Staxen vs BluMatrix
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Staxen
This AI assistant automates back-office tasks for contractors and tradesmen. It handles estimates, blueprint analysis, invoice processing, change orders, and payment tracking, all through voice commands and seamless integrations.
- Voice-first AI assistant
- AI blueprint takeoffs
- Sub invoice ingestion from Gmail
- Change order automation with e-sign
- Receipt capture and auto-categorization
- QuickBooks Online integration
- Client portal with online payments
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Talk through the job on the drive home. By the time you pull in, the estimate is written, priced, and sitting in your client's inbox. Staxen is three AI employees for your trade business. You talk, they do the paperwork. EDDIE WRITES THE ESTIMATES Describe the job out loud and Eddie prices it against real material and labor rates, writes it up, and sends a professional estimate your client can sign on their phone. Upload a set of plans and he takes off the materials too. JOSIE RUNS THE JOBS Every job on a calendar, visits booked by voice, reminders that go out on their own, and change orders your client approves with a tap. The week stays straight without you running it out of your head. IVY GETS YOU PAID Invoices go out the moment the work wraps, with a payment link your clients actually use. Ivy chases the unpaid ones and keeps QuickBooks in sync. AND STAXEN REMEMBERS Your rates, your clients, your rules of thumb. The more you tell it, the less you repeat yourself. When a client pays, Staxen asks them for a Google review on your behalf. BUILT FOR Electricians, plumbers, HVAC, roofers, painters, concrete, framing, masonry, drywall, siding, flooring, carpentry, landscaping, handymen, remodelers, and every trade that prices its own work. WHY CONTRACTORS SWITCH Estimating is unbilled time. Every hour spent measuring, pricing and typing is an hour nobody pays for. Staxen hands that time back and puts the first professional number in front of the client before your competitor has opened their laptop. No forms to fill. No templates to configure. No weekend lost to setting up software. Notifications land in one feed, and the app icon shows what is waiting. SUBSCRIPTION AI Contractor Crew, $149/month, includes Eddie, Josie and Ivy. Individual assistants are $59/month each. Every plan starts with a 7-day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of the current period. You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal in your Apple ID account settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Terms of Use: https://getstaxen.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://getstaxen.com/privacy
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.
- 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, or open the job in Xactimate, before you leave the driveway. No tape measure. No ladder. No desktop software. KEY FEATURES Xactimate ESX Export Your line items, floor plan and roof go out as an ESX file that opens in Xactimate as a real estimate, drawn, priced and ready to edit. No retyping. 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. Plus a full roof report: every plane with its pitch, direction, lengths and area, ready to edit and send to Xactimate. No drone, no ladder, no site visit. Edit Any Plan on Your Phone Move walls and roof lines, add doors, windows and planes, rename rooms. The plan, the roof report and the estimate follow every change. 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. 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. Multi-Language Support Every screen in English or Spanish, following your phone, with a switch in Account. 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. Built for Teams Invite your crew and share every property, scan, report and estimate. 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 Pro iPhone (12 Pro or later) or an iPad Pro (2020 or later) - Everything else, including corner-traced floor plans, roof estimates, Photo Reports, and the Assistant, works on any iPhone or iPad on iOS 17 or later - 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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: BluMatrix at free with in-app purchases against Staxen's subscription. BluMatrix also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Staxen's advantage is chart position (#195 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Staxen sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $59.99 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.
BluMatrix holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 95% of Staxen's written reviews are positive against 100% of BluMatrix's.
Staxen ships an update weekly, BluMatrix fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Staxen | BluMatrix |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (17 ratings) | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 94.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #195 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 99 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Staxen LLC | Blue Collar Pro |
Customer experience
Staxen
BluMatrix
In-app purchases
Staxen
- AI Estimate Maker7 Days trial$59.991 Month
- AI Job Manager7 Days trial$59.991 Month
- AI Invoice Maker7 Days trial$59.991 Month
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- AI Contractor Crew7 Days trial$149.001 Month
BluMatrix
- 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
- 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







