Comparison

ApprenticeRecon vs Printyard

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

Head to head
About

ApprenticeRecon

This app helps apprentices log on-the-job training hours with proof, allows supervisors to approve them instantly, and provides sponsors with verifiable records. It supports time logging, jobsite check-ins, evidence capture, and offline syncing.

Highlights
  • Log on-the-job training hours
  • Supervisor on-the-spot approval
  • Jobsite check-in/check-out
  • Capture evidence photos
  • Works offline
  • Bilingual support (English/Spanish)
Features
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ApprenticeRecon is the mobile companion for programs run on ApprenticeRecon — the system of record for Registered Apprenticeship. Apprentices log on-the-job training hours with proof, supervisors approve them on the spot, and sponsors get records that hold up. FOR APPRENTICES • See your approved hours and wage-step progress toward your program's required hours • Log time against your program's work processes • One-tap jobsite check-in and check-out — location is recorded only when you tap, never in the background • Scan a site QR code to tie your hours to a registered jobsite • Capture evidence photos, fingerprinted on the device • Check in to class with rotating codes so related instruction counts • Keep a training journal your supervisor can read and reply to • Works offline — entries queue and sync when you're back on signal • English and Spanish, side by side FOR SUPERVISORS • See your whole crew's progress at a glance • Review submitted time cards and countersign approvals right on the device • Every approval records who signed, and when FOR SPONSORS Every hour approved in the app lands in ApprenticeRecon's verification ladder — attested, corroborated, or field-verified — so completion decisions, wage-step raises, and compliance reports stand on evidence instead of paperwork. ApprenticeRecon is sold to program sponsors and employers. Apprentices, supervisors, and instructors are invited participants and are never billed in the app. A login from your program is required to sign in. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Printyard

Features
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Printyard is a pocket ERP for 3D printing businesses. Quote a job at the machine, log what came off the plate, and see what your month actually earned — after filament, power, machine wear, purge waste and the marketplace's cut. WHY "THREE TIMES FILAMENT" LOSES YOU MONEY That rule prices the plastic and nothing else. A 20-hour ASA print draws roughly three times the power of the same print in PLA. Your printer wears out after a finite number of hours. A multi-colour plate can purge more filament into the waste bin than it puts into the model. Etsy takes its cut off the whole order, shipping included. Printyard prices all of it, in one screen, in about ten seconds. QUOTE AT THE MACHINE • Pick a material, set grams and hours with two steppers — no keyboard • Every cost itemised: filament, electricity, depreciation, purge, reprint reserve, platform fee • The list price, and what you actually net after the fee • Share the breakdown when a customer asks why it isn't ten dollars FILAMENT TRACKED TO THE GRAM • Every spool with its colour, brand, shelf and grams remaining • A warning before a roll is too short to finish the print you're about to start • A reorder list you can send to your supplier • Weigh-ins recorded as adjustments, so you find out when your slicer estimates run light LOG A PRINT IN THREE TAPS • Pick the job, pick the spool, confirm — the defaults are already right • Works with no signal. Everything syncs when you're back in range • Failed prints are logged too, because the plastic is gone either way THE MONTH, HONESTLY • Gross and net side by side, so the gap is the first thing you see • Where it goes: filament, platform fees, shipping, failed prints, power and wear • Net margin, and whether it's moving up or down • Orders with the marketplace's cut already taken out BUILT FOR THE SHOP FLOOR No Docker, no self-hosting, no spreadsheet that mutates into a monster. Your shop syncs across your phone, iPad and any device you sign in on. PRINTYARD PRO A 3-day free trial, then weekly or yearly — or a one-time lifetime unlock. One mispriced commission costs more than a year of it. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in your Apple ID settings. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://printyard.app/privacy

Screenshots

ApprenticeRecon4 screens
Printyard4 screens

Verdict

The call

ApprenticeRecon and Printyard are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. ApprenticeRecon sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $349.00 per month and Printyard sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
ApprenticeRecon versus Printyard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterApprenticeReconPrintyard
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequency—Every 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoseph VegaTeimur Gasanov

In-app purchases

2 purchases

ApprenticeRecon

Subscriptions2
  • ApprenticeRecon Program$349.001 Month
  • ApprenticeRecon Program Plus$649.001 Month
4 purchases

Printyard

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Subscription3 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$129.99

Questions

Is ApprenticeRecon free?
ApprenticeRecon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Printyard free?
Printyard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ApprenticeRecon or Printyard have ads?
Neither ApprenticeRecon nor Printyard shows ads.

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