DataGuard Project Manager vs Contractor Cost Estimator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DataGuard Project Manager
This app helps field service professionals document job sites with photos, notes, and customer information. Generate professional inspection reports and invoices directly from your device.
- Job site photo capture
- GPS location tagging
- Detailed note attachment
- Customer information management
- Professional inspection reports
- Invoice generation
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DataGuard Project Manager is a professional field documentation app designed for contractors, inspectors, and field service professionals. It allows users to capture, organize, and document job site photos with ease. Users can create projects by GPS location or manual address entry, attach detailed notes to photos, manage customer information, generate professional inspection reports, and create invoices — all from their iPhone SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION DataGuard Pro is available as a monthly ($1.99/month) or annual ($19.99/year) auto-renewable subscription. - Payment will be charged to your Apple ID at confirmation - Subscription auto-renews unless cancelled 24 hours before end of current period - Manage or cancel in your Apple ID Account Settings Privacy Policy: https://www.dataguardtechnology.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use: http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula
Contractor Cost Estimator
This AI-powered tool helps contractors and subcontractors create detailed construction cost estimates. It allows users to input job details via voice or text, itemize labor and materials, and generate professional PDF quotes with company branding. The app learns and saves company rates for future bids.
- AI-powered cost estimation
- Itemized labor and material pricing
- Professional PDF quote generation
- Voice and text input for job details
- Customizable company pricing
- Customer signature capture
- Job photo attachment
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FieldSquire is an AI construction cost estimator built for contractors and subcontractors. Create itemized estimates, price labor and materials, and send professional PDF quotes from your phone. Turn spoken or typed job details into an editable contractor estimate using your scope and saved company rates. Walk the job. Describe the work. Review your price. Send the quote. A construction estimate app for real job sites Capture the details before you leave the property. Speak or type measurements, materials, site conditions, crew hours and customer requests. Attach job photos for reference so your notes stay with the estimate. Let AI organize your scope into editable line items, or enter a final price you have already calculated. Your measurements and instructions guide the estimate. You stay in control of the work and the selling price. AI that learns your company prices Stop correcting the same labor and material rates on every bid. Save a unit-price correction and FieldSquire remembers it for matching work in future AI estimates. Build a private company price book as you quote. Your saved rates stay within your account or authorized company workspace, not another contractor's estimates. Labor, materials and profit in one place Use the construction cost estimator to review quantities, units, labor, materials and equipment. Add missing work, remove unwanted items and adjust individual rates. Apply your profit and overage settings and set a requested deposit. Keep your internal profit calculations off the customer-facing quote. Professional PDF estimates and customer approval Give customers more than a number in a text. Create a branded proposal with your business details, logo, scope, pricing and terms. Choose a document style and control whether individual line prices appear. Capture a customer signature in person or send a signing link. Share the finished quote by text or email, export a PDF or print a copy. Built for contractors and the trades Use FieldSquire as a roofing cost estimator for tear-off, flashing, shingles or metal roofing and labor. Build a concrete estimate for driveways, slabs and footings using your dimensions, thickness, reinforcement and crew hours. Create flooring estimates for tile, hardwood and vinyl, or drywall estimates for hanging, finishing and cleanup. Prepare plumbing, HVAC and electrical estimates with the equipment, materials and labor each job needs. Quote remodeling, painting, siding, gutters, fencing, landscaping, lawn care and handyman work. Whether you work alone or run a crew, this construction estimating app keeps your scope and costs clear. Customers, quotes and crew access Save customer details, find previous estimates and reuse customer information for repeat work. Keep job notes and photos with the quote instead of scattered across messages. The Crew plan adds a shared workspace for leads, estimates, job photos, company branding and learned pricing, helping your team quote from the same company information. Try FieldSquire free for 7 days Eligible new Solo subscribers can start a 7-day free trial through the App Store. A subscription is required to continue quoting. Review your plan's price and included AI allowance before subscribing. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the trial or current subscription period ends. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings. AI allowances and team access depend on your plan. Review quantities, supplier costs, assumptions and final prices before sending any estimate. Download FieldSquire, your contractor estimate app, and turn the next job walkthrough into a professional quote. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://fieldsquire.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Contractor Cost Estimator at free with in-app purchases against DataGuard Project Manager's subscription. Contractor Cost Estimator also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly) and ratings volume (7 vs 1). DataGuard Project Manager's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, 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. DataGuard Project Manager sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Contractor Cost Estimator sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $22.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for DataGuard Project Manager against 5.0 for Contractor Cost Estimator. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Contractor Cost Estimator has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
DataGuard Project Manager ships an update weekly, Contractor Cost Estimator every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DataGuard Project Manager | Contractor Cost Estimator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adrian Martinez | michael phillips |
Customer experience
DataGuard Project Manager
Contractor Cost Estimator
In-app purchases
DataGuard Project Manager
- DataGuard Pro$1.991 Month
- DataGuard Pro$19.991 Year
Contractor Cost Estimator
- FieldSquire Solo$22.491 Month
- FieldSquire Crew$45.901 Month






