Comparison

Two apps built for mulching.
Different bets on how you get paid.

LandWorkPro is a voice-first bidding app built by a Tennessee land clearing operator. You talk through the job, it prices from your rates, and it collects payment in the app for a percentage. MulchDeck makes a different bet: parcel-accurate estimates, machine cost tracking, and profitability from real hours, fuel, and teeth, at one flat price, with customers paying you directly.

What MulchDeck does differently

The parcel comes up on its own

Both apps put the job on a satellite map, and both license parcel data. The difference is where you start. In MulchDeck you type the address and the county-record parcel boundary loads onto the map for you, so the acreage begins at the real property line and you trim it to the work area. In LandWorkPro you draw the work area inside it. If you bid whole parcels, that is a step saved on every quote.

Machine costs built from the iron up

LandWorkPro tracks job costs too, mostly as a cost per crew day. MulchDeck builds the number bottom-up for each machine: purchase price, interest, useful life, insurance, fuel burn, and operator wage, plus hour meters and maintenance due by hours. You get a cost per hour you can defend machine by machine, not a blended day rate.

Profitability from actual machine hours

Both apps compare bid to actual. The difference is what feeds the actual. Crews log hours, fuel, and teeth each day, and those hours run through the real hourly cost of the machine that did the work, so the margin on a closed job reflects your equipment, not an average crew day.

Before/after GPS-tagged photos on the invoice

Photos attach to the job with coordinates and timestamps, and the before and after shots print on the invoice PDF the customer gets.

One price, no caps

$149/month covers every feature and every user. No monthly caps on lower tiers, no $249 upgrade to give a second crew its own roles.

Customers pay you directly

MulchDeck does not process payments, so there is nothing taken from what your customers pay you. Invoices are your documents, and customers pay by check, cash, card, or whatever you already use.

What LandWorkPro does that MulchDeck does not

LandWorkPro has real strengths, and if these are the features that matter most to how you run your business, it is worth a look.

Voice-to-bid

Describe the job out loud on-site and get a price range from your rates.

In-app payments and financing

Card deposits collected on the spot and customer financing with a fast soft-pull approval. Platform fee applies per plan.

Customer texting and follow-ups

A dedicated business phone line, in-app texting, and automatic follow-up nudges.

Underbid warning at bid time

Flags a bid priced below your cost before you send it.

Receipt scanning

Snap receipts and get costs auto-categorized to jobs.

More trades

Modes for excavation, tree service, brush hogging, and demolition alongside mulching and clearing.

Pricing

The subscription is not the whole cost. LandWorkPro charges a platform fee on every payment collected through the app, on top of standard card processing. Cash and check jobs outside the app stay free, and plenty of crews keep collecting that way. The fee applies to whatever does run through it: a Pro plan crew that puts $150,000 of card deposits and payments through the app in a year pays about $1,350 in platform fees on top of the $1,188 subscription, and every card dollar after that adds more. MulchDeck is $1,788 a year, full stop, because your money never routes through it.

Common questions