Contractor Estimate & Invoice

Joist Software Inc.

In-app purchases

About this app

Create quick, professional estimates and invoices, accept payments, and manage projects from anywhere!

Joist is a FREE tool for contractors that helps you SAVE TIME, WIN MORE JOBS, and STAY ORGANIZED.

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► CONTRACTORS LOVE JOIST BECAUSE:

• WIN MORE JOBS - Send your client an estimate before you leave. Be the first to get an estimate in their hands, and give them the opportunity to say YES on the spot.
• REMOVE THE BOTTLENECK OF ESTIMATING & INVOICING - Build estimates and invoices quicker by creating and selecting from your list of commonly used materials and labor rates.
• ACCEPT PAYMENTS FROM CLIENTS - accept Credit Card and E-Check payments from your clients directly through Joist, so you can stop wasting hours driving around to pick up checks and deposit them at the bank.
• EASILY MANAGE CLIENTS - Create, organize, and store valuable client info, so you can access their info anytime, on the go.
• SAVES TIME - Complete work at the jobsite or in the truck, rather than spending your evenings and weekends catching up on paperwork after a long day
• LOOK PROFESSIONAL - Show your clients that you’re the contractor they should trust for the job; with customized, professional looking estimates and invoices.

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► FEATURES:

- Easily calculate material & labor costs when estimating & invoicing
- Build a list of commonly used items
- Customize your estimates & invoices with your company info, logo, etc.
- Attach a client contract and collect a signature directly on the spot
- Accept Credit Card and E-Check Payments directly through the app
- Attach photos to your estimates and invoices
- Preview estimates & invoices before you send
- Print or email estimates & invoices on the spot
- Create a personal message for your clients
- Convert estimates into invoices
- Keep track of customer payments and how much you're owed
- Manage and save your clients information
- Set your tax rates
- Export everything into your accounting program (reduce bookkeeping costs)

*Access all your info from any device and the web - Joist is a cloud application

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► WHO USES JOIST:

All types of general and specialty trade contractors, estimators, and service companies use the app, such as: general contractors, handymen, electricians, plumbers, builders, landscapers, roofers, painters, carpenters, heating and air conditioning, flooring, siding, tile, concrete, paving, bathroom and kitchen remodeling, renovators, deck builders, drywallers, pest control, and more!

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► IN-APP PURCHASES

You can subscribe to Quickbooks Sync Monthly for $9.99 (US) or Quickbooks Sync Annual for $90.99 (US), JoistPro Monthly for $11.99 (US) or JoistPro Annual for $119.99 (US). Monthly and annual subscriptions will automatically renew after 30 and 365 days, respectively. Payment for these subscriptions will be charged to your Play Store account at the confirmation of purchase. The subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current subscription period. You can manage your subscription in your Play Store subscriptions page any time after subscribing. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable.

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Joist is FREE to Download and FREE to use - available on Android, iPhone, iPad, & desktop computer.

Get support FAST! Our support staff are based in North America. They are responsive (answer the phone / emails immediately), and care about helping you run the best business possible:

[e-mail]
www.joist.com
In-app live chat

Customer Support is available 8AM-10PM EST M-F

Ratings and reviews

Great app, I use all the time, so easy to use,nothing complicated about it, unlike Quick Books, you don't need a accountant to use it, it does what most businesses need at least sevice based business, and the staff is super friendly and helpful I've used this for years it's perfect for what I need, I'm going to upgrade to the pro version soon. Best invoicing and estimate app out there love it.

Joist has been very helpful in creating and sending estimates and invoices quickly. It does lack some essential features however, two major ones that I've encountered so far are: 1) not being able to add markups to individual line items, you have to add your mark-up to the entire bid. 2) not being able to hide the tax on the invoice/estimate.

Fantastic tool. I personally like it more than Jobber and even quickbooks. The invoicing feature is great as well as the sales reports. I have been surveying my clients and they look over how smooth and uncluttered it is. According to my smaller commercial accounts I am byfar the most organized builder in our area. So that's pretty neat...I guess.