Comparison

Equipment Trader vs TRUEHOUR

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

Head to head
About

Equipment Trader

This app connects individuals and businesses needing heavy equipment with dealers selling and renting it. It offers a vast selection of classified ads for various types of equipment, facilitating online research and purchasing.

Highlights
  • Connects buyers and sellers of heavy equipment
  • Extensive classified ad listings
  • Search for earthmoving, agricultural, and industrial equipment
  • Find trailers and salvage items
  • Supports dealers and independent owners
  • Online research and purchasing tools
Features
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EquipmentTrader's mission is to bring everyone who needs heavy equipment to the dealers who sell and rent it. We believe in supporting small business and civic needs through robust search capabilities while keeping an eye on an easy Visitor experience. EquipmentTrader is a part of the Trader Interactive family of sites which also include CommercialTruckTrader, CycleTrader, and RVTrader. At EquipmentTrader, you will find the widest selection of classified ads with over 110,000 listings to choose from and dealers nationwide. EquipmentTrader is the leading online classified advertising service bringing equipment buyers and sellers together in one virtual marketplace. We reach over 1 million active equipment buyers a month through our website. We showcase a variety of earthmoving, agricultural, forestry, mining and industrial equipment, as well as trailers and salvage items. EquipmentTrader provides dealers and independent owners alike access to equipment buyers who are interested in researching and purchasing new and used equipment online. EquipmentTrader is part of TraderOnline.com's network of Web sites covering new and used vehicle categories such as boats, trucks, motorcycles, ATVs and aircraft, as well as general merchandise. Our number one goal is to provide the best service possible for our users. As a division of Trader Interactive, EquipmentTrader boasts the very best in technical support, hardware and software to ensure that we are always ready when you need us.

About

TRUEHOUR

This app helps small businesses in equipment-heavy industries accurately calculate their operating costs. It provides tools for job estimating, real-time profitability analysis, and tax summaries, ensuring fair pricing and increased earnings.

Highlights
  • True Owning & Operating (O&O) cost per hour
  • Job estimating with all cost factors
  • Real-time profitability engine
  • Estimated vs. actual job tracking
  • AI cost guidance
  • Machine health score
  • Schedule C tax summary export
Features
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TRUEHOUR is the financial operating system for equipment-based small businesses. Built for skid-steer operators, landscapers, owner-operator truckers, tractor owners, dozer crews, and small service contractors — it turns the cost of running your machine into a number you can actually charge against. Most small operators undercharge because they don't know what their equipment really costs to own and operate. Fuel, depreciation, interest, insurance, repairs, tires/tracks, and overhead disappear into the noise — and so does your margin. TRUEHOUR makes those costs visible, accurate, and actionable. TRUSTED METHODOLOGY, ADVANCED FOR YOUR BUSINESS TRUEHOUR's cost engine is built on the same Owning & Operating (O&O) calculation standard created by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for 70 years — a standard adopted by AGC, Caterpillar, AED, and AACE International as the gold standard for equipment cost calculation. Traditional O&O focused on machine-level costs only. TRUEHOUR adds the Business Overhead Center, automatically allocating business overhead across your fleet on a per-hour basis so your rate reflects the full cost of running your operation. WHAT YOU GET • True Owning & Operating (O&O) cost per hour for every machine — using the trusted industry gold standard • Job estimating with equipment, vehicle, labor, materials, permits, subcontracts, and non-productive time • Real-time profitability engine: break-even rate, recommended rate, sensitivity analysis • Estimated vs. actual job tracking — finally know which jobs made money • AI cost guidance that suggests realistic ranges without ever overriding your inputs • Anonymized benchmark ranges from similar equipment • Machine health score (0–100) — utilization, downtime, repair patterns • End-of-year Schedule C tax summary, ready to hand to your accountant • PDF and CSV export for reports, estimates, and tax summaries • Mobile-first UI built for the job site — gloves, sunlight, one-handed use FREE (BASIC) One machine, full O&O calculation, expense tracking, monthly/yearly reports, basic job estimating, Schedule C summary, AI cost-fill assistance. TRUEHOUR PRO Unlimited machines, save/export/send job estimates, estimated vs. actual analysis, real-time profitability engine, enhanced AI insights, weekly reports, customer/lender-ready summaries, saved equipment templates, cloud backup, cross-device sync (iPhone, iPad, Android, desktop). WHO IT'S FOR • New owner-operators pricing their first jobs • Micro-business contractors running 1–3 machines • Side-hustle equipment owners doing weekend work • Small fleet owners with 2–10 machines and employees • Anyone tired of broken spreadsheets and gut-feel pricing PRIVACY & CONTROL TRUEHOUR never auto-fills your inputs. AI suggests; you decide. Benchmark contributions are anonymized and opt-in. Your data stays yours. Know your true hour. Charge what you're worth. Keep what you earn. Support: support@truehourapp.com TERMS OF USE: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Equipment Trader4 screens
TRUEHOUR4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: TRUEHOUR at 100% against Equipment Trader's 23%. TRUEHOUR also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Equipment Trader's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (559 vs 5). On price, update cadence, ads and monetization model 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. TRUEHOUR sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Equipment Trader asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TRUEHOUR holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Equipment Trader has 559 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of Equipment Trader's written reviews are positive against 100% of TRUEHOUR's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Equipment Trader ships an update every 9 days, TRUEHOUR weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Equipment Trader versus TRUEHOUR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEquipment TraderTRUEHOUR
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (559 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews23.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings559 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size152 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTrader Interactive, LLCTRUEHOUR

Customer experience

Equipment Trader

All ratings546 ratings
Positive94.5%
Neutral2.2%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive23.1%
Neutral3.8%
Negative73.1%

TRUEHOUR

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Equipment Trader

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • App fails/crashes frequently
  • Login issues (password/username not remembered)
  • Search feature not working correctly
  • Limited search results and inability to load more
  • App crashes when trying to load more results
Show 5 more
  • App crashes upon opening and hitting search
  • App not working on specific iOS versions
  • App crashes on iPhone after updates
  • App doesn't display local dealers
  • App crashes when opening

Requested features

3 requests
  • More filters for tractors (e.g., HP range, compact)
  • Improved search functionality
  • Landscape view on iPad

TRUEHOUR

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Equipment Trader

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

TRUEHOUR

Subscriptions2
  • TRUEHOUR Pro$14.991 Month
  • TRUEHOUR Pro$149.991 Year

Questions

Is Equipment Trader free?
Equipment Trader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TRUEHOUR free?
TRUEHOUR is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Equipment Trader or TRUEHOUR?
TRUEHOUR is rated higher. Equipment Trader averages 4.7 out of 5 from 559 ratings, while TRUEHOUR averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Equipment Trader or TRUEHOUR have ads?
Neither Equipment Trader nor TRUEHOUR shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Equipment Trader or TRUEHOUR?
Equipment Trader ships an update every 9 days, and TRUEHOUR weekly. Most recently, Equipment Trader was updated on November 6, 2026 and TRUEHOUR on November 5, 2026.

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