Comparison

HB Construction Estimate Maker vs BluMatrix

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

Head to head
About

HB Construction Estimate Maker

Streamline your construction business with this app. Generate instant, detailed estimates, professional bids, and manage projects efficiently. Optimize profitability with built-in markup tools and track projects from start to finish.

Highlights
  • Instant construction estimates
  • Professional bids and work orders
  • Built-in markup tools
  • Project and expense management
  • On-site estimate generation
Features
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Handy Bro: Construction Estimates, Invoices & Project Management Run your construction business smarter with Handy Bro, an all-in-one estimating, invoicing, payment, and project management app built for contractors, handymen, and construction professionals. Create detailed construction estimates, send professional proposals, collect project information from customers, generate invoices, accept online payments, and manage your jobs—all from your phone. Whether you’re meeting a customer on-site or managing multiple projects, Handy Bro helps you save time, stay organized, and run a more profitable business. Key Features • Instant AI-powered construction estimates • Professional proposals, bids, and work orders • Simple invoices for small jobs • Customer intake links with project details and photos • Online payment links inside invoices and proposals • Automatic payment and project status updates • Project and expense management • Custom labor, material, tax, and markup settings • Email and SMS proposal sending • Real-time proposal tracking • Built for contractors, handymen, and small construction teams Customer Intake Save time before visiting a job site. Send your customer a secure intake link where they can enter their project description, answer questions, and upload photos. Once the information is submitted, you can review the project and prepare an estimate before traveling to the customer’s location. Simple Invoices Not every job requires a full estimate or project setup. With Simple Invoice, you can quickly create and send a professional invoice for repairs, service calls, maintenance work, and other small jobs. Add customer information, labor, materials, taxes, notes, and payment details without first creating an estimate. Online Payments Add a payment link directly to an invoice or proposal. Your customer can open the document, click the payment link, and pay online. When a payment is completed, Handy Bro automatically updates the payment and project status so you can easily track outstanding and completed jobs. Construction Estimates Create detailed estimates that include labor, materials, taxes, markups, quantities, and project notes. Review and customize every line item before sending the estimate to your customer. Project Management Keep your estimates, proposals, invoices, expenses, customer information, and project status organized in one place. Track each job from the initial customer request to the final payment. Everything you need to manage a construction project—from the first customer inquiry to the final invoice. — What Professionals Are Saying “A Must-Have Tool for My Construction Work” “Handy Bro has made managing my projects so much easier. Creating estimates and adjusting markups is quick and straightforward, and it’s helped me stay more profitable. It’s become an essential part of how I run my business.” — Warren, General Contractor “Perfect for Fast, On-Site Estimates” “As a small business owner, Handy Bro has been incredibly helpful. I can create estimates right on the job site and send them to clients within minutes. Keeping track of multiple projects is much simpler now, and it’s saved me a lot of time.” — John, Flooring Contractor The app requires a subscription to unlock all premium features. To learn more, visit our Terms of Service at https://www.handybro.app/privacy https://www.handybro.app/terms Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

BluMatrix

Generate professional property estimates and roof scans directly from your phone. Utilize LiDAR for room measurements, satellite imagery for roof analysis, and AI for damage assessment. Create branded, claim-ready PDFs quickly for contractors, adjusters, and homeowners.

Highlights
  • LiDAR floor plans
  • Instant roof estimates
  • AI photo reports
  • Insurance-grade pricing
  • Plain-English job intake
  • Branded PDF estimates
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Turn any property walk-through into a polished, line-itemed estimate in minutes, right from your phone. BluMatrix is the all-in-one field tool for contractors, restoration crews, roofers, insurance adjusters, and homeowners. Scan the rooms, measure the roof from satellite, snap photos, talk through what you see, and ask your AI assistant for the takeoffs. Then send a branded, claim-ready PDF before you leave the driveway. No tape measure. No ladder. No desktop software. KEY FEATURES Meet Your Assistant Every job gets its own AI chat. Attach scans, photos, reports, and files, then just ask. It does the takeoff math from your actual measurements, checks real material prices, writes supplements, letters, and scopes as polished PDFs, and hands the whole job brief to your estimate in one tap. LiDAR Floor Plans Map any room in about 60 seconds with your iPhone or iPad Pro's LiDAR sensor. Walls, doors, windows, dimensions, and total area are captured automatically and rendered as a clean, fully-dimensioned, branded PDF. Floor Plans on Any iPhone No LiDAR? Trace the corners of the room and BluMatrix draws a true floor plan with real measurements. Every iPhone is now a measuring tool. Walk. Talk. Document. Start a walkthrough, speak what you see, and snap photos as you go. BluMatrix turns your voice into clean, professional field notes matched to every photo. The clipboard is gone. Instant Roof Estimates Type an address and BluMatrix measures the roof (area, pitch, and squares) straight from satellite imagery, then builds a priced roofing scope. No drone, no ladder, no site visit. AI Photo Reports Snap photos on site and let AI label damage, materials, and access constraints, turning a camera roll into a structured report clients and adjusters can read at a glance. Manual Photo Reports are built in too. Insurance-Grade Pricing Every estimate is priced against the same pricebooks adjusters use, with support for every major carrier and program, so your scope is claim-ready from the first tap. No rework. No rejected line items. Plain-English Job Intake Describe what happened in plain language and AI builds a full priced scope with line items, quantities, and units. Attach up to 20 floor plans, photo reports, roof measurements, and files as backing evidence in one flow. Organized by Property Just start scanning. Every scan, report, and estimate files itself to the right property automatically. Floors, plans, photos, and paperwork, all in one place. Estimates That Get Paid Share in one tap by email, Messages, AirDrop, or Files. Every estimate is a branded, professional PDF your client can open on any device. BUILT FOR - Restoration contractors and remediation crews - Roofing contractors quoting without climbing a ladder - Insurance adjusters and claim handlers - Remodel and renovation contractors - Property managers and damage assessors - Homeowners managing claims or planning repairs REQUIREMENTS - LiDAR floor plans need a LiDAR-capable iPhone or iPad (iPhone 12 Pro or later, or iPad Pro) - Everything else, including corner-traced floor plans, roof estimates, Photo Reports, and the Assistant, works on any modern iPhone or iPad - Internet connection for AI features, roof measurements, and estimate generation Built by Blue Collar Pro LLC. Privacy Policy: https://blumatrix.ai/privacy Terms of Use: https://blumatrix.ai/terms Support: https://blumatrix.ai/support

Screenshots

HB Construction Estimate Maker4 screens
BluMatrix4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: BluMatrix at free with in-app purchases against HB Construction Estimate Maker's subscription. BluMatrix also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). HB Construction Estimate Maker's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (293 vs 8). On price, update cadence, 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. HB Construction Estimate Maker sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and BluMatrix sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $49.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BluMatrix holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HB Construction Estimate Maker has 293 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of HB Construction Estimate Maker's written reviews are positive against 100% of BluMatrix's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HB Construction Estimate Maker ships an update every 5 days, BluMatrix every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
HB Construction Estimate Maker versus BluMatrix: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHB Construction Estimate MakerBluMatrix
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (293 ratings)5.0 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings293 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 8 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank—#198 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.6 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size131 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHandy Bro Technologies LLCBlue Collar Pro

Customer experience

HB Construction Estimate Maker

All ratings293 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral4.8%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%

BluMatrix

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

HB Construction Estimate Maker

Subscriptions10
  • Handy Bro - Premium Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Handy Bro - Premium Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Handy Bro - Premium Monthly$14.991 Month
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  • Handy Bro - Premium Monthly $14.997 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • Handy Bro - Premium Monthly7 Days trial$19.991 Month
  • Handy Bro - Premium Monthly7 Days trial$29.991 Month
  • Handy Bro - Premium Annually$99.991 Year
  • Handy Bro - Premium Annually7 Days trial$99.991 Year
  • Handy Bro - Premium Annually14 Days trial$199.991 Year
  • Handy Bro - Premium Annually14 Days trial$239.991 Year
12 purchases

BluMatrix

Subscriptions5
  • BluMatrix Pro Monthly3 Days trial$49.991 Month
  • Team, 3 seats$129.991 Month
  • Team, 5 seats$199.991 Month
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  • Team, 10 seats$349.991 Month
  • BluMatrix Pro Annual3 Days trial$479.001 Year
One-time7
  • Manual Photo Report$4.99
  • Floor Plan Report$9.99
  • AI Photo Report$9.99
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  • AI Estimator$9.99
  • 50 credits$19.99
  • 200 credits$59.99
  • 500 credits$119.99

Questions

Is HB Construction Estimate Maker free?
HB Construction Estimate Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BluMatrix free?
BluMatrix is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, HB Construction Estimate Maker or BluMatrix?
BluMatrix is rated higher. HB Construction Estimate Maker averages 4.7 out of 5 from 293 ratings, while BluMatrix averages 5.0 from 8 ratings.
Do HB Construction Estimate Maker or BluMatrix have ads?
BluMatrix shows ads; HB Construction Estimate Maker does not.
Which is updated more often, HB Construction Estimate Maker or BluMatrix?
HB Construction Estimate Maker ships an update every 5 days, and BluMatrix every 8 days. Most recently, HB Construction Estimate Maker was updated on October 14, 2026 and BluMatrix on September 29, 2026.

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