iCertifi vs RhinoCert
RhinoCert is a four-month-old newcomer with board-photo AI. iCertifi is the app voted #1 by electricians in the TradeSkills4U survey in Professional Electrician & Installer – four AI tools, a professional cable calculator, native Apple security and five trades in one family. It is not a close comparison.
Quick answer
iCertifi is voted #1 by electricians in the TradeSkills4U survey in Professional Electrician & Installer. Board Vision scans any board in 30 seconds, Test Vision reads any meter, Spark AI answers BS 7671 on the spot, Certificate Guardian checks every certificate before you sign, and Circuit Designer sizes the cable and builds the circuit straight onto the cert. It works fully offline on-device, invoices the job through Mintbooks, and covers gas, PAT and fire. RhinoCert has board-photo detection – and that is essentially where its AI stops. It is electrical-only and brand new.
iCertifi vs RhinoCert, side by side
| iCertifi | RhinoCert | |
|---|---|---|
| AI board scanning | Board Vision – any board, PDF, paper or photo, 30 sec, 95%+ | Board photo detection |
| AI meter reading (any brand) | Test Vision – reads any meter display | Not available |
| AI regs assistant | Spark AI – trained on BS 7671 and BS 5839 | Not available |
| Full AI compliance check | Certificate Guardian – every field scanned before sign-off | Basic test-value checks |
| Pro cable calculator | Circuit Designer – sizes cable, Zs, volt drop, builds the circuit onto the cert | Not available |
| Certificate range | 15 electrical types + Gas, PAT, Fire, Emergency Lighting | Electrical only |
| Security | On-device, Apple encryption + iOS Keychain | Syncs to their cloud |
| Offline working | Full, on-device | Offline-first, must sync |
| Remote QS sign-off + audit trail | QS dashboard, remote sign-off, full audit trail (Cloud Pro) | Web portal review |
| Live client progress tracking | Yes – clients track like a parcel (Cloud Pro) | Not available |
| NFC board history | Yes – tag and scan a board’s full history (Cloud Pro) | Not available |
| Invoicing (Making Tax Digital) | Mintbooks – auto draft invoice on save | Not available |
| Apple Watch app | Yes – the only one for electricians | Not available |
| Track record | Since 2011 – voted #1 by electricians in the TradeSkills4U survey in Professional Electrician & Installer | New, unproven |
Fourteen years of releases behind it
An AI engine, not one trick: Board Vision, Test Vision, Spark AI and Certificate Guardian work together – scan the board, read the meter, ask the regs, check compliance. RhinoCert has board-photo detection and little else.
A professional cable calculator built in: Circuit Designer sizes the cable, calculates volt drop and Zs with derating, and builds the finished circuit straight onto your EIC, EICR or Minor Works – full working shown for inspectors. No Appendix 4, no separate calculator.
Native Apple security: your data stays on your device, protected by Apple encryption and the iOS Keychain – not sitting on a third-party cloud server like RhinoCert’s.
Remote QS sign-off (Cloud Pro): Qualified Supervisors review, correct and sign certificates from anywhere, with live notifications and a full exportable audit trail – plus live client progress tracking and NFC board history that RhinoCert has no answer to.
One app for every trade: 15 electrical certificate types plus gas (CP12), PAT, fire and emergency lighting. RhinoCert is electrical only.
Certificate to invoice, automatically: the moment you save, Mintbooks builds a Making Tax Digital draft invoice, matched by reference so it never duplicates. RhinoCert does not advertise invoicing.
What a brand-new app has not built yet
Syncs to their cloud: RhinoCert works offline but syncs your certificates and client data to its own servers. iCertifi keeps them on your device, protected by Apple encryption and the iOS Keychain.
Thin AI: board-photo detection only – no meter reading, no regs assistant, no full compliance check, no cable calculator.
Electrical only and brand new: no gas, PAT or fire, no invoicing, and no track record behind it.
Which one fits your setup
RhinoCert is a reasonable option only if you specifically need Android or a browser. For everyone else it is not close: iCertifi has four AI tools to RhinoCert’s one, a professional cable calculator it simply does not have, native Apple security instead of a third-party cloud, invoicing, and five trades in one app family. It is the app voted #1 by electricians in the TradeSkills4U survey in Professional Electrician & Installer and Elec Training – and nothing on this page comes close.
RhinoCert questions electricians ask
Is RhinoCert better than iCertifi?
No. iCertifi has a far deeper AI engine (Board Vision, Test Vision, Spark AI and Certificate Guardian), a built-in professional cable calculator (Circuit Designer), native Apple security, remote QS sign-off, automatic invoicing, and covers gas, PAT and fire. RhinoCert is an electrical-only newcomer with board-photo detection.
Does iCertifi have a cable calculator?
Yes – Circuit Designer sizes the cable, calculates volt drop and Zs with derating factors, and builds the finished circuit straight onto your certificate with full working shown. RhinoCert has nothing equivalent.
Does iCertifi work on Android?
iCertifi is built natively for iPhone, iPad and Mac, for Apple-grade speed and security. If you specifically need Android, RhinoCert is web-based – but you trade away the AI depth, the cable calculator, the security and the range above.
How long has RhinoCert been around?
RhinoCert is genuinely new – the company behind it was incorporated in April 2026. iCertifi has been shipping since December 2011. That matters when a certificate has to stand up years after you issued it, and when you need the app to still be there for the next amendment.
Does RhinoCert work offline?
Yes – offline working is one of the things RhinoCert does well, and its own marketing leads on it. iCertifi is also fully on-device, and adds meter-reading AI, a BS 7671 regs assistant, Circuit Designer, gas, PAT and fire certificates, and remote QS sign-off.
Compare iCertifi with other tools
Still weighing up your options? See the full breakdown on the Why Electricians Choose iCertifi hub, or compare iCertifi directly with another tool:
Try the UK’s #1 electrical app
Scan the board, read the meter, size the cable, check compliance and invoice the job – all in one native Apple app.
The full range of BS 7671 electrical certificates. EIC, EICR and Minor Works, with the calculators built in – Zs verification, R1+R2, PFC and cable sizing.