Trade Hounds vs CWM Roadmap
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?
CWM Roadmap
This app serves as a central hub for employees, their families, and customers of a major construction company. It provides timely updates on company news, project progress, and career opportunities, ensuring everyone stays informed about the organization's activities.
- Company news updates
- Project progress tracking
- Career opportunity listings
- Company event notifications
- Push notifications for news
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The CWM Roadmap is the communication app for C.W. Matthews Contracting Co., a leading heavy highway contractor committed to building the infrastructure of the southeastern region of the United States. The CWM Roadmap is the one-stop-shop for all current information and news for our employees, their family members, and our customers. Follow along with us as we use the Roadmap to share highlights, project updates, and important information from company leaders. The app offers you a mobile, fast, and easy way to stay up to date on all that is going on at CWM! • News: Check in on what is going on at C.W. Matthews Contracting Co. Push notifications allow you to see immediately when exciting news is available. • Careers: Find the latest information about all of our career opportunities. • Events: Stay in the loop about company events coming up.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CWM Roadmap at 5.0 against Trade Hounds's 4.2. CWM Roadmap 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 (322 vs 5) and iOS requirement (15.5 vs 17.0). 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.
CWM Roadmap holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Trade Hounds has 322 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Trade Hounds's written reviews are positive against 100% of CWM Roadmap's.
Trade Hounds ships an update every 3 weeks, CWM Roadmap fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Trade Hounds | CWM Roadmap |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (322 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 79.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 322 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| 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 | 152 MB | 83 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Material Management Software, LLC | C.W. Matthews Contracting Co. |
Customer experience
Trade Hounds
CWM Roadmap
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
CWM Roadmap
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Trade Hounds
No in-app purchases
CWM Roadmap
No in-app purchases
