Hilti Concrete Sensors vs MacRail
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hilti Concrete Sensors
This construction app provides real-time monitoring of concrete curing and drying using wireless sensors. It helps save time and costs by enabling better decision-making for contractors and engineers.
- Real-time concrete strength monitoring
- Anticipate strength benchmarks
- Manage schedules and costs
- Real-time RH monitoring
- Share data and reports
- Cold weather fuel cost savings
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Concrete Sensors is a free construction app that monitors the curing and drying (RH) of concrete in real time that enables better decisions to save time and costs for general contractors, subcontractors, engineers, and others. This app connects to our easy-to-use wireless sensors to display up to the minute concrete curing and drying information. Concrete Curing * Real-time monitoring of the strength of the actual in-place concrete * Anticipate when the strength will reach a benchmark and manage schedules * Save money on fuel costs during cold weather * Avoid a month-long test * Easily share alerts, data and reporting * Better-manage mass concrete curing with real-time alerts on temperature differentials * Use your concrete's curing performance to schedule labor, remove forms, and more * In compliance with ASTM C1074 Concrete Drying * Save on costs and avoid schedule delays from high RH surprises * Install flooring that matches your slab * Avoid drilling holes in your new slab and waiting for RH readings * Real-time readings shared with the team * Graph RH over time and find trends * Similar to ASTM F2170 How it Works 1. Download this app 2. Purchase and zip-tie sensors to rebar 3. Use this app to continuously monitor the status of your concrete
MacRail
Access your work schedule and submit updates directly from your mobile device. Securely log in using your credentials or fingerprint. Share essential travel and contact details for efficient scheduling management.
- Mobile account login
- Fingerprint authentication
- View work schedule
- Submit schedule updates
- Add travel details
- Add contact information
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Login to your MacRail account from your mobile device using you credentials or finger print. From this app, you will be able to load your work schedule and send us updates directly from the app. This includes information like travel and contact details. This information is then used by our admin team to manage scheduling.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Hilti Concrete Sensors at every 3 weeks against MacRail's every 2 months. MacRail's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, 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.
Hilti Concrete Sensors ships an update every 3 weeks, MacRail every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 1, 2026 and July 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hilti Concrete Sensors | MacRail |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hilti AG | Weston Analytics |
Customer experience
Hilti Concrete Sensors
MacRail
In-app purchases
Hilti Concrete Sensors
No in-app purchases
MacRail
No in-app purchases
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