Rafter: Home Inspection Report
Offline AI report writer
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Finish the report before you leave the driveway. Works offline. On-device AI drafts; you approve every word. 3 free inspections, no card. Then $24.99/mo if you subscribe.
Rafter is the home inspection report writer that gets you home for dinner. Walk the property, tap-rate items, shoot photos, and speak your findings. Rafter turns your words into report narratives right on your iPhone or iPad, and you approve every word. Build a branded HTML + PDF report and hand it to your client before you leave the driveway.
BUILT FOR THE FIELD
• Works offline in crawl spaces, basements, and dead zones. Try dictation once while you have a signal, in case Apple's speech model needs a one-time download.
• Start from the built-in residential template: 12 sections and 64 checklist items, with guidance on every item
• One-tap item ratings (Inspected / Not Inspected / Not Present / Deficient) sized for gloved hands
• Rapid-fire camera drops photos straight into the right finding, with one-tap arrow, circle, and box markup
• Flag-for-later: shoot now, finish the write-up in the driveway
• Runs on iPad too: the same offline workflow on the bigger screen
AI THAT KNOWS ITS PLACE
• Dictate what you see; on-device AI drafts the narrative using your own comment library as its guide
• Nothing enters your report until you approve it. Every draft waits for your sign-off.
• No per-report fees and no metering on AI drafts.
• AI drafting needs Apple Intelligence turned on and a supported device: iPhone 15 Pro or newer, or an iPad with an M1 or A17 Pro chip or later. On other devices, Rafter uses your dictated words as you said them. Dictation and everything else don't need Apple Intelligence and run on iOS 26 or iPadOS 26 and later.
THE REPORT
• Branded HTML + paginated PDF: severity-sorted summary, per-section checklists, embedded marked-up photos
• State notice packs: Rafter prints state-required report statements for 17 states (some only when you mark them as applying) and shows in-app reminders of report rules for 15 more (reviewed September 2026). They are drafting aids; meeting your state's requirements is still up to you.
• Repair-request addendum builder with requested credits
• Copy findings as text for quick agent emails
YOURS. ACTUALLY YOURS.
• No accounts. No servers. Your inspections, photos, and reports stay on your iPhone or iPad and in your own device backups. They don't sync between devices.
• No ads or third-party offers, in the app or in your reports. Ever.
• Reports you've already made stay open, editable, and exportable, even if you never buy.
PRICING
• Your first three inspections are free and full-featured, no card needed. The sample inspection doesn't count toward them. After that, starting a new inspection takes Rafter Monthly or Founder Lifetime.
• Rafter Monthly: $24.99 a month, charged to your Apple Account. It renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account's Subscriptions settings.
• Or Founder Lifetime: $399.99 once, no renewal, limited to the first 100 inspectors. When they're gone, lifetime is gone. "Lifetime" means the lifetime of the Rafter app, not of a person or device (Terms, section 9).
NOT SUPPORTED
• Texas: TREC's required report form for standard buyer inspections
• Wisconsin: the state's required summary format
Rafter is drafting and formatting software: you review, approve, and own every report.
Terms of Use: https://bigridgestudios.com/rafter/terms
Privacy Policy: https://bigridgestudios.com/rafter/privacy
Ratings & Reviews
• New plan: Rafter Monthly, $24.99 a month. It renews automatically until you cancel, and you can cancel anytime in your Apple Account's Subscriptions settings. It replaces the $249.99 yearly plan, so there's nothing big to pay up front.
• Founder Lifetime is unchanged: $399.99 once, for the first 100 inspectors. "Lifetime" means the lifetime of the Rafter app, not of a person or device.
• Your first three inspections are still free.
• The Terms of Use are updated for the new plan, so Rafter will ask you to accept them once.
The developer, MICHAEL DOUGLAS PAULEY, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- MICHAEL DOUGLAS PAULEY
- Size
- 2.5 MB
- Category
- Business
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 26.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 26.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 26.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Rafter Monthly $24.99
- Founder Lifetime $399.99
- Rafter Annual $249.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Big Ridge Studios