Basement Defender vs TruGreen
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Basement Defender
Monitor and manage your Basement Defender home product from your mobile device. View status, receive alerts, and configure settings. Designed for homeowners, dealers, and installers.
- View product status
- Receive alerts
- Configure device settings
- Remote monitoring
- Dealer and installer tools
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This application is developed for the Users of the Basement Defender Home Product. Utilise your mobile device and login to view the Status and Alerts from your Basement Defender Product. See additional information about the basement defender product at www.basementdefender.com This application is also developed for the Dealers and Installers for the Basement Defender Product. The App allows them to configure and check the device status
TruGreen
Manage all your lawn care needs conveniently from your phone. Receive personalized tips, schedule services, track visits, and make secure payments.
- Personalized seasonal lawn care tips
- Update account information
- Schedule or reschedule lawn service
- Real-time notifications
- View upcoming visits and plan details
- Make secure payments
- Contact customer support
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When you trust the pros, managing your lawn care is easy. With the TruGreen mobile app, you can handle all your lawn care needs from your phone—making our service more convenient than ever. Receive personalized seasonal lawn care tips, update your account information, schedule or reschedule your lawn service, get real-time notifications, view upcoming visits and plan details, make secure payments, contact customer support, and more. Current customers can sign up with your TruGreen account number and stay on top of your plan with just a few simple taps.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Basement Defender at 68% against TruGreen's 10%. Basement Defender also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). TruGreen's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 3.9) and ratings volume (22K vs 30). 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.
TruGreen holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TruGreen has 22K ratings behind it against 30, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 68% of Basement Defender's written reviews are positive against 10% of TruGreen's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Basement Defender ships an update every 2 months, TruGreen every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Basement Defender | TruGreen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (30 ratings) | 4.6 (22K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.4% of reviews — better | 10.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 30 | 22K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Basement Defender, LLC | TruGreen Limited Partnership |
Customer experience
Basement Defender
TruGreen
Bugs and requests
Basement Defender
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
TruGreen
Reported bugs
4 issues- Persistent loading issues
- Unreliable GPS tracking
- Inconsistent push notifications
- Inability to unsubscribe from services
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to view and manage scheduled services
- Improved in-app communication with technicians
- Customizable notification settings
- Seamless integration between app and website
In-app purchases
Basement Defender
No in-app purchases
TruGreen
No in-app purchases
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