A plumbing invoice app is judged on one moment: the technician has finished, the customer is standing there, and the invoice is on the phone, correct, and payable now. Everything else the app does serves that moment. It prints the invoice from the accepted estimate so the figures match, sends it before the van leaves, takes the card or the link payment on the spot, issues the receipt and posts the paid invoice to the accounts. The invoice tool on this site prints the invoice shape from your figures with no account.
From the estimate, not from memory
The app that makes the technician type the invoice in the truck produces an invoice that disagrees with the estimate. The one worth having turns the accepted estimate into the invoice with the variations added as lines and the deposit deducted. The estimating tool on this site prices the estimate the invoice comes from.
Sent before the van leaves
The invoice goes to the customer's email from the phone with a link to pay, and the office sees it the same moment. An invoice that goes back to the office to be sent is sent a day later and paid a week later. The customer record guide on this site covers where the email address comes from.
Paid on site, receipt issued
Card on the phone or the link on the customer's, and the receipt with the invoice number and the warranty start date goes out at once. The plumbing receipt page on this site covers what it holds. Taking payment on site is the single largest change an app makes to a shop's cash.
Posted to the accounts
The paid invoice reaches the accounting product with the job reference, without re-keying. The accounting software guide on this site covers the hand-off. From the vendors' own pricing pages on the day they were read: Tradify lists its Lite plan at $47 USD per user per month, Pro at $51 and Plus at $61; Jobber's Core plan is $49 per month for one user with additional users at $29 per month each; Housecall Pro's Basic plan is $59 per month billed annually or $79 billed monthly. RoughInDesk Pro is $47 per month for the whole crew.
Questions people ask about plumbing invoice app
Can the free tool send an invoice?
It prints one from your figures, without an account. Sending, taking payment and issuing the receipt are the paid product.
Does the app need signal on site?
The ones worth having queue the invoice and send it when the phone has signal; check that on the trial.
Which is more important, the app or the price book?
The price book. An app that invoices the wrong figure fast is worse than a slow correct one.