Comparison

Housecall Pro vs Service Tech Work Orders Plus

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

Service Tech Work Orders Plus

Manage field service operations with this comprehensive app. Schedule appointments, create professional invoices and estimates, track client information, and analyze financial data. All your business management tools in one place, offline.

Highlights
  • Client-focused scheduling
  • Professional invoicing and estimates
  • Contact management with direct communication
  • Inventory and labor tracking
  • Profit & Loss analysis
  • Offline data storage
  • Customizable document formats
Features
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Service Tech is a complete management app for all types of professional in Field service providers. It maintains a client focused schedule of your appointments. Integrated with your client contact info you can quickly create invoices and track your important accounts. Reasonable One-Time Price There are no monthly or annual fees to use your app. Powerful invoicing function is included to create, email and print all types of sales and service invoices. Invoice entry you can visualize the completed invoice as you go. The invoice entry view all of your transactions can be tailored to the unique needs of your business. There is extensive profit & loss analysis. This comprehensive business app provides complete financial information including inventory control and Profit & Loss Info. All information is maintained on your device and there is no need for connectivity or outside servers as is common with many of the more sophisticated business apps. Highlights: Project Pro Create cost plus type estimates and invoices with multiple levels and phases. Use Craftsman and your items with included descriptions and costs. Scheduler - The calendar on steroids. Select client names from your contacts and add the service information to the appointment. Create reminders, complete and invoice the transaction, view contact management info and send confirmations. All right from the appointment. View multiple calendars, set alerts, search history. Contact Management - Store notes, images and track other communications with your clients and have the in app ability to call, text, email or map without leaving your app. Labor, Parts & Supplies are maintained in the app with detailed multi-line descriptions, costs, price and units of measure & on hand quantities. These can be added on-the-fly or maintained from your stored items. Invoices are automatically created from your Estimates and support multiple payment methods. Maintain PAID and OPEN status of your invoices. Multiple sales tax rates. Your logo, detailed terms and conditions and other messages are automatically displayed. Estimates - In App Purchase required. Create detailed and professional looking estimates at the client site that may be immediately emailed or printed. Track the status of each Estimate from Draft to Email to Approved. Document Manager Document Design & Delivery- Change document formats, images, fonts, colors, and field names. Use your local language and terms. Batch deliver Printed & Email docs. Signature Capture of approved Estimates with an update of Status. Invoices and Estimates may be copied for editing and reuse with other clients. Financial Information - Is instantly available for any client, job or timeframe with just a few taps. Information may be viewed on screen or downloaded for further analysis with any spreadsheet. Help and Support - Context sensitive help shows by topic as well as how to movies. Email, text and phone support provides to help with any questions or issues. In-App Purchases Cloud Sync Automatically synchronize your information utilizing iCloud technology. For up to five devices this In App will keep your business info inSync and available on all your devices! Messages & Reminders Create Appointment Reminders automatically from your schedule using text or email. Profits and Reports Profits provides a complete financial system that tracks all sales, purchases and expenses. Includes ALL formatted PDF Reports that can be printed. + Spreadsheet Download Download your financial info and backup your info. Craftsman Cost Books This is the #1 info source for Construction Labor & Materials Cost Information. With over 15,000 labor and material items the info contained in these saves time required for creating project estimates and eliminates costly pricing errors. Recurring Service Repetitive Services entry and automatic weekly, semiweekly or monthly release for maintenance and other service providers.

Screenshots

Housecall Pro4 screens
Service Tech Work Orders Plus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Housecall Pro at Free against Service Tech Work Orders Plus's $7.99. Housecall Pro also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and rating (4.7 vs 4.2). Service Tech Work Orders Plus's advantage is review sentiment (82% vs 40%) and device support (4 vs 2). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Housecall Pro is free to download; Service Tech Work Orders Plus costs $7.99 up front. Housecall Pro sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $39.99 per month and Service Tech Work Orders Plus sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Housecall Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Housecall Pro has 31K ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 40% of Housecall Pro's written reviews are positive against 82% of Service Tech Work Orders Plus's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Housecall Pro ships an update weekly, Service Tech Work Orders Plus every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Housecall Pro versus Service Tech Work Orders Plus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHousecall ProService Tech Work Orders Plus
PriceFree — better$7.99
Rating4.7 (31K ratings) — better4.2 (13 ratings)
Positive reviews39.9% of reviews81.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings31K — better13
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#130 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size352 MB124 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCodefied Inc.JZ Mobile LLC

Customer experience

Housecall Pro

All ratings31,367 ratings
Positive91.1%
Neutral2.6%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews524 reviews
Positive39.9%
Neutral11.5%
Negative48.7%

Service Tech Work Orders Plus

All ratings13 ratings
Positive84.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative15.4%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.2%

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

Service Tech Work Orders Plus

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
10 purchases

Service Tech Work Orders Plus

One-time10
  • Messages & Reminders$3.99
  • Estimates Bids & Quotes 2$3.99
  • Scheduler$3.99
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  • Auto Service Calls$4.99
  • Cloud Sync Secure Data Sharing$6.99
  • Profits Expenses & PDF Reports$6.99
  • All Productivity In-Apps$9.99
  • Monthly Statements$14.99
  • Craftsman NCE Cost Book$14.99
  • Mac User Full License$19.99

Questions

Is Housecall Pro free?
Housecall Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Service Tech Work Orders Plus free?
Service Tech Work Orders Plus costs $7.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Housecall Pro or Service Tech Work Orders Plus?
Housecall Pro is rated higher. Housecall Pro averages 4.7 out of 5 from 31K ratings, while Service Tech Work Orders Plus averages 4.2 from 13 ratings.
Do Housecall Pro or Service Tech Work Orders Plus have ads?
Neither Housecall Pro nor Service Tech Work Orders Plus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Housecall Pro or Service Tech Work Orders Plus?
Housecall Pro ships an update weekly, and Service Tech Work Orders Plus every 3 months. Most recently, Housecall Pro was updated on October 31, 2026 and Service Tech Work Orders Plus on October 23, 2026.

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