Comparison

QuoteCat vs ForgeBill

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

Head to head
About

QuoteCat

Features
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Stop guessing what you make on every job. QuoteCat is the quoting and estimating app that shows your real profit on every line, so you know if you're making money before you send. Build quotes, estimates, and bids fast. Mobile app + web portal. No QuoteCat fees, ever. Other apps charge per user every month — we don't. Open the app. Build your quote. See your real margin in real time. Send it. FREE - 10 quotes per month, unlimited clients - Custom pricebook - 10 quote PDFs, 10 invoice PDFs, 10 CSV exports per month - Labor Rate, Overhead, Markup, and Profit Margin calculators - Real-time margin indicator on every quote (green / yellow / red) - Company details and logo shown in the app - No QuoteCat fees on payments. Zelle, Venmo, CashApp, bank, check are 100% free. Cards run at standard Stripe rates. PRO — $29/MO FOUNDER (FIRST 50 SPOTS LOCKED; $39/MO REGULAR AFTER) Everything in Free, plus: - Unlimited quotes and unlimited exports - Pricing Health Check — audits 90 days of quotes and flags underpricing - Change Orders on approved quotes with auto-detected diffs - Shareable quote links; clients accept or decline from their phone - Real-time notifications when a client views, accepts, or declines - Good / Better / Best tiered pricing in one link - Custom assemblies and Community Assemblies - Cloud-synced pricebook across devices - Your logo on PDFs, watermark removed - Card payment acceptance via Stripe Connect - The Contractor Pricing Guide included free ($29 value) PREMIUM — $79/MO FOUNDER (FIRST 25 SPOTS LOCKED; $99/MO REGULAR AFTER) Everything in Pro, plus the full platform (mobile + web portal at portal.quotecat.ai): - Drew AI — talk through the job, Drew builds the quote from your pricebook - Digital contracts with e-signatures - Change Orders on both quotes and contracts - Team Members with labor cost tracking per worker - 1 Field Tech license + unlimited worker seats - Business dashboard on desktop - Two-way client texting with your own business number - Job scheduling with phone-authenticated worker links - Analytics dashboard, QuickBooks sync - Email and SMS reminders for overdue invoices - Client-facing quote, contract, and payment pages (no login required for your clients) WORKS OFFLINE Quote, calculate, and generate PDFs at the job site without internet. Syncs when back online. BUILT FOR YOUR TRADE General contractors. Handymen. Electricians. Plumbers. HVAC technicians. Framers. Roofers. Remodelers. Painters. Drywallers. Tile setters. Landscapers. Every tradesperson who sells time and expertise. Free to start. No credit card required. Less paperwork. More jobs. Subscription Information: QuoteCat offers auto-renewable subscriptions: Pro (Monthly / Yearly) and Premium (Monthly / Yearly). Payment charges to your Apple ID at purchase confirmation. Subscriptions auto-renew unless turned off 24 hours before period end. Cancel via your Apple ID account settings. Privacy Policy: https://quotecat.ai/privacy Terms of Use: https://quotecat.ai/terms

About

ForgeBill

Streamline your contractor business with this app, offering free invoicing from quotes to payments. Manage clients, send invoices, and record payments. Upgrade for advanced features like recurring invoices and team scheduling.

Highlights
  • Free invoicing and quotes
  • Client management
  • Online payment processing
  • Manual payment recording
  • Recurring invoices (Pro)
  • Work orders with photos (Pro)
  • Team scheduling (Pro)
Features
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Free invoicing for contractors. One plan. Every tool. From quote to paid. Start on ForgeBill Free, free forever: unlimited clients and drafts, up to 5 sent invoices or quotes per calendar month, PDF and email delivery, manual payment recording and receipts, and Stripe online payments (card, Apple Pay, Google Pay). On Free, a 0.5% ForgeBill platform fee applies to online payments, and documents include a small "Sent with ForgeBill" footer. Upgrade to ForgeBill Pro for unlimited sending, automatic payment reminders, recurring invoices, work orders with photos, signatures and completion sign-off, team scheduling and crew chat, Clean and Modern premium templates, business reports and CSV export, and no ForgeBill footer. Cloud Archive is included at no extra cost, with automatic paid-invoice PDF retention, year-close capture, month-by-month organization, individual downloads, and full ZIP export. ForgeBill works offline on mobile and on the web. Start with a 30-day trial with full access where available, no credit card required. The trial does not auto-renew; when it ends, your account moves to the Free plan and your data stays. Auto-renewable billing options are ForgeBill Pro Monthly ($19.99/month) and ForgeBill Pro Annual ($199.99/year, Save 17% compared with monthly). On Pro, online payments add the optional 0.5% ForgeBill fee only when the business selects the client-fee setting; Stripe processing fees still apply. Give a month, get a month: when someone you refer starts their first paid Pro subscription, you both get one month of Pro credit. Founding 100 annual offer: eligible new annual subscribers pay $99/year, locked at $99/year while continuously subscribed—even if the standard price later rises. Canceling ends the locked rate; standard pricing applies if you subscribe again. Limited to the first 100 verified redemptions and available only at forgebill.com, not through in-app purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

QuoteCat4 screens
ForgeBill4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: QuoteCat at every 5 days against ForgeBill's fortnightly. On price, 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

Both are free to download. QuoteCat sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per month and ForgeBill sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

QuoteCat ships an update every 5 days, ForgeBill fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
QuoteCat versus ForgeBill: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuoteCatForgeBill
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB53 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperJoseph Paul TaylorCHANDLER M CRAWFORD

In-app purchases

4 purchases

QuoteCat

Subscriptions4
  • Pro Monthly$29.991 Month
  • Premium Monthly1 Month trial$79.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$289.991 Year
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  • Premium Yearly1 Month trial$789.991 Year
2 purchases

ForgeBill

Subscriptions2
  • ForgeBill Pro Monthly$19.991 Month
  • ForgeBill Pro Annual$199.991 Year

Questions

Is QuoteCat free?
QuoteCat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ForgeBill free?
ForgeBill is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do QuoteCat or ForgeBill have ads?
Neither QuoteCat nor ForgeBill shows ads.
Which is updated more often, QuoteCat or ForgeBill?
QuoteCat ships an update every 5 days, and ForgeBill fortnightly. Most recently, QuoteCat was updated on October 30, 2026 and ForgeBill on October 31, 2026.

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