Comparison

Squeegee® vs Gluggy

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Squeegee®

This app is a comprehensive work planning platform designed for mobile service businesses. It helps manage bookings, payments, customer communication, and finances, streamlining operations for increased efficiency and productivity.

Highlights
  • Customer portal for bookings and invoices
  • Automated messaging and email templates
  • Payment processing and invoicing
  • Financial tracking and reporting
  • HMRC compliant VAT return software
  • Job scheduling and task assignment
  • Route optimization
Features
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Manage your mobile service business in one system for greater control and efficiency. Squeegee helps window cleaners and mobile service businesses manage their customers, jobs, schedules, routes, quotes, invoicing and payments — all in one powerful business management app. If you’re running a team of mobile service professionals, Squeegee gives you the tools to save time, improve efficiency and stay in control wherever you work. -Manage your customers -Keep customer information, bookings and communication organised in one place. -Customer management and job history -Customer portal for bookings and invoices -Automated reminders and scheduled messages -Email templates for faster communication -Promote your services to existing customers Schedule jobs and plan your day Take control of your schedule and make every working day more efficient. -Job scheduling and calendar management -Day Pilot for planning your daily routes -Route optimisation to reduce unnecessary travel -Quoting and job management -Assign work to your team -Permissions to control access -Real-time updates across your business Invoicing and payments Make it easier to manage your business finances and keep cash flowing. -Create and send professional invoices -Process and track customer payments -Connect with Stripe and GoCardless -Monitor outstanding invoices -Keep accurate financial records -Track key business metrics -Access insightful business reports -File VAT & Income tax returns with our HMRC-compliant software Run your business from anywhere Stay up to date with real-time business data, manage jobs and customers, communicate with clients and keep your team moving efficiently.

About

Gluggy

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The ideal solution for small businesses and sole-traders such as Window Cleaners, Pool Cleaners, Gardeners, Housekeepers / Cleaners, Roof Washers, Driveway & Patio Washers, Wheelie Bin Cleaners, Dog Walkers, Pet Sitters or any other service based business. Dashboard  - See an instant overview of your days work including todays jobs, overdue jobs and money owing. - Gauges display how much you've earned and what has been skipped. - Tap the Jobs, Overdue or Money Owing buttons to drill in and see more detail about the jobs and payments to be collected. Jobs - Use the Jobs filter button to see the jobs booked for today, tomorrow, this week, next week and more. - Work jobs in any list marking them as complete, skipped, paid or un-paid. - Bring jobs forward without affecting their schedule. - Push jobs back without affecting their schedule. - Send text and email notifications when a job is completed. - Add new customers and jobs in a single step. - Change a jobs schedule, type, class, price or any other details. - Call customers directly from the job record by tapping their phone number. - Navigate directly to a customer job by tapping their address. Collections - Manage outstanding payments to ensure you never miss collecting from a customer. - Search the list of jobs awaiting collection by name, address, phone or email address. - Send email or text payment reminders directly to the customer. - Call customers directly from the collection screen by tapping their phone number. - If you need to collect in person navigate directly to a customer by tapping their address in the collections record. Customers - View all your customers in the Customer manager. - Search customers by name, address, phone number or email address. - See each individual customers job history and scheduled jobs. - Edit and update customer details. - Add extra jobs for any customer. - Accidentally marked a job as completed or paid? Use the Change Job Status tools to reset completion or payment details for any job. More - Change Gluggy regional settings to match where you work or live. Gluggy supports dd/mm/yyyy and mm/dd/yyyy date formats and £, €, $ and ¥ currencies. - Add your banking details so that customer can pay direct to your account. - Completely customise the Service Types to fit your business. - Run reports against your data to see how well your business is performing. - Backup and Restore your Gluggy data safely and securely. - Data Import / Export - Dark and Light mode support

Screenshots

Squeegee®4 screens
Gluggy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Squeegee® at Free against Gluggy's $19.99. Gluggy's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Squeegee® is free to download; Gluggy costs $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Squeegee® ships an update every 9 days, Gluggy fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Squeegee® versus Gluggy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSqueegee®Gluggy
PriceFree — better$19.99
Rating4.1 (22 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews77.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings22 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNexdynamic LTDAlan Green

Bugs and requests

Squeegee®

Reported bugs

20 issues
  • Route planning is awful
  • App crashes a lot
  • Map integration bringing up different locations
  • Duplicate future appointments created
  • Cloud sync broken
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  • Cannot invoice completed work
  • Work or customer details not saved to cloud
  • Data gone / disappeared
  • Crashing and map integration not working
  • Occasional glitches
  • Workers: maximum number of workers is 1
  • App crashes when adding new customers
  • Map integration not working
  • Duplicate future appointment bug
  • UI is an absolute mess
  • Payment foolery
  • Cannot use if work is identical each time
  • Entering Tuesday shows Monday
  • Bugs galore, need to close and re-open
  • Cannot find option to go premium

Requested features

12 requests
  • Allow multiple workers
  • Improve route planning
  • More reasonable monthly price
  • Organize customers by due date
  • US payment integration
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  • Different version of 'rounds' selection
  • Reminders for specific cleaning tasks
  • Assign a picture to each customer
  • Patient to accept or decline quotes
  • Ability to cancel a job
  • Motifs rooms/notifications for upcoming jobs
  • Add simple inventory features

Gluggy

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Squeegee®

No in-app purchases

None

Gluggy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Squeegee® free?
Squeegee® is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gluggy free?
Gluggy costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Squeegee® or Gluggy have ads?
Neither Squeegee® nor Gluggy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Squeegee® or Gluggy?
Squeegee® ships an update every 9 days, and Gluggy fortnightly. Most recently, Squeegee® was updated on October 8, 2026 and Gluggy on October 7, 2026.

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