Maati vs Daybook for Contractors
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Maati
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Maati is a business management app built for makers, crafters, and home-based sellers who want a complete picture of their business in one place. Run your checkout with Tap to Pay on iPhone — no card reader required. Track customers, manage your product catalog, log expenses, and send professional invoices, all from your phone. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Accept payments with Tap to Pay on iPhone • Manage products with AI-powered photo descriptions • Track customers and order history • Log expenses and scan receipts automatically • Document your creative process with the built-in Workshop • View sales analytics and payment health at a glance • Export data and generate PDF invoices Whether you're selling at a craft fair, running pop-up events, or managing orders from home, Maati keeps your business organized without the overhead of enterprise software. Using the app requires a subscription. Subscriptions renew automatically each month until canceled. Cancel anytime in your Apple ID account settings. Privacy policy: https://www.maaticeramics.com/app/privacy EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Daybook for Contractors
Manage your contracting business from initial contact to payment. Create estimates, schedule jobs, track team progress, and send invoices. Designed for trades like HVAC, plumbing, and electrical.
- Estimate creation from templates
- Team scheduling and job board
- Offline field app for technicians
- Invoice generation and online payments
- Client history and lead management
- Time tracking and inventory management
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Daybook is the all-in-one app for running a residential contracting business — built for HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing, and other trades. From the first call to getting paid, Daybook keeps the whole job in one place: • Estimates that win work — build them from templates for your trade and send by email; customers approve with one tap. • Scheduling & jobs — a calendar and job board your whole team can see, with checklists so nothing gets missed. • A field app your techs actually use — they see their day, clock in and out, and add notes and photos on site. It keeps working with no signal and syncs when they're back in range. • Invoices & payments — turn a finished job into an invoice in one step and get paid by card online. • The office, handled — client history, lead follow-ups, recurring invoices, maintenance plans, time tracking, inventory, and review requests. Pick your trade when you set up and Daybook loads a starter kit — templates, a price book, and inventory — so you're quoting real work in minutes. Daybook requires a Daybook account.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Daybook for Contractors at none against Maati's 3. Maati's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Maati sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Daybook for Contractors asks for nothing beyond the download.
Maati ships an update every 6 days, Daybook for Contractors every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Maati | Daybook for Contractors |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 92 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Maati Ceramics Inc. | KRISTIAN TATE DOCKERY |
In-app purchases
Maati
- Maati Builder$1.991 Month
- Maati Pro$5.991 Month
- Maati Studio$14.991 Month
Daybook for Contractors
No in-app purchases








