LaserCalc Mobile vs TechBench HVAC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LaserCalc Mobile
This app assists HVAC professionals with accurate load calculations for residential and commercial projects. It adheres to industry-standard ACCA Manual J 8th Edition guidelines, integrating data from DOE and NREL for precise results.
- ACCA Manual J 8th Edition compliance
- DOE and NREL data integration
- Professional HVAC load calculations
- Supports contractors and engineers
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Run a professional residential load calculation from the driveway, and leave with a report your customer can hold. LaserCalc is an HVAC load calculation tool for contractors, technicians, and engineers working in the United States. Calculations follow the Manual J 8th Edition methodology and draw on 2025 ASHRAE climatic design data covering thousands of US cities and weather stations. THREE WAYS TO MEASURE A HOME • Block Load — we look up the home's square footage from the address. The fastest path to a number. • Scan Rooms with Camera — walk the house and capture square footage, ceiling height, and windows as you go. • Enter Rooms Manually — full control over room size, ceiling height, exposed walls, and windows by direction. REPORTS YOU CAN HAND OVER • Shareable PDF reports, sent from your phone before you pull out of the drive • Add your company logo to every report • Heating and cooling loads with recommended capacity in BTU and tons YOUR BOOK OF BUSINESS, EVERYWHERE • Clients and load calcs save automatically and follow you across devices • Start an estimate on your phone, finish it on your tablet PRO • Room-by-room load calcs for tighter equipment sizing • Automatic room scanning with LiDAR or your camera (LiDAR requires a Pro Apple device) Available in English and Spanish. The app follows your device language, and you can switch it any time in Settings. LaserCalc is built for properties in the United States — address lookup and climate data cover the US only. Climatic Design Data © 2025 ASHRAE, www.ashrae.org. Used with permission. ASHRAE has not endorsed, reviewed, or certified this product. Final equipment selection is the responsibility of the installing contractor and should be based on manufacturer specifications. LaserCalc Pro is an auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase, and renews unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://airmatchpro.com/privacy-policy
TechBench HVAC
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TechBench is the iPhone tool for solo HVAC and plumbing contractors who do not need a multi tech back office. Quote on the driveway, log every cylinder pull and recovery, and export a three year audit CSV when the EPA asks for it. BUILT FOR ONE TRUCK Housecall Pro, Jobber, and ServiceFusion are priced for shops with two or more techs. Their Solo tiers strip out the workflow you actually need. TechBench is the opposite. One technician. One iPhone. Flat pricing, no upsell ladder. EPA SECTION 608 LEDGER Every cylinder pull, recovery event, and leak incident is logged with technician cert number, GPS, cylinder barcode, refrigerant type, weight added, weight recovered, leak size, and repair action. Entries are SHA 256 hash signed and stored on the device. Three year audit CSV export, mapped to 40 CFR 82.166. BRANDED PDF QUOTES Single page US Letter PDF rendered on the iPhone via Apple PDFKit. Shop branding band, customer block, line items, totals, deposit, terms, expiration. Share via email, SMS, AirDrop, or Files. Replaces the photo of a paper form you currently text to the customer. ALSO INCLUDED Customer signature pad with integrity hash On device drafting assistant for the line item description (Apple Foundation Models on iOS 18+, deterministic fallback on older devices) Local job and customer database, exportable any time Optional iCloud Backup; no third party server WHO IT IS FOR Licensed solo HVAC and plumbing contractors. Single truck operators, F-150 plus service bed and a sufficiently old iPhone. Anyone tired of paper plus Photos plus Google Sheets for the workflow one app should do. WHAT IT IS NOT Not a multi tech dispatch tool. No QuickBooks sync, no Stripe deposits, no Apple Watch dispatch in v1. We do not advertise features we have not built. PRIVACY All quotes, cylinder logs, customer records, and PDFs stay on the iPhone. No analytics SDKs, no ad networks, no telemetry. The audit CSV is exported via the iOS share sheet on demand. SUBSCRIPTION Subscriptions auto-renew until cancelled. You can cancel anytime in iOS Settings, Subscriptions. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Privacy Policy: https://nexasphere.io/products/iphone/techbench/privacy Terms of Service: https://nexasphere.io/products/iphone/techbench/terms Support: https://nexasphere.io/products/iphone/techbench/help
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: LaserCalc Mobile at 3 against TechBench HVAC's 1. LaserCalc Mobile also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, 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. LaserCalc Mobile sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and TechBench HVAC sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $49.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | LaserCalc Mobile | TechBench HVAC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 85 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Imogen Technologies, LLC | NEXASPHERE INC. |
In-app purchases
LaserCalc Mobile
- Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- LaserCalc Pro7 Days trial$49.991 Month
- Monthly Subscription$9.99
TechBench HVAC
- Solo Monthly$49.991 Month
- Solo Annual$469.991 Year
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