App Profile: HomeGauge Companion

WhoDeyCincy

Rating: 3/5

The last 2 updates have messed up the camera again. If the light is left on while taking a picture the screen is grey until you turn it back off. It’s very frustrating when using this app on a daily basis for inspections

Toyotology

Rating: 5/5

I have been using honegauge companion on iPad for 7 or 8 years. It’s had some ups and downs. There was a point in time like another reviewer mentioned that the app would crash and the report would be corrupted. That did happen to me probably 10 times (years ago) but I was always able to recover the photos taken for the report and transfer them to a new clean report. This bug has surely been fixed because I haven’t experienced it in over 5 years. I figured out that it was more likely to happen if I had a lot of old reports stored in the app. So every couple days I would delete the reports for inspections I already completed off of the app. Another review mentions the camera feature is not great. I use an old iPad mini and it only has one lens on the backside. The in-app camera function has always been sufficient for me. Very rarely do I need to zoom way in on a distant object, or need macro for a photo in an inspection report. Overall, the app saves me time. I have created templates and generally have a lot of comments for common defects that auto load into every report. While at the inspection when I encounter a defect, it’s quick to find the comment and snap a photo, and move on. I then upload the report to my laptop and add the final touches before sending it to the client and agent.

Inspector Allen

Rating: 5/5

I started using the companion out several years ago, and it has saved me a tremendous amount of time completing reports. I used to do the inspection in the field 2-3 hours, taking photos, making notes, coming back to the office for another 3-4 hours adding photos and comments in the report. With the app, I can take photos and immediately placed them in a section with the comments a little time in the field, but almost eliminates time spent in the office working on reports.