FloorScan vs
Archipad : the door or the drawing?
Archipad is a good visit tool: you mark a snag on the drawing, follow it to closure, produce the report. FloorScan handles the other half of an occupied refurbishment, the half where you have to get into somebody's home on a given day and leave with a signed document.
What Archipad does better
The snag pinned on the drawing, exactly where it is, and the visit report that goes with it: that is Archipad's trade, and it has been doing it for architects and project managers for a long time. FloorScan attaches a snag to a room and a trade, not to a point on the drawing. If your need is to run observations building by building from a tablet, Archipad is still the right pick.
What FloorScan adds
A schedule by dwelling, not by trade
A grid with dwellings as rows, days as columns, one trade per cell. That is the shape you need when you have to tell the tenant of A12 that the plumber is coming on Thursday.
The documents come out of the schedule
Named visit notices, waivers, refusals, furniture disclaimers, condition reports, clearing reports: all produced from the schedule cell, under your company's and the client's header.
Thirty days to make up your mind
The site tracking module is open for thirty days from account creation, no card, on a real site. The visit notice generator is public and does not even ask for an account.
FloorScan vs Archipad - feature-by-feature
| Feature | FloorScan | Archipad |
|---|---|---|
| Who the tool is sold to | The contractor running the site | Architect, project manager |
| Snags marked on the drawing | ||
| Daily schedule by dwelling | Not publicly documented | |
| Printable named visit notices | Not publicly documented | |
| Entry condition report in the tool | Not publicly documented | |
| Waiver, refusal and disclaimer signed on the spot | Not publicly documented | |
| Snagging dwelling by dwelling | ||
| Pricing | Free · €19 · €79/mo · Business €199/user | EUR 54.99/month advertised (Premium plan) |
| Usable free tier | Not publicly documented |
Comparison based on publicly available information (official sites, docs) at time of writing. Competitor offerings may change.
Switch in 3 steps
Keep Archipad for what it does well
Nothing forces a choice. Many operations keep the project manager's visit tool and add occupied-site management on the contractor's side. They are not the same users.
Import the dwelling list
The client's file pastes in as is: address, dwelling number, floor, occupant, phone numbers. Duplicate rows caused by multiple numbers are merged on import.
Paint the first week
One brush per trade, drag across the grid, the day's notices come out as a PDF. A stairwell of twenty dwellings takes ten minutes, and you see at once whether the shape suits you.
Migration FAQs
Can both be used on the same operation?
Yes, and that is in fact the common case: the project manager follows their observations on one side, the main contractor runs the dwellings on the other. The two tools address neither the same user nor the same moment of the job.
Does FloorScan handle snags?
Yes, but differently. A snag is a photo taken in a room, attached to the trade that has to clear it, and the report is signed in the tenant's home the same day. It is not a pin dropped on a drawing: it is the end-of-works visit to an occupied dwelling.
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