Housecall Pro
Best for: Home service teams
Good
- Estimates to invoicing on every plan
- Card fees from 2.59%, bank payments 1%
- 14-day trial, no card needed
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- No free plan
- The most expensive start on this list
Wow InvoiceWow InvoiceSeven apps, each best for a different kind of painter. Pick by how you work: on your own from a phone, with a crew, or with full books.
We make Wow Invoice, so read this knowing that. Every fact about the other apps comes from their own website or app store page, dated under Sources.
| App | Best for | Price (their site) | Phone app | Estimates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Housecall Pro | Home service teams | Basic $79/mo for 1 user ($59 on yearly billing) | iPhone and Android (free app) | Yes, on every plan |
| Invoice Simple | Simple invoicing, well known | Essentials $6.99/mo (3 invoices), Plus $14.99 (10), Premium $21.99 (unlimited) | iPhone, Android and web | Yes |
| Invoice2go | Unlimited estimates, plus a web app | Starter $7.99/mo (30 invoices a year), Professional $11.99 (100), Premium $44.99 (unlimited) | iPhone, Android and web | Yes, unlimited |
| Jobber | A crew with scheduling | Core $49/mo for 1 user ($29 on yearly billing) | iPhone and Android | Yes (quotes) |
| Joist | Estimates first, US and Canada | Basics $12/mo (5 documents), Pro $17, Elite $32 | iPhone, Android and web | Yes |
| QuickBooks | Full books and taxes | Simple Start $38/mo, Essentials $85, Plus $140 (free plan has no phone app) | iPhone and Android on paid plans | Yes, they convert to invoices |
| Wow Invoice | Solo painters on a phone | Free to download | iPhone and Android | Yes, one tap to invoice |
Checked on 21 Oct 2026 on each company's own pages. Prices are US, monthly billing unless noted, and change often: check their site before you decide.
You invoice from the job, not a desk.
Turn a yes into an invoice without retyping.
The client pays the day the job is done.
What someone working alone pays per month.
Languages and countries it supports.
Best for: Home service teams
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Best for: Simple invoicing, well known
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Best for: Unlimited estimates, plus a web app
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Best for: A crew with scheduling
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Best for: Estimates first, US and Canada
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Best for: Full books and taxes
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Best for: Solo painters on a phone
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Jobber or Housecall Pro. Scheduling and team tools, for a monthly fee.
QuickBooks. Invoices sit next to your accounts and taxes.
Wow Invoice. Free to download, built for trades, and your client pays from a link.
Your business name and contact, the client and job address, the date and invoice number, then each line: labour (by the hour, the room or the square foot), paint, and supplies like brushes, rollers and tape. Add tax if you charge it, the total, and how to pay.
In Wow Invoice you turn it into an invoice with one tap when the client says yes. Housecall Pro and QuickBooks also say so on their own sites.
Not with Wow Invoice. Your client gets a link that opens in any browser and can pay by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay from it.
Wow Invoice is free to download. Paid plans start at: Invoice Simple at $6.99 a month for 3 invoices, Invoice2go at $7.99 a month for 30 invoices a year, Joist at $12 a month for 5 documents, QuickBooks Simple Start at $38 a month, Jobber at $49 a month and Housecall Pro at $79 a month, as listed on their own sites in October 2026. Prices are US dollars, monthly billing unless noted.
Wow Invoice works in English, Spanish, French, German and Italian, with over 135 currencies. Joist is English only, and its payments are US and Canada only. Invoice Simple offers 23 languages. Invoice2go lists 6 languages.
We picked apps that one person or a small crew could use, plus one or two bigger tools where a trade has them. Estimating tools made only for painting companies are more than a solo painter needs to send an invoice, so we left them out.
Sources, checked 21 Oct 2026