There are many good ones, but not all run on Apple products. This question comes up all the time, and the main answer you’ll get is basically: “Whichever one works best for you, use them all with the free trials, and decide from there”. I agree with that statement.
To answer your question about opinions, I used AHIT’s Inspect It or whatever it’s called, and really didn’t like it. Didn’t use it very long, and moved to Home Inspector Pro, and love it. There is a desktop version, that you have to use to generate your report. HIP mobile is their mobile version, which I love as well. You have to pay a cloud service to upload from the mobile so you generate report form desktop version.
It is a really nice set up, and I started out using the iPad for mobile and my Mac desktop for the desktop version. The iPad was too big and bulky for me, so I’ve been using my iPhone. I like that much better, but it’s a bit small, and my phone is giving me issues, so I have to go to the store and deal with that, so I’ll probably end up wit a new phone, and do it that way. If not probably get an iPad mini, or a different tablet. Good luck to you.
Check out our site Joe when you’re ready, http://www.HomeInspectorPro.com. Give us a call after trying it out and looking at the tutorials if you’d like a 1 on 1 remote session.
I had a love/ hate relationship with Palmtech for awhile, for MAC users you need to get the Windows operating system and another program such as Parallel to use on a MAC. I had some issues with photos disappearing from my reports when I was finalizing them. I gave up and switched to Home Inspector Pro. I have a much better relationship now, HIP is much more MAC friendly and Dominic and his team have great tech support.
Go sit in the Home Gauge section and tell them about that poorly performing software.
Everyone knows after many years of trying HG sucks for IOS reporting.
Joe, do yourself a favor and try HomeGauge. It’s the most professional, does not have pdf limitations like HIP, handles pictures and videos the best (clients can actually watch HG report videos on their mobile devices), has far more features than HIP geared towards helping you run your business. If you are a hobbyist, tinkerer, like late night support desk chats, oh, and baking cookies, HIP may be a good choice for you. If your all about the business, HG for sure. Go with a leader, not a follower
(That’s all I got for tonight Bob and I didn’t even stoop to saying HIP sucks)
You’ve gotta get over the fact that you got suckered into buying that copycat software.
I’ve been using Home Gauge for 9 years, long before your copycat software came along and it works just fine.
Have you learned how to do on site reports yet after 8 years of trying?:p:p:p:p
It doesn’t take much to punish Paul, he’s brain dead. Must have done a lot of Windowpane back in the 70’s.
I run Windows 7 with Parallels. I do my reports onsite with a Samsung Note 1.
My desktop is a 27" Mac and I also use a 13" Mac Book Air.
I run Sophos Anti-Virus to block any viruses.
No more rebooting, blue screens or virus problems.
I’ll never buy another PC.
You get what you pay for.
Apple is the largest company in the world for a reason.
(I also own shares in this great company)