The report writer for home inspectors
Rafter is built for one job, done exceptionally well: writing home-inspection reports in the field. Walk the property with your phone, rate each item as you go, drop photos straight into the right finding, and dictate what you see. When the walk is done, one tap builds a clean, branded HTML report and a paginated PDF — severity-sorted summary, per-section checklists, and embedded photos — ready to hand over before you leave the driveway.
No scheduling, no CRM, no payments to chase — Rafter is a focused report writer, not another all-in-one platform.
What it does
- Rate as you go — Tap-rate every item: Inspected, Not Inspected, Not Present, or Deficient.
- Photos that land in place — Shoot photos straight into the right finding, with one-tap arrow and circle annotations.
- Dictate in the field — Speak what you see and on-device AI drafts a polished narrative from your own comment library. You review, edit, and approve every word before it enters the report — nothing is ever auto-published.
- One-tap deliverable — Build a branded HTML report and paginated PDF with a severity-sorted summary and per-section checklists.
- Repair-request builder — Generate a clean repair list for the buyer's agent.
- A library that grows with you — Every narrative you save makes the next report faster.
- Works fully offline — Crawl spaces, basements, rural properties with zero bars. No servers, no accounts.
Private by design
There are no servers and no accounts. Everything — inspections, photos, narratives, templates, and the client names and addresses you type — stays on your iPhone and, when iCloud sync ships, in your own private iCloud. Client data never touches our servers, because we don't have any. The App Store privacy label is "Data Not Collected."
Honest pricing
Your first inspection is free and full-featured — no credit card required. After that, there are exactly two ways to buy Rafter:
- Founder Lifetime — $399.99, a lifetime license in a one-time purchase, hard-limited to the first 100 inspectors.
- Rafter Annual — $249.99/year, the only option once the founder licenses are gone.
The $399.99 lifetime won't last: first 100 inspectors only. When they're gone, the lifetime option is gone for good, and Rafter is $249.99/yr. Either way, unlimited on-device AI is included — no per-report fees and no metering.
Requirements
Rafter runs on iPhone with iOS 26. Dictation and the full report workflow work on any supported iPhone; AI narrative drafting requires iPhone 15 Pro or newer (Apple Intelligence) and gracefully falls back to dictation-only on other models.
Disclaimers
Rafter is report-writing software. It's a drafting and formatting tool. The inspector reviews, approves, and owns all report content, and is solely responsible for compliance with their state's licensing and reporting requirements. Rafter makes no guarantee that any report satisfies any legal, licensing, or contractual standard.
Not legal advice. Nothing on this website or in the app is legal advice.
State-specific language is a convenience. Any state-specific report language is provided as a convenience, drawn from published statutes and regulations. Laws change — inspectors should verify current requirements with their licensing board.
State coverage in progress. Texas: Rafter does not yet produce the TREC-mandated form for standard buyer/seller inspections. Wisconsin: Rafter does not yet produce Wisconsin's mandated summary format.
AI produces drafts only. AI features run on-device and produce drafts only; the inspector approves every word before it enters a report.
Independent product. Rafter is a product of Big Ridge Studios and is not affiliated with or endorsed by any inspection association or state licensing board.