The best quality assurance app is the one that fits how your company actually works, not the one with the longest feature list. Check whether you can adapt control points to your trade, whether photos carry trustworthy time and location stamps, how deviations are handled, whether the app works where your sites have poor coverage, and whether the price model matches your usage. We make Assurement, so for each criterion we also say plainly where our own app stands today.
Start with your own process, not a feature list
A general ranking of the best quality assurance apps rarely fits your situation. What works for a large contractor with hundreds of projects is not necessarily right for a smaller firm with a few complex sites. Describe a typical project first: who registers the checks, who reviews them, which requirements apply (BR18, DS 1140, the contract) and who needs to see the documentation. Then judge apps against your three or four most important needs.
More features is not the same as a better match. A broad app where half the functions are never used makes you pay for complexity. And staff who rarely use apps will push back against one that needs many steps to log a simple check.
Control points that fit your trade
A generic checklist quickly becomes too broad to be useful, or so imprecise that people start skipping points. Look for an app where you can edit control points and add your own, so the list reflects your trade and your project. Ask how much setup is needed before the first project can start.
Assurement today: Lite Report comes with built-in professions, control plans and control points. You choose a profession, adapt the points and add your company's own. Control plans can't be copied between projects, so each project is set up from the built-in library.
Documentation that holds up afterwards
Quality assurance is only as good as the evidence behind it. Check whether photos are stamped with date, time and location, whether they can be marked up, and whether drawings live in the same place as the checks. Ask who can see the documentation: can you give an engineer or the client read access without emailing PDFs back and forth?
Assurement today: photos are taken with the in-app camera and stamped with date, time, GPS position and place name. Photos and PDF drawings can be marked up, and external parties can be invited per project with read, communicate or register permissions.
How deviations are handled
Deviations are not all the same. Some are about the work itself (something on site differs from the drawings), while others are about time: a task slips because of the weather, a late delivery or something else. An app that keeps the two apart, ties a site deviation to the exact spot on the drawing and tells the right people makes it far easier to prioritise.
Assurement today: Lite Report handles time deviations: the crew raises one with a reason and a new completion date, or the system raises it automatically when a milestone passes without the task being done. Site deviations, marked directly on the drawing with photo evidence and notified to everyone on the document, are part of the DS1140 and quality assurance modules, which are in development.
Coverage on site: does it work without signal?
Many sites have patchy coverage in places, basements for example. If that describes your projects, ask each vendor exactly what happens when the connection drops: can you keep registering, and how is the data synced afterwards? Test it on site, not just in the demo.
Assurement today: the app needs an internet connection to register tasks and upload photos. Offline mode is on our roadmap. If parts of your sites have no coverage, that is a real limitation to weigh.
Price model and access to your data
Prices vary widely. Some apps charge a fixed monthly fee per user regardless of use; others charge for actual use. If your workload varies through the year, a price per report is often easier to live with than a subscription that costs the same whether you have one or ten active projects. Check too whether extra users and photos cost more, whether there is a lock-in period, and what happens to your reports if you stop using the app.
Assurement today: the account and on-site documentation are free, and you pay 149 DKK excl. VAT (186.25 DKK incl. VAT) per generated Lite Report. There is no subscription, no lock-in and no charge for users or photos, and reports stay accessible in the web app. Read more in our guide to construction software pricing in Denmark.
Quality assurance and DS 1140 in the same system?
If you only need general quality assurance today but expect to document load-bearing structures under DS 1140 later, it helps if both can live in the same system rather than moving data between tools. It isn't a requirement, though: choose for the need you have now, and ask the vendor how the next one will be covered.
In development: Assurement's Quality Assurance module, for the company's QA handbook, and the DS 1140 module are not available yet. They will be part of the same platform as Lite Report, but there is no launch date or price yet. Today, you can document checks against the control points for your trade in Lite Report.
How to test before you choose
Pick one well-defined project of moderate complexity and let one team use the app all the way through, while the rest of the company carries on as before. Involve the people who will log the checks on site. An app that looks sensible on paper can prove awkward in the rain with gloves on. Afterwards, compare how much admin time each method took. If you're torn between two apps, test them on separate small projects rather than choosing from demos alone.
With Assurement, the account and documentation are free, so a test project costs nothing until you generate a report. You can also book a free 30-minute demo first.
Frequently asked questions
Is the most expensive app always the best?
No. The best app fits your workflows and usage pattern. Paying for features you never use only adds complexity.
How important is offline functionality?
It depends on your sites. If you often work without coverage, it is critical. Ask how the app behaves when the connection drops. Assurement needs a connection today; offline mode is on our roadmap.
Should the app also handle DS 1140?
Only if you need it. If you expect to, it's an advantage when quality assurance and DS 1140 can live in the same system. Assurement's DS 1140 module is in development.
Can we switch apps later if we choose wrong?
Usually, but check export options and access to old reports before you commit. Moving documentation later is more work than choosing carefully now.
What does Assurement's quality assurance module cost?
The price will be announced at launch. Today you can use Lite Report at 149 DKK excl. VAT per generated report.
Can we test before committing?
With Assurement, yes. The account, projects and on-site documentation are free, so you can try Lite Report on one project and only pay if you generate a report.