Frequently asked questions

A field quoting app for general contractors, painters, handymen and anyone who quotes on site. Describe the job, and JobQuote prices it from your own labor rates and material prices, with wastage built in. Then send a branded PDF, track the job and record payments.

iPhone and iPad running iOS 17 or later (App Store), and Android phones and tablets running Android 8.0 or later. Get it on Google Play.

No account or login is needed, and there are no ads. Quotes and calculations work on your device. Internet is used for purchases and when you send a PDF by email or text.

1. More › Company — your company name, contact details and logo for the PDFs.
2. Rates tab (your Price Book) — your labor rate, material prices, markup and default wastage.
3. More › Tax — turn on sales tax if you charge it (off by default).

You can skip any of these and come back later.

Yes. JobQuote follows your device language and is available in English and Spanish.

Start a new quote and describe the job the way you'd say it to a customer — for example “paint two bedrooms 12 by 14, two coats.” JobQuote picks out the trade, sizes and quantities for you to confirm, then prices them from your Price Book.

Yes. Tap the microphone and speak. Allow the microphone the first time. Your device's built-in speech recognition turns your voice into text. Typing always works if you'd rather not use the mic.

Paint (interior and exterior) is free. With Pro you also get the flooring, fence and driveway calculators, a general estimator for 49 more trades, and your own custom job types.

So the quantity you quote is the quantity you buy. Each material has a default wastage percent in the Price Book, and you can change it on any quote. Order quantities are rounded to what you actually buy, like whole gallons or boxes.

Labor can be by the hour or by the job. Materials use your cost plus your markup. Sales tax is optional and set in More › Tax; when it's on, it's shown on quotes and invoices.

Yes, with Pro. Add a discount to any job; it's shown clearly on the quote and invoice.

No. Quotes are estimates based on the rates and quantities you enter. Always check measurements and prices before sending a quote.

Every job moves from Quote to In progress to Completed. You can set priority, start date, duration and progress, filter by status, and archive jobs when you're done.

On the free plan each customer can have one open job. Pro allows multiple jobs per customer and lets you mark favorite customers.

With Pro, each job has Before, During and After albums. Take photos on site or add them from your library — handy as proof of finished work when you ask for the balance.

Yes. Open a job and add expenses to see where the money went next to what you've collected.

If you send a quote and haven't heard back, JobQuote can remind you to follow up — after 3 days by default. Change the timing or turn it off in More › Follow-ups. Reminders are local notifications on your device.

Yes — Jobs at a glance shows balance due, follow-ups and active jobs.

Touch and hold an empty area of the home screen › Widgets › find JobQuote and drag it to your screen.

No. JobQuote records payments you receive — cash, check, Zelle or another method — and updates the balance due. It does not process or move money.

With Pro, open the job and add a payment with the amount, date and method. You can attach a photo of the check or the confirmation. The balance due updates as you go.

Yes. Every payment has a receipt PDF you can email or share with the customer on the spot.

With Pro: a summary quote, a detailed quote, an invoice and payment receipts, each with your company name and details. Contract templates can be filled from a quote and sent the same way. You can preview everything on screen for free.

Tap Send or Share PDF and choose email, text or another app. It opens your email, messaging or other sharing apps.

Go to More › Company and add your logo. It's stored on your device and printed on your PDFs.

No. Contract templates are starting points, not legal advice. Have them reviewed for your state and business before you rely on them.

• Free: jobs and customers (one open job each), typed and voice job entry, paint calculator with wastage and paint price book, on-screen quote summary, optional tax.
• JobQuote Pro — $7.99/month or $2.99/week: everything in Free, plus floor, fence and driveway calculators, the general estimator for all other trades and custom job types, job photos, discounts, payments, balance and receipts, summary, detail and invoice PDFs and sending, multiple jobs per customer, favorites, and Light/Dark appearance.

Both Pro plans start with a 7-day free trial. If you don't cancel at least 24 hours before the trial ends, the subscription renews automatically at the plan price.

Open the plans screen and tap Restore Purchases. Make sure you're signed in with the Apple ID (iPhone) or Google account (Android) you subscribed with.

iPhone/iPad: Settings › your name › Subscriptions › JobQuote › Cancel Subscription.

Android: Google Play › Profile › Payments & subscriptions › Subscriptions › JobQuote › Cancel subscription.

Cancel at least 24 hours before renewal to avoid the next charge. You keep Pro until the end of the paid period.

Payments are handled by Apple or Google Play. On iPhone, request a refund at reportaproblem.apple.com. On Android, use Google Play Help.

Your jobs, customers, prices, photos and payment records are stored on your device. We don't have servers that store them, and there are no ads. Read the full Privacy Policy.

• Microphone & speech — only when you tap the mic to dictate a job.
• Camera / photos — only to add job photos, a check photo or your logo.
• Notifications — only for follow-up reminders.

Each is optional and asked only when you use that feature.

No. There's no account or cloud sync, so data stays on the device where you entered it.

Delete a job, customer or payment in the app, or delete the app to remove everything stored on your device.