Comparison

ContractorTools vs OOTB Contractor

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

Head to head
About

ContractorTools

Streamline your contracting business with tools for creating estimates, invoices, and managing payments. Sync data seamlessly with QuickBooks Online and collaborate with your team across multiple devices. Focus on your work while this app handles the paperwork.

Highlights
  • Estimating
  • Invoicing
  • Payment tracking
  • QuickBooks Online sync
  • Multi-device sync
  • Offline functionality
  • Job templates
Features
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ContractorTools helps construction contractors quickly create estimates, invoices, and payments on an iPhone or iPad and sync them with QuickBooks Online. You can also sync between multiple people within your company using the iPhone, iPad, or Mac versions of the app. We know how difficult it is to manage a contracting business, and our goal is to make your life easier. FEATURE SUMMARY • Estimating • Change Orders • Credits • Draw Schedules • Invoicing • Payments • Job Templates • Custom Costbooks • Craftsman costbooks (optional in-app purchase) • Sync with QuickBooks Online • Sync between multiple users and multiple devices • Full support for international currencies and units QUICKLY CREATE PROFESSIONAL ESTIMATES AND WIN MORE JOBS • ContractorTools takes care of the paperwork so you can focus on your work. • Create an estimate at the job site and have your customer sign it on your iPhone or iPad. • Email a PDF estimate to the customer directly from your iPhone or iPad. • Win more jobs by creating professional estimates in minutes instead of hours. SYNC WITH QUICKBOOKS AND ELIMINATE REDUNDANT DATA ENTRY • Create an invoice and collect a payment at the tap of a button. • Sync your estimates, invoices, and payments to QuickBooks Online. • Eliminate hours of redundant data entry. • Your bookkeeper will love you! ADD HOME DEPOT PRODUCTS TO YOUR ESTIMATES • Add products from Home Depot directly to your estimates. • View live pricing and inventory from your local store. • Get discounts on materials with your ProXtra account. • Have the materials delivered to your job site or pick them up at your local store. INSTANT ACCESS TO 40,000 COST ITEMS WITH CRAFTSMAN COSTBOOKS • Subscribe to the Craftsman costbooks (optional), and access 40,000 construction cost items. • Costs are localized to your area based on your zip code in the US or your postal code in Canada. FULLY FUNCTIONAL OFFLINE – SYNCS TO THE CLOUD WHEN ONLINE • ContractorTools is a native app that is fully functional without an internet connection. • Keep working in a basement or at remote job sites. • Your data automatically syncs to the cloud when you're online. We're dedicated to providing outstanding customer support, so if you have any questions, feel free contact us any time at support@contractortools.com or (888)802-1040. Privacy Policy: https://contractortools.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://contractortools.com/terms

About

OOTB Contractor

Features
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Out of the Box Contractor has a full toolbox for General Contractors and professionals in other fields. • Contract templates • Customer database • Cost calculations (including expression support) • Ready-to-send document generation (PDF export) • Contract versioning • Payment schedules (select templates, Basic or Pro only) • Invoicing • Notes Invoicing features: • Import invoices from CSV, with field mapping • Export invoices to CSV • Stripe payment link creation (using a Restricted API Key, see documentation) Type in your info and items, pick your client info from Contacts, send the ready-to-sign contract as a PDF. Free (Lite) version lets you try it out with a single contract and single invoice at a time, using simple templates. With the Basic subscription you can have an unlimited number of contracts and line items, and you'll be able to use downloadable templates either from your parent company or our website. Pro subscription lets you create custom templates for setting up structured sets of work tasks, create easy pricing calculations using unit multipliers and variable-based expressions, that you can then use or share with your subsidiaries. Invoicing is included with both Basic and Pro subscriptions. The EULA (End-User License Agreement) for the app and subscriptions can be found at: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ And our privacy policy is at: https://outofthebox.software/index.php/ootb-applications-privacy-policy/

Screenshots

ContractorTools4 screens
OOTB Contractor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: ContractorTools at 15.0 against OOTB Contractor's 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ContractorTools sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month and OOTB Contractor sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per 3 months. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ContractorTools ships an update every 5 weeks, OOTB Contractor every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
ContractorTools versus OOTB Contractor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterContractorToolsOOTB Contractor
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.8K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews81.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.8K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size118 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperContractor ToolsSimo Virokannas

Bugs and requests

ContractorTools

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Deleting items from estimates causes issues with invoices
  • Syncing problems leading to incorrect data
  • App crashing and becoming unusable

Requested features

5 requests
  • Option to show labor and materials costs separately
  • Ability to copy/paste entire sections in estimates
  • Quarterly updates for cost books
  • Stage manager support
  • Basic company financial reports

OOTB Contractor

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

ContractorTools

Subscriptions4
  • Craftsman Costbooks1 Month trial$12.991 Month
  • Basic Plan1 Month trial2 variants$24.991 Month
  • Essentials Plan1 Month trial2 variants$34.991 Month
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  • Pro Plan1 Month trial2 variants$64.991 Month
2 purchases

OOTB Contractor

Subscriptions2
  • Basic (3 months)$14.993 Months
  • Pro (3 months)$49.993 Months

Questions

Is ContractorTools free?
ContractorTools is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is OOTB Contractor free?
OOTB Contractor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ContractorTools or OOTB Contractor have ads?
Neither ContractorTools nor OOTB Contractor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ContractorTools or OOTB Contractor?
ContractorTools ships an update every 5 weeks, and OOTB Contractor every 3 weeks. Most recently, ContractorTools was updated on September 28, 2026 and OOTB Contractor on September 13, 2026.

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