Contractor Calculator vs BluMatrix
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Contractor Calculator
This app is a jobsite calculator designed for construction professionals and DIYers. It handles various calculations for framing, roofing, concrete, and material estimation, eliminating the need for multiple tools. Streamline your measurements, planning, and material ordering with this comprehensive construction math solution.
- Feet, inches, fractions, and metric conversions
- Rafter, stair, and roofing calculators
- Concrete and material volume estimation
- Bid markup calculations
- Regional unit and currency presets
- Saved tape for results
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Construction Calculator is a fast jobsite calculator built for contractors, carpenters, builders, remodelers, estimators, and DIY projects. Handle everyday construction math without switching between spreadsheets, notes, and manual formulas. Calculate feet, inches, fractions, metric conversions, stairs, rafters, roofing, concrete, framing, finishes, masonry, site materials, and basic bid markup from one clean app. Key features: • Feet, inches, fractions, yards, and metric conversions • Pitch, rise, run, diagonal, hip/valley, jack rafter, rake wall, and board feet tools • Stair layout with riser count, riser height, tread count, total run, and angle • Advanced triangle, circle, and arc calculators • Roofing estimates with pitch, waste, squares, and bundle counts • Wall stud, drywall, flooring, paint, block wall, fence post, gravel, and mulch calculators • Concrete slab, footing, and post hole volume calculators • Material count rounding settings • Regional presets for units, currency, and common defaults • Saved tape for keeping important results • Copy, paste, share, memory, and theme options Construction Calculator helps speed up common field math for measuring, planning, estimating, and checking quantities before ordering materials or making cuts. Use it for framing layouts, stair planning, roof math, concrete ordering, finish material estimates, site work, and quick job cost checks. Calculations are intended as helpful estimates. Always verify measurements, local building codes, engineering requirements, and supplier specifications before cutting, ordering, or building. Unlimited option available Construction Calculator offers an auto-renewing yearly with a 3-day free trial and monthly subscription. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription, where applicable. Terms of Use: https://lxmob.com/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://lxmob.com/privacy-policy
BluMatrix
Generate professional property estimates and roof scans directly from your phone. Utilize LiDAR for room measurements, satellite imagery for roof analysis, and AI for damage assessment. Create branded, claim-ready PDFs quickly for contractors, adjusters, and homeowners.
- LiDAR floor plans
- Instant roof estimates
- AI photo reports
- Insurance-grade pricing
- Plain-English job intake
- Branded PDF estimates
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Turn any property walk-through into a polished, line-itemed estimate in minutes, right from your phone. BluMatrix is the all-in-one field tool for contractors, restoration crews, roofers, insurance adjusters, and homeowners. Scan the rooms, measure the roof from satellite, snap photos, talk through what you see, and ask your AI assistant for the takeoffs. Then send a branded, claim-ready PDF, or open the job in Xactimate, before you leave the driveway. No tape measure. No ladder. No desktop software. KEY FEATURES Xactimate ESX Export Your line items, floor plan and roof go out as an ESX file that opens in Xactimate as a real estimate, drawn, priced and ready to edit. No retyping. Instant Roof Estimates Type an address and BluMatrix measures the roof (area, pitch, and squares) straight from satellite imagery, then builds a priced roofing scope. Plus a full roof report: every plane with its pitch, direction, lengths and area, ready to edit and send to Xactimate. No drone, no ladder, no site visit. Edit Any Plan on Your Phone Move walls and roof lines, add doors, windows and planes, rename rooms. The plan, the roof report and the estimate follow every change. Meet Your Assistant Every job gets its own AI chat. Attach scans, photos, reports, and files, then just ask. It does the takeoff math from your actual measurements, checks real material prices, writes supplements, letters, and scopes as polished PDFs, and hands the whole job brief to your estimate in one tap. LiDAR Floor Plans Map any room in about 60 seconds with your iPhone or iPad Pro's LiDAR sensor. Walls, doors, windows, dimensions, and total area are captured automatically and rendered as a clean, fully-dimensioned, branded PDF. Floor Plans on Any iPhone No LiDAR? Trace the corners of the room and BluMatrix draws a true floor plan with real measurements. Every iPhone is now a measuring tool. Walk. Talk. Document. Start a walkthrough, speak what you see, and snap photos as you go. BluMatrix turns your voice into clean, professional field notes matched to every photo. The clipboard is gone. AI Photo Reports Snap photos on site and let AI label damage, materials, and access constraints, turning a camera roll into a structured report clients and adjusters can read at a glance. Manual Photo Reports are built in too. Insurance-Grade Pricing Every estimate is priced against the same pricebooks adjusters use, with support for every major carrier and program, so your scope is claim-ready from the first tap. No rework. No rejected line items. Multi-Language Support Every screen in English or Spanish, following your phone, with a switch in Account. Organized by Property Just start scanning. Every scan, report, and estimate files itself to the right property automatically. Floors, plans, photos, and paperwork, all in one place. Built for Teams Invite your crew and share every property, scan, report and estimate. Estimates That Get Paid Share in one tap by email, Messages, AirDrop, or Files. Every estimate is a branded, professional PDF your client can open on any device. BUILT FOR - Restoration contractors and remediation crews - Roofing contractors quoting without climbing a ladder - Insurance adjusters and claim handlers - Remodel and renovation contractors - Property managers and damage assessors - Homeowners managing claims or planning repairs REQUIREMENTS - LiDAR floor plans need a Pro iPhone (12 Pro or later) or an iPad Pro (2020 or later) - Everything else, including corner-traced floor plans, roof estimates, Photo Reports, and the Assistant, works on any iPhone or iPad on iOS 17 or later - Internet connection for AI features, roof measurements, and estimate generation Built by Blue Collar Pro LLC. Privacy Policy: https://blumatrix.ai/privacy Terms of Use: https://blumatrix.ai/terms Support: https://blumatrix.ai/support
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BluMatrix at 5.0 against Contractor Calculator's 4.4. BluMatrix also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). Contractor Calculator's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (56 vs 9). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Contractor Calculator sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and BluMatrix sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $49.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
BluMatrix holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Contractor Calculator has 56 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Contractor Calculator ships an update every 2 months, BluMatrix fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Contractor Calculator | BluMatrix |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (56 ratings) | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 56 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 99 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lxmob LLC | Blue Collar Pro |
Customer experience
Contractor Calculator
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In-app purchases
Contractor Calculator
- Construction Cal PRO$7.991 Month
- Construction Cal PRO3 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Construction Cal PRO$49.99
BluMatrix
- BluMatrix Pro Monthly3 Days trial$49.991 Month
- Team, 3 seats$129.991 Month
- Team, 5 seats$199.991 Month
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- Team, 10 seats$349.991 Month
- BluMatrix Pro Annual3 Days trial$479.001 Year
- Manual Photo Report$4.99
- Floor Plan Report$9.99
- AI Photo Report$9.99
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- AI Estimator$9.99
- 50 credits$19.99
- 200 credits$59.99
- 500 credits$119.99
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