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Free construction daily report apps, and what each leaves out
Four apps give you a usable construction daily report for free: SafetyCulture (now Mitti) and Connecteam for teams of up to 10, Dozer for one job site, and BuildLog to start. Fieldwire, BusyBusy and Snappii have free plans that stop short of a daily report. Raken has no free plan, and CDR, DailyBuild and Contractor Foreman offer trials.
Free plans side by side
| App | Free plan gives you | Limit | Leaves out | Paid from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SafetyCulture (Mitti) | Report templates with photos and sign-off; web, iPhone, Android | Teams up to 10; 5 active templates; basic data history | Unlimited templates, integrations, advanced analytics | $24/seat/mo yearly, $29 monthly |
| Connecteam | Forms and checklists from templates, time clock, scheduling | Up to 10 users | Anything construction-specific: you build the form | Operations Basic $29/mo for the first 30 users, yearly ($35 monthly) |
| Dozer | Report drafted from the day's tickets, camera alerts, site weather and typed or spoken notes, as a PDF with a line to sign on paper, to download | 1 site, 1 camera | Emailing the PDF to the GC, a second site, photos in the PDF, time cards | $99/site/mo, 7 days free |
| BuildLog | Daily reports with photos, hours and signatures as a PDF; time cards; offline | Free to start; limits not published | More team members, shared projects, advanced reporting | Not published |
| Fieldwire Basic | Plans, tasks, files, photos, checklists | 5 users, 3 projects, 100 sheets | Forms (the daily report among them), reports and exports | Forms from Business $64/user/mo yearly |
| BusyBusy Free | GPS time tracking and job costing, unlimited users | None stated | Daily project reports | Premium $14.99/user/mo yearly + $40 admin license |
| Snappii | A ready-made construction daily log app | 2 submissions a month | Every report after the second | $0.99 a submission, or $21/user/mo |
The four that work as a daily report for $0
SafetyCulture (now Mitti)
SafetyCulture trades as Mitti now, and safetyculture.com redirects there. The free plan is for teams of up to 10, with five active inspection templates, up to 300 AI credits a seat a month and "basic data history". A daily report built as a template takes photos and a sign-off on the phone. Five templates leaves room for a daily report and a few inspections. The plan promises only basic history, so keep your own copy of every signed report.
Connecteam
Connecteam's Small Business plan is free for up to 10 users and covers all of its hubs: forms and checklists built from templates, next to a time clock and scheduling. It's an all-purpose employee app, so manpower by sub, delay hours and deliveries are fields you set up yourself.
Dozer
Dozer's free plan is one job site with one camera, with no seat count and no time limit. The foreman types or dictates the day ("6 guys plus me, laid 120 ft of 8-inch main, lost an hour waiting on pipe") and Dozer writes the report from it and from what it has for the site that day (tickets filed that day, camera alerts, the weather at the site's address): weather, crew, work done, equipment and issues, then a PDF with a blank line to sign on paper, to download. Having Dozer email that PDF to the GC needs the Site plan, $99 a site a month after 7 free days with no card. It runs in a web browser; the iPhone and Android apps are listed as coming soon, and the PDF has no photo section.
BuildLog
BuildLog, at constructiondaily.app, says you can start writing daily reports for free: reports with photos, hours and signatures exported as a branded PDF, time cards, inspection notes and offline mode on iPhone, iPad and Android. Paid plans add team members, shared projects and advanced reporting, but its site publishes no prices (its pricing address returned a 404), so ask before the crew grows.
Free plans that stop short
- Fieldwire markets its forms as a free mobile app, and a daily report is among its ready-made forms. But its forms FAQ says forms come with the Business ($64 a user a month, billed yearly) and Business Plus plans, and the free plan has no reports or exports either. The free plan suits a crew trying out plan viewing and punch lists, not one that has to hand the GC a PDF every day.
- BusyBusy is free for GPS time tracking and job costing with unlimited users. Daily project reports come with Premium: $14.99 a user a month billed yearly, plus a $40 admin license that includes the first user. On Pro they're an add-on.
- Snappii gives two form submissions a month, so two daily reports. After that each one is $0.99, or $21 a user a month for unlimited.
Trials, not free plans
- CDR: 15 days, then $30 a user a month or $300 a year.
- DailyBuild: 14 days with no card, then $49 a month for one active project with unlimited users.
- Contractor Foreman: 30 days, then from $49 a month for one user, billed yearly.
- Raken: no free plan or trial on its pricing page, just a recorded demo; then $23 a user a month with a three-user minimum. The full breakdown is in Raken pricing.
What "free" usually leaves out
- Sending. Free plans let you make the report; getting it to the GC on its own is often what you pay for. Dozer emails PDFs to the GC on its Site plan, and Raken's automated report distribution is a Performance feature.
- People and jobs. SafetyCulture and Connecteam stop at 10 users, Fieldwire at 5 users and 3 projects, Dozer at one site.
- Export. A report you can't get out as a PDF is no use in a dispute. Fieldwire's free plan has no reports or exports.
- History. A daily report earns its keep months later, in a delay claim or a payment fight. Save each signed PDF to the job folder the day it's signed, so the record stays yours whatever plan you're on.
- Photos in the report. Most free plans attach photos; Dozer's PDF doesn't have a photo section yet.
Which free app for which crew
- A crew of up to 10 who like checklists: SafetyCulture (Mitti) or Connecteam.
- One super, one site, would rather talk than type: Dozer.
- One foreman who wants hours and photos in the PDF, offline: BuildLog, while it stays free for you.
- Two reports a month, or a trial run: Snappii.
Whatever you pick, the content of the report matters more than the app. A filled-in construction daily report example shows what each section should hold.
Questions
Is there a construction daily report app that's completely free?
Yes, within limits. SafetyCulture (Mitti) and Connecteam are free for teams of up to 10, Dozer is free for one job site, and BuildLog is free to start. Each charges once you outgrow the limit or want the report sent for you.
Is Raken free?
No. Its pricing page shows no free plan or trial. Basic costs $23 a user a month, billed yearly, with a three-user minimum, so the smallest account is $69 a month.
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