Comparison

The HAILCULATOR vs DentMate

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

Head to head
About

The HAILCULATOR

This app streamlines hail damage estimation for vehicles with a single-screen interface. It offers customizable matrices, PDF report generation with logo inclusion, and efficient photo capture. Manage clients, sites, and estimators, with iCloud backups for your data.

Highlights
  • Single-screen estimating interface
  • Customizable hail matrices
  • PDF estimate generation
  • Walk-around photo capture
  • VIN scan/decode
  • Client and site management
  • iCloud backups
Features
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A single screen PDR hail estimating app with unlimited potential. Stop clicking back and forth between all the different panels and the various damage categories. It's all on one page. As easy as circling the damage on paper, but it does the math for you! - No monthly user-fees - No usernames/passwords - No data collection - Matrix on one iPad sized screen (even a mini works well for this)! - Interpolate between two sizes. - PDF estimates (both matrix and line-item) that look fantastic and can include your logo. Highlights the damaged panels on the Matrix version. - Fully customizable Matrix. - As many matrices as you can imagine or invent. - As many and whatever type of panel modifier you can imagine or invent. - Unrelated prior damage markup - draw what's damaged. - Walk around photo capture. Start in one corner of the vehicle and walk around, the app will tell you what picture to take next - in logical order. - Email matrix, and/or line-item type estimates along with photos to any and all relevant parties - VIN scan/decode. - Client management. - Site management. - Estimator management. - iCloud backups for your information. - Purchase as little or as much usage as you expect to need. Buy as little as 10 estimates at a time and functionality is there for as long as you still have estimates. Estimates are available only on the device on which they were purchased. - Get the iPad version for quick easy one-screen estimates. - Have an iPad but don't want to pay for wireless service for it when you are already paying for your phone service. Get the iPhone version and airdrop estimates from your iPad to your iPhone. Then use the same terrific interface to send them to the relevant contacts via eMail on your iPhone. Everything you can do with the iPad version, only smaller (therefor slightly more difficult to call it single screen estimating).

About

DentMate

This app streamlines the creation of professional paintless dent repair estimates and invoices for mobile devices. It features a user-friendly interface with tools for panel selection, damage assessment, and client management, eliminating the need for paper forms.

Highlights
  • Create PDR estimates and invoices
  • Splat diagrams for panel selection
  • Wireless printing
  • Hail and large dent estimating
  • VIN scanning and lookup
  • Cloud data storage
  • Digital signature collection
Features
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Mobile PDR Estimate Software by DentMate - Serves paintless dent repair professionals by helping them create PDR Hail & Dent estimates using mobile devices. Get rid of the paper, and deliver professional PDR Estimates/Invoices for your company. Features: Easy-to-learn Interface Splat diagrams for easy panel selection Airprint/Wireless printing Hail Damage Estimating Large Dent/Crease Estimating R&I / Replacement Pricing Contacts Lists Attach photos to estimates Retail and Wholesale estimates Walk-the-lot Approvals One-Click Addons (Glue Pull, HSS, etc) VIN Scanning/Lookup Upcharges for Glue Pull & Aluminum Panels Price Overrides Cloud Data Storage Professional estimates w/your logo Search/View previous estimates Create Estimates, Invoices, or Supplements Phone & Tablet support Collect digital signatures Create statements for whole clients Customizable Matrix

Screenshots

The HAILCULATOR2 screens
DentMate2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: The HAILCULATOR at 5.0 against DentMate's 4.1. The HAILCULATOR also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). DentMate's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ratings volume (11 vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. The HAILCULATOR sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. DentMate asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The HAILCULATOR holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DentMate has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The HAILCULATOR ships an update fortnightly, DentMate every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
The HAILCULATOR versus DentMate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe HAILCULATORDentMate
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.1 (11 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings111 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperICM Systems LLCBrad Andersen

Customer experience

The HAILCULATOR

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

DentMate

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

The HAILCULATOR

One-time5
  • 10 Estimate Pack$9.99
  • 25 Estimate Pack$19.99
  • 60 Estimate Pack$29.99
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  • Quick Books Online Annual$49.99
  • 150 Estimate Pack$69.99
None

DentMate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is The HAILCULATOR free?
The HAILCULATOR is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DentMate free?
DentMate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, The HAILCULATOR or DentMate?
The HAILCULATOR is rated higher. The HAILCULATOR averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while DentMate averages 4.1 from 11 ratings.
Do The HAILCULATOR or DentMate have ads?
Neither The HAILCULATOR nor DentMate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The HAILCULATOR or DentMate?
The HAILCULATOR ships an update fortnightly, and DentMate every 2 months. Most recently, The HAILCULATOR was updated on October 16, 2026 and DentMate on October 24, 2026.

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