Comparison

Permitting vs OpenSpace.ai Construction App

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

Head to head
About

Permitting

Features
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The ATG PCRA app from Advanced Technologies Group is a simple, yet powerful way for hospitals to conduct inspections related to construction and maintenance permits as part of the Pre-construction Risk Assessment (PCRA) process. The intuitive interface makes assessing inspection checklists effortless. Simply scan a work site permit with your iOS device, and a specific, inspection-ready checklist is generated automatically. Using these checklists, you can easily record inspection results in just a few clicks. And once you're finished, your inspection data is immediately available on our cloud-based PCRA/Permitting solution, which sends real-time, automated notifications to appropriate personnel within your organization, alerting them of required actions. (Note: ATG PCRA is not a standalone product and requires integration with ATG’s PCRA/Permitting web application.)

About

OpenSpace.ai Construction App

Capture 360-degree progress photos of construction sites effortlessly. Simply wear a 3D camera, and proprietary AI automatically maps your job site, creating an interactive visual record. Resolve conflicts, validate work, and save travel time with this labor-free solution.

Highlights
  • Labor-free 360 photo capture
  • AI-powered site mapping
  • Interactive progress timeline
  • Blueprint integration
  • Visual documentation for RFIs and DCRs
  • Reduced site travel
Features
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OpenSpace provides ground truth for your construction job site. While other 3D capture tools require dedicated setup and capture time, OpenSpace is special because it’s 100% labor free. Simply attach the 3D camera to the top of your hardhat with the included mount, then continue as normal - our proprietary artificial intelligence algorithm does the rest! It’s easy as wearing a Fitbit. Think of us as a visual time machine, allowing your team to create 360 degree progress photos and visit a particular place at the job, at any moment in time. Resolve conflicts, validate WIP, add visual context to DCR’s and RFI’s and save needless travel to the site. Why OpenSpace? It works as you work: our advanced (and patent pending!) AI transforms the raw video data into a complete, easy-to-navigate Google Streetview style 360 degree map of your site, with no effort on your part. Fully automated: As you move through the site, our AI automatically maps the video feed to your blueprints and creates a 360 degree record of progress. With OpenSpace, you hit record and go. We capture data while you work, so there is no labor cost. Other systems require you to assign someone a time-consuming “photo capture task” - and those labor costs adds up. Time machine: Visit any point in time through an interactive 360 degree map of your site. Zoom and explore every detail and see progress as it happened. What do our customers say? Darin Peters Vice President, Hathaway Dinwiddie “OpenSpace solves some simple but necessary requirements of the construction process: progress photos, site documentation and workstream coordination… OpenSpace has made it easy - and easy is key - for us to have a living visual record of the jobsite progress, which has radically improved the reporting we have today. The future of what we can do with this data is exciting.”

Screenshots

Permitting4 screens
OpenSpace.ai Construction App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: OpenSpace.ai Construction App at weekly against Permitting's every 4 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Permitting ships an update every 4 months, OpenSpace.ai Construction App weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Permitting versus OpenSpace.ai Construction App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPermittingOpenSpace.ai Construction App
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.8 (46 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—37.5% of reviews
Number of ratings—46 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB128 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdvanced Technologies GroupOpenSpace Labs, Inc.

In-app purchases

None

Permitting

No in-app purchases

None

OpenSpace.ai Construction App

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Permitting free?
Permitting is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is OpenSpace.ai Construction App free?
OpenSpace.ai Construction App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Permitting or OpenSpace.ai Construction App have ads?
Neither Permitting nor OpenSpace.ai Construction App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Permitting or OpenSpace.ai Construction App?
Permitting ships an update every 4 months, and OpenSpace.ai Construction App weekly. Most recently, Permitting was updated on September 28, 2026 and OpenSpace.ai Construction App on September 16, 2026.

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