TRU Solutions vs ElcoMaster
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TRU Solutions
This app provides a cloud-based platform for businesses to replace manual data collection with secure digital solutions. It enhances safety, boosts productivity with real-time field data, and helps optimize operations, maintenance, and compliance processes.
- Secure digital data collection
- Real-time field data access
- Enhanced safety and productivity
- Optimized maintenance schedules
- Streamlined compliance processes
- Scalable and easily adopted solutions
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TRU offers streamlined digital solutions for industries, replacing outdated pen-and-paper with secure data collection. Our cloud-based software helps safeguard assets by enhancing safety and boosting productivity with real-time field data access. Complemented by unwavering support from our expert team, who understand our clients' data challenges, TRU provides scalable and easily adopted solutions. Businesses make better decisions with better data. We help clients capture their data’s full value to: - Make the best use of their field teams - Maximize system operations with minimal downtime - Optimize their maintenance schedules - Ensure an easier and more efficient compliance process Try TRU today and begin to realize efficiency gains across all levels of your business – from field labor and report creation to approval processes and audit prep time – with clients seeing 390% ROI in the first year alone. TRU Solutions is the combination of merged companies TruQC and SPOT Tracker.
ElcoMaster
Instantly transfer and analyze readings from compatible inspection gauges directly to your mobile device. Generate reports and email data from the field without needing a computer, saving time and money.
- Transfer readings from Elcometer gauges
- On-site data analysis
- Email data and reports from the field
- Map readings
- Add photos to readings
- Generate PDF reports
- Export to Excel
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ElcoMaster™ Mobile App transfers readings from Made for iPhone/iPad/iPod Elcometer inspection gauges straight to your device, allowing data analysis immediately on site, without having to turn on a computer. When time is critical - the user can quickly email data or reports from their phone to the client in seconds – whilst still out in the field. Key Features of ElcoMaster™ Mobile App • Compatible with Made for iPhone/iPad/iPod versions of the Elcometer 456 Coating Thickness Gauge, Elcometer 224 Surface Profile Gauge, Elcometer 510 Automatic Adhesion Tester, Elcometer 480 Glossmeter, Elcometer NDT MTG/PTG series, Elcometer 311 Automotive Refinishing Gauge, Elcometer 415 Industrial Paint & Powder Thickness Gauge, Elcometer 319 Dewpoint Meter, Elcometer 130 Salt Contamination Meter, Elcometer 500 Coating Thickness Gauge • Intuitive, easy to use navigation system. • See live readings directly on the phone and save them into batches. • Map readings on to a map. • Take photographs with the phone and add them to batch readings at the click of a button. • Analyse data via sequential readings, statistics, charts & histograms or on images. • Quickly transfer inspection data from phone to PC for further analysis and reporting. • Generate PDF reports • Export batches to Microsoft Excel® Spreadsheets • Sync data to the Cloud via Google Drive, Dropbox or FTP As the data is transferred to the mobile, the inspection gauge does not have to be taken off site, so it can continue to work, without interruption – saving valuable time and money.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TRU Solutions at 4.0 against ElcoMaster's 2.4. TRU Solutions also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 25%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). ElcoMaster's advantage is iOS requirement (14.2 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
TRU Solutions holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 30 and 10 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of TRU Solutions's written reviews are positive against 25% of ElcoMaster's.
TRU Solutions ships an update every 3 weeks, ElcoMaster every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 3, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TRU Solutions | ElcoMaster |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (30 ratings) — better | 2.4 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 14.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TruQC, LLC | Elcometer |
Customer experience
TRU Solutions
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In-app purchases
TRU Solutions
No in-app purchases
ElcoMaster
No in-app purchases







