HB Construction Estimate Maker vs ButlerBldr
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Instant construction estimates
- Professional bids and work orders
- Built-in markup tools
- Project and expense management
- On-site estimate generation
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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/
ButlerBldr
Manage jobs, create professional quotes and invoices, and get paid faster. This app is designed for solo contractors to organize their business, track payments, and send branded documents to clients. It offers offline functionality and integrates with your contacts and calendar.
- Create professional quotes and invoices
- Track payments and get paid faster
- Offline job management
- Attach photos to jobs
- Time tracking
- Client contact import
- Export invoices for QuickBooks
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ButlerBldr is the job management app built for solo contractors — electricians, plumbers, HVAC technicians, carpenters, and independent contractors of every trade. QUOTE IN MINUTES Build professional quotes with labor, materials, and flat fees. Send a PDF link by text or email — your client taps it and sees a real document, not a number in a message. GET PAID FASTER Convert an approved quote to invoice in one tap. Zero re-entry. Track what you're owed on your home screen. With Pro, add a pay link to an invoice so your customer can pay by card — the money goes straight to your own Stripe account, and the payment shows up on the invoice. BUILT FOR THE JOB SITE Works offline. Take before and after photos attached to every job. Time tracking starts and stops with one tap. Import clients directly from your contacts. Address autocomplete — no more typing full addresses on a cracked screen. YOUR BUSINESS, ORGANIZED Every job, quote, invoice, and client in one place. Give a job a date, a start time, and an end date for work that runs several days — weekends in or out. Recurring jobs with frequency tracking. Your signature on every PDF. Reminders for unsent quotes and invoices. Export your invoices as a file that QuickBooks® Online can import. LOOKS PROFESSIONAL The PDF your clients receive has your business name, logo, and signature. Branded line items, clean totals, and a deposit box that makes it clear what they owe. Not a receipt — a professional document. FREE TO START, NO TRIAL Time tracking, job photos, job dates and multi-day jobs, recurring jobs, signatures, address autocomplete, contact import, reminders, and the export for QuickBooks are all included at no cost — no trial, no unlock. The free tier limits how many documents you create: 5 active jobs, 3 quotes per month, and 3 invoices per month. No credit card required. PRO Pro lifts those limits: unlimited active jobs, unlimited quotes, and unlimited invoices. It removes the small "Created with ButlerBldr" line from the footer of your PDFs. It adds card payments: a pay link and a QR code on your invoices. ButlerBldr takes no cut — you pay Stripe's standard processing fee. And it adds the scheduling extras: a Schedule view of your jobs by day and by month, automatic sync to your calendar, and reminders for tomorrow's jobs, recurring work due to be rebooked, and leads with no date. Current pricing is shown on the upgrade screen in the app, and in the In-App Purchases section of this page. Cancel anytime through your iPhone's App Store subscription settings. PRIVACY FIRST Your jobs, clients, and photos stay in your own iCloud account. When you share a quote or invoice by text, that PDF is uploaded to our server so your customer can open the link — and it is deleted after 12 months. Sharing by email attaches the PDF directly and uploads nothing. If you turn on card payments, the invoice number and amount are shared with Stripe so your customer can pay; their card details go to Stripe, never to us. No analytics. No ads. No data sold. Ever. — ButlerBldr Pro subscription - Pro Monthly — billed monthly - Pro Annual — billed annually Pro unlocks unlimited jobs, quotes, and invoices, removes the ButlerBldr footer from your PDFs, and adds card payments and the scheduling extras. ButlerBldr is free to use with limits of 5 active jobs, 3 quotes per month, and 3 invoices per month. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours of the period ending. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings after purchase. QuickBooks is a registered trademark of Intuit Inc. ButlerBldr is not affiliated with or endorsed by Intuit. Privacy Policy: https://butlerbldr.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: ButlerBldr at freemium against HB Construction Estimate Maker's subscription. ButlerBldr also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). HB Construction Estimate Maker's advantage is ratings volume (296 vs 1) and iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. HB Construction Estimate Maker sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and ButlerBldr sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ButlerBldr 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 296 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of HB Construction Estimate Maker's written reviews are positive against 100% of ButlerBldr's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.
| Parameter | HB Construction Estimate Maker | ButlerBldr |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (296 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 296 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Freemium — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 132 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Handy Bro Technologies LLC | B&N Holdings LLC |
Customer experience
HB Construction Estimate Maker
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In-app purchases
HB Construction Estimate Maker
- 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
ButlerBldr
- ButlerBldr Pro Monthly$12.991 Month
- ButlerBldr Pro Annual$119.991 Year
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