Raken review (2026): is it worth $23 a month per user, billed yearly?
Field reporting and time tracking app for construction crews
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Raken report card
Weak · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for daily reports for contractors with a crew
Raken does daily reports and time tracking for construction crews. Both plans have a 3-user minimum, time tracking, production, safety and RFIs are only on Performance at $59, and there is no trial on the page.
Who Raken is for
- Fits if you need daily reports from a crew of 3 or more
- Works for contractors who feed Procore or QuickBooks
Who Raken is not for
- Skip it if you are one or two people, as the minimum is 3 users
- Pricey if you need time tracking or safety forms, which need Performance at $59 a user
- Not for you if you want a trial, as the pricing page mentions none
- Watch out: plans are billed annually, and onboarding is only included on Performance
Why Raken gets a 1.6
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- DValue for moneyBasic is $23 a user with a 3-user minimum, $69 a month floor, and the useful time and safety parts sit on Performance at $59, the dearest tenth.
- FFree plan and trialNo free plan and the pricing page mentions no trial.
- CFeaturesDaily reports on Basic. Time tracking, production tracking, safety and quality and RFIs are Performance only.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. Crews and projects have to be set up first.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb, iPhone and Android, with Procore, QuickBooks, Sage 300, Viewpoint and Dropbox links. No desktop app is listed.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Raken's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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<a href="https://toolgpa.com/tools/raken#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/raken.svg" alt="Raken: 1.6 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where Raken stands among project management tools
Raken's GPA of 1.6 is higher than 1 of the 149 other project management tools we grade, and level with 5.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 26 of 149) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $23 a month for each person, against a middle price of $9 for the category: 98 of the 121 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 59 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 150 project management tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Raken’s own letter is outlined.
- DValue for moneyAbove 1 of 149, level with 33
- FFree plan and trialAbove 0 of 149, level with 12
- CFeaturesAbove 2 of 149, level with 73
- CEase of useAbove 7 of 149, level with 126
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 26 of 149, level with 95
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 128 project management tools. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep Raken, or make your own?
Keep it
The plain part of Raken you could make: time tracking, tasks and reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 5 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 143 of the 149 other project management tools grade higher. It costs $276 a year.
What you could make
- Time tracking, tasks and reports: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- Clocking in from a phone, checked against where and when.
- Connections that pull numbers from dozens of other services.
- A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page.
- It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team.
- It plugs into other products, Procore, QuickBooks and Sage 300 among them, and has an API.
What this rests on. Raken’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Raken?
Raken is a construction app that crews use on the jobsite for daily reports, photos, tasks, time cards and production tracking. The higher plan adds safety and quality management, RFIs, forms, document storage and insights dashboards. It runs on the web and on iOS and Android.
Worth knowing
- Both plans have a 3-user minimum and are billed annually; the page shows 5% off at 5 users and 10% off at 10 users.
- Time tracking, production tracking, safety and quality management, and RFIs are Performance-only.
- Larger teams are pointed to sales for bulk discounts, and the pricing page mentions no free trial.
- Basic does not include dedicated onboarding; Performance does.
Key features
- Daily reports
- Branded daily reports with photos, videos and attachments, plus a live daily activity feed.
- Time tracking
- Mobile time clock, shared kiosk mode and supervisor-led time cards, with geofencing, on the Performance plan.
- Production tracking
- Progress and production quantities, with equipment, material and resource scheduling tools.
- Safety and quality
- Managed checklists, observations, incidents with OSHA submission and a toolbox talks library.
- RFIs and documents
- RFIs, digital forms and document storage for project management work.
- Insights dashboards
- Dashboards and compliance reporting built from the field data.
Raken pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, Raken is a paid product, starting at $23 per user / month, billed annually, minimum 3 users.
- Starts at
- $23 per user / month, billed annually, minimum 3 users
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | $23per user / month, billed annually | Minimum 3 users. Unlimited projects, branded daily reports, photos and video, tasks, directory and messaging, and live chat and phone support. |
| Performance | $59per user / month, billed annually | Minimum 3 users. Adds time tracking, production tracking, safety and quality management, RFIs, forms, document storage, insights dashboards and dedicated onboarding. |
Read from rakenapp.com on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Raken before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Other savingsVolume discounts on larger teams
The pricing page shows 5% off at 5 users and 10% off at 10 users, and offers bulk discounts for larger teams through sales.
Stated on rakenapp.com
How people rate the Raken app
4.7
out of 5 for the iPhone and iPad app
22,789 ratings on the App Store in the United States, read Nov 13, 2026. It rates the app, not everything the product does. See the listing
Works with
- Procore
- QuickBooks
- Sage 300
- Viewpoint
- Dropbox
Raken alternatives
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- Raken vs Asta Powerproject
Free trial · from £1,530/yr
Common questions
Does Raken have a Windows app?
No Windows app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Raken is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Does Raken have a macOS app?
No macOS app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Raken is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Is Raken open source?
Raken is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Does Raken have an API?
Yes. Raken offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026. What people say is linked where it appears.