RateHound vs TradeGig
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RateHound
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Staffing is a people business, but the fundamentals are driven by the numbers. Now those numbers can be right at your fingertips. RateHound, developed and made available by TerraFirma Marketing – marketing specialists to the staffing industry, makes calculating the numbers quick, easy, and accurate. Throw out your complicated spreadsheets and use your iPhone to immediately determine all of the key staffing rate factors. Key features: • Solves for the hourly bill and pay rate, as well as markup and gross margin percent. • Provides total hourly burden rate and gross profit. • If any three key numbers are known, the answer is provided for the fourth. Never before has a calculator app been available exclusively for staffing professionals. It will become the favorite go-to app for recruiters and business development teams.
TradeGig
This app connects skilled tradespeople with project opportunities, offering reliable paychecks and seamless transitions between jobs. It matches your profile to available local, regional, or national projects, ensuring you find work that aligns with your skills and interests.
- Job openings matching personal profile
- View job details and express interest
- Find work matching skill sets
- Land work on preferred project types
- Seamless project-to-project transitions
- Easier communication with office/recruiter
- Receive project notifications based on availability
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TradeGig gives you paycheck reliability, working on projects of interest to you! TradeGig regularly updates and will send you job openings that start after your current project end-date. These are projects that match your personal profile. You can view the job details and tell us if you’re interested! TradeGig is Powered by Tradesmen International, a nationally leading construction and industrial employer. We have thousands of clients in construction, manufacturing and shipbuilding enabling you to... * Have first dibs on job openings in your area – be the first to know! * Express interest in available projects locally, regionally, or nationally * Find work that matches your skill sets * Land work on project types you’re interested in * Seamlessly move from project to project – reducing paycheck gaps * Have easier, faster communication with your Tradesmen office and recruiter And, you can choose to receive notifications of upcoming projects that meet the project profile you select, and fit with your availability.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: RateHound at 10.0 against TradeGig's 15.0. 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.
RateHound ships an update every 2 weeks, TradeGig fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | RateHound | TradeGig |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 2.7 (27 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 16.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 27 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GrowPath LLC | Serveture |
In-app purchases
RateHound
No in-app purchases
TradeGig
No in-app purchases









