Comparison

TRUEHOUR vs LANDCMD

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

Head to head
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/

About

LANDCMD

Features
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Know your job cost before you bid. LANDCMD helps contractors estimate costs for grading, driveways, excavation, land clearing, landscaping, and more. • Save equipment profiles with fuel consumption, ownership costs, insurance, and maintenance reserves. • Include labor, materials, rentals, disposal, and transportation. • Calculate area and volume from job measurements. • View itemized costs, suggested selling prices, and projected profit. • Save estimates on your device. • Export PDFs with your business logo and share them through your device’s share menu. No account required. Estimate calculations work offline. Results depend on the costs and hours you enter. Estimates are planning tools, not guaranteed prices or profits. No sales tax is calculated. ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP LANDCMD is a free download. An annual subscription unlocks estimating, equipment profiles, and business settings. The U.S. price is $19.99 per year, billed once annually; local prices are shown before purchase. It renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel in Apple Account subscription settings. Restore Purchases is available in the app. Saved estimates remain available to view after expiration. Internet is needed to purchase or restore. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://landcmd-support.abuzzpixie.chatgpt.site/privacy.html

Screenshots

TRUEHOUR4 screens
LANDCMD4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: LANDCMD at every 3 days against TRUEHOUR's weekly. TRUEHOUR's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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 and LANDCMD sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $19.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TRUEHOUR ships an update weekly, LANDCMD every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
TRUEHOUR versus LANDCMD: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTRUEHOURLANDCMD
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTRUEHOURChris Solomon

In-app purchases

2 purchases

TRUEHOUR

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

LANDCMD

Subscriptions1
  • LANDCMD Annual$19.991 Year

Questions

Is TRUEHOUR free?
TRUEHOUR is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LANDCMD free?
LANDCMD is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do TRUEHOUR or LANDCMD have ads?
Neither TRUEHOUR nor LANDCMD shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TRUEHOUR or LANDCMD?
TRUEHOUR ships an update weekly, and LANDCMD every 3 days. Most recently, TRUEHOUR was updated on November 5, 2026 and LANDCMD on October 31, 2026.

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