Comparison

RateHound vs TradeGig

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

RateHound

Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

RateHound4 screens
TradeGig4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RateHound ships an update every 2 weeks, TradeGig fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
RateHound versus TradeGig: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRateHoundTradeGig
PriceFreeFree
Rating—2.7 (27 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—16.7% of reviews
Number of ratings—27 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB90 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGrowPath LLCServeture

In-app purchases

None

RateHound

No in-app purchases

None

TradeGig

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RateHound free?
RateHound is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TradeGig free?
TradeGig is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do RateHound or TradeGig have ads?
Neither RateHound nor TradeGig shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RateHound or TradeGig?
RateHound ships an update every 2 weeks, and TradeGig fortnightly. Most recently, RateHound was updated on November 3, 2026 and TradeGig on November 3, 2026.

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