Clue vs HeadLight Smartforms
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Clue
Digitize, connect, and optimize construction operations including assets, crew, and job sites. Monitor equipment performance, manage time sheets, and control site traffic to save time and money. Gain real-time insights for more productive operations.
- GPS asset tracking
- Equipment performance monitoring
- Digital crew time sheets
- Job site geo-fencing
- Real-time performance alerts
- Preventative maintenance scheduling
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Clue is the only solution to digitize, connect and optimize your entire construction operation: assets, crew and job sites, in one place - helping you save money, save time, and save the planet. Connect Everything: Track the GPS location of your assets, monitor the performance of your heavy equipment, manage your crew with digital time sheets, control job site traffic with geo-fences, and more. All in one, unified, easy-to-use system. Optimize Assets & Crew: Get real-time alerts and insights about idle assets, irregular team activity, and equipment performance. Easily reallocate resources, coach crew members, and schedule preventative maintenance, to run a more productive operation. Purpose-built for Construction: Built by a team with decades of industry experience and backed by industry giants, Clue is designed to meet the needs of construction firms of all sizes. Clue users optimize the jobsite productivity and the total cost of ownership (TCO) of their equipment by: - Saving 24% on maintenance cost, 22% on fuel and machine depreciation - Reducing their management time on assets and crew from days to minutes Get unlimited access for 14 days when you sign up to Clue today! Read what our users say ------------------------ "I love using Clue because it's built for mixed fleets and works with all our machines" - John, Fleet Manager of a Pomona, CA based company with 55 units including Caterpillar, John Deere, Komatsu, Doosan & Volvo. "It's really designed for owners like me who spend all their time in the field... I need everything, track all my yellow irons’ performance and workers’ clock in and out time, in one app. Clue is just that" - Manuel, Owner of a demolition company in Dallas, TX "I can get all the info about what happened yesterday, engine fault codes and everything else in a few seconds. Clue gives me exactly what I need" - Odelia, GM and Fleet Manager of a New Haven based heavy construction contractor with 182 units “Clue’s digital inspection has reduced our machine downtime drastically. I can easily keep track of the maintenance history and communicate with my mechanics on this app.” - Greg, VP of operations, Roadwork construction, New York How to sign up? --------------- 1. Download the app 2. Sign up with your mobile phone number 3. Register your assets and crew on app. Got any questions? Contact us to support@getclue.com or visit getclue.com to learn more.
HeadLight Smartforms
Streamline field data collection with a tool that lets you view, create, complete, and share forms. Project stakeholders gain real-time access to forms and powerful search capabilities for quick data retrieval.
- View, create, and complete forms
- Share forms with stakeholders
- Real-time access to project data
- Robust search functionality
- Simplified data collection
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HeadLight Smartforms simplifies data collection in the field, allowing the user to view, create, complete, and share forms. In addition, project stakeholders have real-time access to forms and robust search functionality to quickly find project data.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: HeadLight Smartforms at 4.8 against Clue's 4.0. HeadLight Smartforms also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and device support (3 vs 1). Clue's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (30 vs 4). On price, 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.
HeadLight Smartforms holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Clue has 30 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Clue ships an update monthly, HeadLight Smartforms every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Clue | HeadLight Smartforms |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (30 ratings) | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Clue Insights | Pavia Systems Inc |
Customer experience
Clue
HeadLight Smartforms
In-app purchases
Clue
No in-app purchases
HeadLight Smartforms
No in-app purchases
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