Material Now vs Basset
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.
Basset
Streamline daily operations for underground utility contractors. This app centralizes project reporting, production tracking, safety documentation, and crew activity, reducing paperwork and improving field-to-office communication.
- Create and submit daily field reports
- Track installed and backfilled production
- Record safety forms and jobsite information
- Attach and organize field photos
- Review reports by project, foreman, and date
- Export reporting data
- Manage projects, users, and field access
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Basset is field reporting software built for underground utility contractors. Keep daily operations organized from the field to the office with one place for project reporting, production tracking, safety documentation, photos, and crew activity. With Basset, teams can: • Create and submit daily field reports • Track installed and backfilled production • Record safety forms and jobsite information • Attach and organize field photos • Review reports by project, foreman, and date • Export reporting data for office workflows • Manage projects, users, and field access Basset is designed to reduce paperwork, improve visibility between field and office teams, and make daily reporting easier to review and act on. Accounts are provided by participating organizations. Contact your company administrator for access.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Basset at 5.0 against Material Now's 3.6. Basset also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.6). Material Now's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 3). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Basset holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 3 respectively.
Material Now ships an update fortnightly, Basset weekly. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Material Now | Basset |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BCMI Corporation | Basset, Inc. |
Customer experience
Material Now
Basset
In-app purchases
Material Now
No in-app purchases
Basset
No in-app purchases
