Product Hound vs CIC Labor Saving Calc
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Product Hound
This app helps you stay informed about product recalls to protect your family from potential safety hazards. Scan product labels with your phone, and receive alerts if the Consumer Product Safety Commission issues a recall.
- Scan product labels
- Track product recalls
- Receive safety alerts
- Monitor Consumer Product Safety Commission notices
- Free to use
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Unsafe products lead to millions of injuries, thousands of fatalities each year plus significant property damage. Staying up to date on product recalls can help keep you and your family out of harm’s way. Product Hound will track recalls for you and let you know when there’s a safety issue with your products—at no cost to you. Our mission: to empower you to manage your home products easily so you can protect what matters most. Just use your phone to scan products around your house. Once you scan a label into Product Hound, we’ll be on guard for you. If the Consumer Product Safety Commission issues a recall on one of your products, we’ll notify you.
CIC Labor Saving Calc
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The industry’s first estimator showing the reduction of installation labor for Southwire® Cable-in-Conduit (CIC) compared to pulling cables into PVC ducts.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Product Hound at every 3 days against CIC Labor Saving Calc's every 9 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Product Hound ships an update every 3 days, CIC Labor Saving Calc every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Product Hound | CIC Labor Saving Calc |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Johnson-Rauhoff, Inc. | Southwire Company |
In-app purchases
Product Hound
No in-app purchases
CIC Labor Saving Calc
No in-app purchases
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