Material Now vs Rocket Start
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Material Now
This app helps contractors manage concrete and bulk material deliveries, track job site performance, and monitor project status in real time. Field crews can monitor truck movements and communicate with suppliers, while managers can oversee project progress, place orders, and review financials from any device.
- Real-time delivery tracking
- Job site performance monitoring
- Project status updates
- Truck tracking
- Messaging with suppliers
- Financial overview
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Material Now lets contractors track concrete and bulk material deliveries, job site performance, and project status in real time. If you have a smart phone or tablet, you’ll have the updates you need to make informed decisions. Crews in the field can track trucks, exchange messages with materials suppliers, get alerts and avoid problems. Managers can follow project and crew performance, request new orders and check financials – all from a mobile device or online.
Rocket Start
This app helps you build positive work habits by earning badges and redeeming rewards. Track your progress and compete on leaderboards to see how you stack up against colleagues and others globally.
- Earn badges for good work habits
- Redeem earned points for rewards
- Track badge progress
- View location, company, and global leaderboards
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- Earn badges for good habits at work - Redeem rewards with the points earned - Track progress of the badges - View leaderboards to see how you stack up in your location, your company, or globally
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Material Now at 3.6 against Rocket Start's 2.5. Material Now also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (9 vs 2). Rocket Start's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Material Now holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 2 respectively.
Material Now ships an update fortnightly, Rocket Start every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Material Now | Rocket Start |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (9 ratings) — better | 2.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BCMI Corporation | Rocket Start LLC |
Customer experience
Material Now
Rocket Start
In-app purchases
Material Now
No in-app purchases
Rocket Start
No in-app purchases
Questions
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