Comparison

Housecall Pro vs Evolve

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

Head to head
About

Housecall Pro

Manage and grow your home services business with this comprehensive field service management platform. Streamline scheduling, customer communication, estimates, invoicing, and payments. Go paperless and save time with features like GPS tracking and QuickBooks integration.

Highlights
  • Scheduling and dispatching
  • Customer communication tools
  • Online booking capabilities
  • Estimate and invoice creation
  • Payment processing
  • GPS time tracking
  • QuickBooks Online integration
Features
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Housecall Pro is the top-rated field service management platform built to help run & grow your home services business from the palm of your hand. Save hours a week by going paperless, so you can work on your business, not just for your business. Scheduling and Dispatching • Edit your schedule from desktop or phone • Manage appointments with a drag & drop calendar • Set recurring jobs, assign teams, & schedule arrival windows • Send jobs straight to your techs’ calendars • Update techs with automatic phone notifications • Improve communication with in-app messaging • Attach notes & photos while out in the field Customer Communication • Deliver a 5-star experience • Send job status updates & on-my-way texts • Automatically send text and email reminders & confirmations • Request reviews from your best customers Online Booking • Allow customers to book online through your website, Yelp, or Facebook • Customers can directly book your available time slots Estimates & Invoices • Create, update, & send invoices & estimates from your computer or phone • Automatically email estimates, invoices, & receipts • Customize line items & add services during the job Payment • Accept cash, checks, & debit/credit • Process credit cards quickly through the app • Send text invoices & let your customers pay via phone • Directly deposit funds into your bank account • Close bigger jobs with consumer financing Marketing • Send automatic reminder & thank-you emails • Deliver automated postcards right to customers’ doorsteps GPS Time Tracking • See when your team’s at the job site & avoid miscommunications • Track techs’ locations & schedule them to the closest job QuickBooks Online Integration • Import job history, customers, & price list • Reconcile payments & invoices • Instantly sync job data into QBO Advanced Reporting • Track key data points with customizable reporting widgets • Drive business insights & optimize marketing Admin & Security • Automatically sync data to your secure cloud • Allow admins to track job status from the office • Set employee permissions • Export customer data & job information at any time Housecall Pro has powered up! Want to learn how our new powerful features can help grow your business? Call us today! Housecall Pro Awards #1 Top PerformerField Service Management Solution by Capterra Top Category Leader for a Field Service Management App by GetApp (3 years in a row) Rated Excellent on Trust Pilot for business services Subscription information: Upgrades to a paid subscription are through an in-app purchase. There are 3 different plans, starting at $59/month, that are flexible to your business’ needs. Payment for the subscription will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during the active subscription period. Privacy policy: https://housecallpro.com/privacy Terms of use: https://housecallpro.com/terms

About

Evolve

This app helps service technicians manage their schedules, service orders, and customer information efficiently. It offers features like intelligent forms, signature capture, and customer history organization, with integrated map and driving directions.

Highlights
  • Schedule management (calendar, list, map)
  • Service order and estimate tracking
  • Intelligent, pre-filled forms
  • Signature capture
  • Customer service history and documents
  • Map and driving directions
  • Credit card payments in the field
Features
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Evolve is a revolutionary field service app designed from the ground-up for service technicians. * Your schedule is simple to understand; view by calendar, list or a routed-map. * Complete visibility and control into your sales estimates, service orders, time holds and customer follow-ups. * Your weekly production and sales commissions are visible and exportable throughout the app. * Intelligent forms are pre-filled with customer and service info; only complete what is needed and the final form is created for you. Capture signatures with your finger. * Customer service history, notes, images, videos, graphs and documents are neatly organized and searchable. * Customer map & driving directions available with three taps. Evolve comes with a 24/7/365 best-in-class Helpdesk support team. Other great features include credit card payments in the field, adding flat rate services and inventory items to a service order, scheduling follow-ups, rescheduling services, vehicle inventory dashboards, daily & weekly dashboard product value widgets, and much more.

Screenshots

Housecall Pro4 screens
Evolve4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Evolve at none against Housecall Pro's 10. Evolve also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). Housecall Pro's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks) and ratings volume (32K vs 8). On price, rating, ads 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. Housecall Pro sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $39.99 per month. Evolve asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Housecall Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Housecall Pro has 32K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Housecall Pro ships an update weekly, Evolve every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Housecall Pro versus Evolve: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHousecall ProEvolve
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (32K ratings) — better4.5 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews40.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings32K — better8
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#134 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size352 MB67 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCodefied Inc.Fullsteam Software Holdings LLC

Customer experience

Housecall Pro

All ratings31,367 ratings
Positive91.1%
Neutral2.6%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews530 reviews
Positive40.2%
Neutral11.5%
Negative48.3%

Evolve

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Housecall Pro

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Invoicing issues with incorrect pricing and duplicates
  • Unreliable GPS and address recognition
  • Frequent app crashes and freezes
  • Syncing problems between mobile and desktop versions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Improved calendar and scheduling features
  • Seamless QuickBooks integration
  • Route optimization capabilities
  • More customization options for invoices and estimates
  • Better mobile app functionality

Evolve

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Housecall Pro

Subscriptions10
  • HouseCall Pro Starter Plan$39.991 Month
  • HouseCall Pro Simple Plan$49.991 Month
  • Start$64.991 Month
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  • Basic$64.991 Month
  • Basic$69.001 Month
  • HouseCall Pro Grow Plan$79.991 Month
  • HouseCall Pro Grow Plan$99.991 Month
  • Modern Plan$139.991 Month
  • Grow$149.991 Month
  • Essentials$169.001 Month
None

Evolve

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Housecall Pro free?
Housecall Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Evolve free?
Evolve is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Housecall Pro or Evolve?
Housecall Pro is rated higher. Housecall Pro averages 4.7 out of 5 from 32K ratings, while Evolve averages 4.5 from 8 ratings.
Do Housecall Pro or Evolve have ads?
Neither Housecall Pro nor Evolve shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Housecall Pro or Evolve?
Housecall Pro ships an update weekly, and Evolve every 6 weeks. Most recently, Housecall Pro was updated on November 8, 2026 and Evolve on November 3, 2026.

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