The Shovler App Blog

At Shovler, we are obsessed with finding out the healthiest and most efficient way to shovel snow. We have compiled below some of the best snow shoveling tips we developed through personal experience and lots of internet research. If a job is dangerous, don’t do it. Any job that seems dangerous for whatever reason, such as a driveway being extremely steep or just the amount of snowfall being more than you can handle, you should cancel on the Shovler app. There …

We have put together a list of the competitors in the snow shoveling app industry. Snow removal apps included are Shovler, Plowz & Mowz, TaskEasy, Eden App, and Lawn Guru. We have excluded apps that are only in Canada such as TouchPlow, SnowMowr and MowSnowPros. We also did not include any apps that have not been released or are not functional based on app store reviews. What you will notice, is that Shovler has 3 major competitive advantages relative to the other apps: …

One of the most frequent questions we get is why does Shovler only focus on snow removal and not diversify into other businesses such as lawn care like other mobile apps have done. The main reason is that we believe you have to stay focused on one problem if you want to be successful. Once you start trying to do lawn care too you lose focus on snow removal. Is the snow removal industry large enough to be worthwhile to solely focus on? …

Before you try to shovel snow by yourself, remember that the dangers of shoveling snow are real especially for anyone over the age of 55. A study from the Center for Injury Research and Policy looked at data from 1990 to 2006 and found that there were 1,647 fatalities from cardiac-related injuries associated with shoveling snow. Cardiologist Barry Franklin, director of preventative cardiology and cardiac rehabilitation at William Beaumont Hospital, Michigan and an expert in the hazardous effects of snow removal, …

Weather reports are starting to forecast snow as early as this Saturday in certain parts of the country. Even though it is already the middle of November and we haven’t had any significant snow fall to date, this winter is still predicted to be one filled with lots of snow. In case you missed it, due to El Nina, this winter is expected to be bad. Or I should say: Good for snow shovelers! You can read a more detailed snowfall …

This cartoon is great. Especially now that Shovler exists. 🙂 I wish somebody would update this cartoon where the kid shows a response: “Umm… yes there is!”

We continue to grow the amount of snow shovelers signed up to Shovler! The more snow shovelers we have, the easier it will be for users to find a snow shoveler nearby. We hope that snow shovelers will help in sharing Shovler with their neighbors in order to increase the amount of jobs on the platform. As more jobs are added to the platform, snow shovelers have a chance to earn significantly more money. Especially as the amount of wait time …

On this blog we will be announcing new updates regarding Shovler and blogging about the process of creating the #1 snow removal app in the world.