Trade Hounds vs MasTec Empower
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Trade Hounds
This app connects skilled tradespeople, offering a platform to compare wages, showcase work, and share expertise. Users can ask project-related questions, discover new projects, and receive advice. It also provides opportunities for free stickers and gear giveaways.
- Compare wages with local tradespeople
- Showcase your work
- Get and give trade tips
- Ask and answer project questions
- Discover construction projects
- Free stickers and gear giveaways
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Trade Hounds is built for the hardworking skilled tradespeople building our country and is America's largest professional app for the skilled trades. If you're in the trades, you should be a part of our community of hundreds of thousands of proud craftspeople. Here's what you can do: - NEW: Compare your pay! See how your wage stacks up to tradespeople like you in your area. - Showcase your great work with fellow tradespeople. - Get tips from tradespeople to improve your craft. - Need help on a project? Post your question or search for answers. - Discover cool projects across the country. - Give advice to young tradespeople or those who need a hand. - FREE hard hat stickers when you complete your profile! - FREE tools & gear giveaways from brands for being a member! We'd love to have you a part of our growing community. Are you one of us?
MasTec Empower
Stay informed about the latest news, projects, and events from MasTec Clean Energy & Infrastructure. This app provides real-time updates for customers, partners, employees, and interested parties, ensuring you're always connected to company happenings.
- Real-time company news updates
- Information on career opportunities
- Event preparation tools
- Push notifications for breaking news
- Updates for employees and partners
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MasTec Empower is the communication app of MasTec Clean Energy & Infrastructure (CE&I). Current Information and news for our customers, our partner network, as well as employees and interested parties. Stay in contact with us and learn more about the world of MasTec Empower. MasTec Empower offers you the possibility to stay informed about current events, interesting projects, dates and much more about the company events of MasTec CE&I - mobile, fast and up-to-date. • News - stay up to date with the latest news. Push notifications allow you to see immediately what exciting news from the world of MasTec CE&I are available. • Latest information about career opportunities • For employees of MasTec CE&I there is the possibility to be always up-to-date. • Events - use the platform for interactive preparation for our group meetings And there are many more to come, stay tuned!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: MasTec Empower at none against Trade Hounds's shown. MasTec Empower also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (100% vs 79%). Trade Hounds's advantage is ratings volume (319 vs 12) and iOS requirement (15.5 vs 17.0). On price, rating, update cadence 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Trade Hounds against 4.3 for MasTec Empower. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Trade Hounds has 319 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 79% of Trade Hounds's written reviews are positive against 100% of MasTec Empower's.
Trade Hounds ships an update every 3 weeks, MasTec Empower fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Trade Hounds | MasTec Empower |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (319 ratings) | 4.3 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 79.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 319 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 140 MB | 86 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Material Management Software, LLC | MasTec, Inc. |
Customer experience
Trade Hounds
MasTec Empower
Bugs and requests
Trade Hounds
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes on app launch
- Notification issues
- Inconsistent performance
- Syncing problems between devices
Requested features
5 requests- Expand to more trades
- Add job posting/search functionality
- Improve content discovery and search
- Enhance photo/video sharing capabilities
- Integrate with other social platforms
MasTec Empower
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Trade Hounds
No in-app purchases
MasTec Empower
No in-app purchases
