The HAILCULATOR vs DentMate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Single-screen estimating interface
- Customizable hail matrices
- PDF estimate generation
- Walk-around photo capture
- VIN scan/decode
- Client and site management
- iCloud backups
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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).
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.
- 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
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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
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. The HAILCULATOR sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. DentMate asks for nothing beyond the download.
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.
The HAILCULATOR ships an update fortnightly, DentMate every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The HAILCULATOR | DentMate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.1 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ICM Systems LLC | Brad Andersen |
Customer experience
The HAILCULATOR
DentMate
In-app purchases
The HAILCULATOR
- 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
DentMate
No in-app purchases








