The contractor estimate app you finish in the driveway
Look at the job, price it from your own list on your phone, and have the customer sign and pay the deposit before you pull away. No more estimates at the kitchen table at 9pm.
14-day free trial · no credit card · from $30/mo · your techs are free
The estimate you send tonight is competing with the contractor who sent one this afternoon. And every estimate written later from memory misses something: the second shut-off, the haul-away, the permit. The fix is simple to say and hard to do with a laptop: finish it while you're still standing there.
That's what this app is built around. Here's what the twenty minutes at the house look like.
Twenty minutes at the house
From the request to a signed estimate, all on your phone.
The request is waiting
The customer filled in your request page. Their name, address, problem and best time are in your Requests inbox. Tap Make an estimate.
Look and price
Walk the job. Add lines from your price list as you go; automatic lines bring the labor and haul-away with each part.
Offer the extras
Add the upgrades as optional add-ons. The customer ticks what they want and the total changes in front of them.
Sign and deposit
They sign on your phone, or scan a QR code to sign on theirs, and pay the deposit by card.
An estimate app for contractors, not just a form
What makes a phone estimate as good as one written at a desk.
Your own price list
Parts, labor and services at your prices, searchable as you add lines. Set it up once in Equipment & pricing.
Labor lines that add themselves
Automatic lines follow rules you set: add the fixture and the install labor comes with it, once or for each one.
Discounts with a reason
Knock a percent or a dollar amount off a line and say why. The reason is on the record for the office.
Deposits
A percent or a flat deposit on bigger jobs, paid by card through your own Stripe account.
Change orders
Opened the wall and found more? Add the extra lines with their own deposit and get the customer's approval first.
Address in one tap
Standing at the house? Tap Locate me and the address fills in from where you are, no typing.
Write your next estimate on site, free for 14 days
Add your prices once and every estimate after that is a few taps.
- No credit card to start
- From $30/mo after the trial
- Your techs and cleaners are free
- Cancel any time from the app
Show up already knowing what they need
Put your request page on your website, your Google Business profile, your digital card and your emails. When a homeowner writes "water heater leaking from the bottom, tank is about 12 years old," it lands in one Requests inbox with their address and when they're free. Call or text them back, mark them contacted, and when you're on site, tap Make an estimate to start the quote right from that request.
- One inbox for every request, from every place you post the link
- The problem in the customer's own words
- Mark contacted, won or not a fit
- Make an estimate straight from the request
A contractor quote app that gets the signature
"Let me think about it" often means "let me get two more quotes." A signature now beats a perfect PDF tonight. Hand over your phone and the customer reads the estimate, signs with a finger, types their name and agrees to sign electronically. If they want their spouse to see it first, show the QR code; they can sign and pay from their own phone later. Either way the signed estimate is saved and ready to book.
- Signed on your phone or by QR code on theirs
- Deposit paid by card at signing
- No FieldStacker fee on card payments, standard Stripe rates
- Approved estimates show on the office home screen to schedule
The drive counts too
Estimate days are driving days. FieldStacker logs road-accurate mileage automatically, and you can snap a photo of the receipt for the parts you picked up on the way. At tax time your mileage and expenses are already in Finances next to your income. If you run a crew, day routes put each tech's jobs in the best driving order.
- Automatic, road-accurate mileage
- Receipt scanning from a photo
- Income, expenses and estimated taxes in one place
Contractor estimating software questions
What is the best estimate app for contractors?
The best estimate app for contractors is the one that lets you finish the estimate before you leave the job site. That means your own prices on your phone, the labor lines added for you, a signature and a deposit on the spot. FieldStacker does that for service and residential contractors from $30/mo. If you bid from blueprints, a takeoff tool is a better fit.
Can I write contractor estimates on my phone without a laptop?
Yes. Everything in a FieldStacker estimate works on a phone: search your price list, add lines and add-ons, take a discount, set a deposit, and send it. The office sees the same estimate on a computer the moment you save it.
Is there a contractor quote app that lets customers sign on site?
Yes. In FieldStacker the customer signs on your phone with a finger and types their name, or scans a QR code and signs on their own phone. They can pay the deposit right then, by card through your own Stripe account.
Does it handle bigger jobs, not just service calls?
Yes, within reason. Estimates take deposits, change orders with their own deposit, and multi-day jobs on the schedule. It is contractor estimating software for residential work, not a tool for bidding commercial projects from plans.
Can I reuse prices so every estimate is consistent?
Yes. Your price list holds your parts, labor and services at your prices. Automatic lines add the matching labor when you add a part, so two techs pricing the same job get the same number.
How much does the FieldStacker estimate app cost?
Pro is $30/mo, or $25/mo billed yearly, and includes estimates, invoices, payments, scheduling and a website. Techs you add are free. Try it for 14 days with no credit card.
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Leave the job site with a signed estimate
14-day free trial, no credit card. Put your prices in tonight and write tomorrow's estimate in the driveway.