

Access real-time well data securely from your mobile device. Monitor well status, view data displays, and set custom alarms for timely decision-making and improved performance in the field.

Highlights
  • Secure real-time well data access
  • My Wells screen with rig status
  • Customizable dashboard displays
  • Interactive well trajectory plot
  • Configurable audio and visual alarms
  • Customizable log displays with zoom/scroll
Features
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The Baker Hughes WellLink™ RT Mobile application provides secure access to your real-time well data, from your iPad/iPhone, wherever and whenever you are connected to the internet, enabling timely decision making and improved performance. The application includes a “My Wells” screen, Log Displays and Dashboard Display screens. The “My Wells” screen displays all the wells you are entitled to view and allows you to manage the Favorites list, as well as providing a quick glance summary of rig status and the past 24 hour activity for each well. The dashboard screens include numeric and gauge widgets. An interactive well trajectory plot and directional survey listing table is available on a dedicated Survey display. All screens can be easily customized to meet your needs. You can also set audio and visual alarms on the data displays. The Log Display screens can be customized and include preset vertical scales, and, zoom and scroll functions.

About

Max Drilling

Monitor drilling operations in real-time with instant access to active and historical well data. Visualize drilling parameters, view rig reports, and communicate securely with your team from anywhere.

Highlights
  • 1-second data streaming
  • Customizable data visualization
  • Time and depth views
  • Lagged channel tracing
  • Rig and well reports
  • Integrated chat
  • Collaborative notes
Features
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The new Max Drilling mobile app (formerly WellData MobileRT) provides easy access to active and historical well data so you can monitor your drilling operations from wherever you are. With NOV’s edge infrastructure and M/D Totco instrumentation, your data flows securely from sensor to screen—no third parties involved—so you see it instantly, in real time, with one-second resolution. Key Features: • 1-second data streaming: View real-time drilling data on your mobile device with less than a second of lag between the rig site and your screen (excluding satellite latency). • Customizable visualization: Configure strip charts and traces with flexible options for units, scaling, and more. All tags and channels available in the RigSense Electronic Drilling Recorder (EDR) are accessible, including data from integrated applications like Drilling Beliefs & Analytics and 3rd-party survey data. • Time and depth views: Access both active and historical well data by time or depth for full operational visibility. • Lagged channel tracing: Monitor channels such as gamma ray, methane, propane, total gas, and total gas normalized. • Rig and well reports: View IADC Reports (toursheets), Drilling Contractor Morning Reports, and well information including Bit Records and BHA Summaries. • Integrated chat: Communicate instantly between the rig and other Max Drilling mobile users. • Collaborative notes: View all rig notes or add your own to the official EDR notes in the time-series data. • Secure and compliant: Built on SOC 1 Type II–audited processes and end-to-end SSL/TLS encryption for secure access from anywhere. • Rig locations: View your wells on a map for quick spatial awareness and access directions to the location. • (Coming Soon) Integrated chat: Communicate instantly between the rig and other Max Drilling mobile users. If you experience any difficulties installing or using Max Drilling, please contact the Help Desk at WellDataSupport@nov.com or 1-855-935-5328.

Screenshots

WellLink™ RT for iPhone3 screens
Max Drilling4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: WellLink™ RT for iPhone at 4.2 against Max Drilling's 3.2. WellLink™ RT for iPhone also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 63%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Max Drilling's advantage is ratings volume (22 vs 5). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

WellLink™ RT for iPhone holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 22 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of WellLink™ RT for iPhone's written reviews are positive against 63% of Max Drilling's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WellLink™ RT for iPhone ships an update every 3 months, Max Drilling every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
WellLink™ RT for iPhone versus Max Drilling: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWellLink™ RT for iPhoneMax Drilling
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (5 ratings) — better3.2 (22 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better62.5% of reviews
Number of ratings522 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB208 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBaker Hughes CompanyNOV Inc.

Customer experience

WellLink™ RT for iPhone

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Max Drilling

All ratings22 ratings
Positive54.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative45.5%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive62.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative37.5%

In-app purchases

None

WellLink™ RT for iPhone

No in-app purchases

None

Max Drilling

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WellLink™ RT for iPhone free?
WellLink™ RT for iPhone is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Max Drilling free?
Max Drilling is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, WellLink™ RT for iPhone or Max Drilling?
WellLink™ RT for iPhone is rated higher. WellLink™ RT for iPhone averages 4.2 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Max Drilling averages 3.2 from 22 ratings.
Do WellLink™ RT for iPhone or Max Drilling have ads?
Neither WellLink™ RT for iPhone nor Max Drilling shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WellLink™ RT for iPhone or Max Drilling?
WellLink™ RT for iPhone ships an update every 3 months, and Max Drilling every 4 months. Most recently, WellLink™ RT for iPhone was updated on October 16, 2026 and Max Drilling on October 10, 2026.

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