ContractorTools vs CoConstruct
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Estimating
- Invoicing
- Payment tracking
- QuickBooks Online sync
- Multi-device sync
- Offline functionality
- Job templates
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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
CoConstruct
This cloud-based software helps custom home builders and remodelers manage their teams, clients, projects, and budgets. It streamlines communication, scheduling, and job site logging to improve efficiency and sales.
- Team, client, and project management
- Budget tracking
- Organized communication
- Time tracking
- Scheduling
- Job site logs
- Change order management
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CoConstruct’s #1 rated cloud-based software helps remodelers and custom home builders sell more projects and run them better. With features to help manage your team, clients, projects, and budgets, CoConstruct will save you at least 30 minutes a day. Rated #1 for these favorite features and more: - Simple and organized communication - Powerful time tracking tools - Robust scheduling - Job site logs - Highly-flexible selections - Change orders - Signature capture on Change Orders - File and Photo storage - Drawing on photos - Simple employee time tracking
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ContractorTools at 82% against CoConstruct's 20%. ContractorTools also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.9) and chart position (#194 vs unranked). CoConstruct's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7). On price, ads, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. ContractorTools sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. CoConstruct asks for nothing beyond the download.
ContractorTools holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ContractorTools has 1.8K ratings behind it against 221, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of ContractorTools's written reviews are positive against 20% of CoConstruct's.
ContractorTools ships an update every 5 weeks, CoConstruct every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ContractorTools | CoConstruct |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.8K ratings) — better | 2.9 (221 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 81.5% of reviews — better | 19.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.8K — better | 221 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Best chart rank | #194 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 118 MB | 131 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Contractor Tools | Buildertrend Solutions, Inc. |
Customer experience
ContractorTools
CoConstruct
User reviews
ContractorTools
From 1.8K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great solution for estimating
- 👍 Easy to learn and operate
- 🚀 Convenient and professional
- 👍 Seamless access across devices
- 👍 Integrates with QuickBooks
Room to improve
- 💰 Expensive for small contractors
- 🐛 Glitches and bugs
- 🔒 Limited payment processor options
- 📄 Limited customization for invoice templates
- 🔒 Frequent layout/hierarchy changes
CoConstruct
From 221 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 📊 Powerful project management and organization capabilities
- 💼 Excellent for streamlining business processes and transparency
- 📱 Useful mobile access to project information
- 👥 Effective communication suite between stakeholders
- ⏱️ Improved time tracking features
Room to improve
- 🐢 Extremely slow app performance and loading times
- 💥 Frequent crashes and instability
- ⚪ Blank white screen issues (especially post-iOS 18)
- 🔌 Poor internet connectivity handling
- ❌ Limited functionality compared to desktop version
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
CoConstruct
Reported bugs
17 issues- App crashes frequently and requires reinstallation
- White/blank screen on startup (iOS 18 compatibility issue)
- Login failures with valid credentials
- Messages fail to send or load
- Photos fail to upload from mobile device
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- Time entry notes limited to five words
- Schedule items cannot be edited
- Files get stuck when opened
- App signs out unexpectedly
- Notifications not sending despite being enabled
- Messages don't scroll to most recent
- Screens don't change as expected
- Time entries fail to save
- No internet connection errors despite active connection
- Back button requires multiple taps to function
- App doesn't load on slow internet connections
- Chat function crashes and takes excessive time to load
Requested features
14 requests- Push notifications for real-time alerts
- Photo gallery view with scrolling capability
- Message read receipts and delivery confirmation
- Text formatting options (bold, underline, bullet points)
- Search functionality within the app
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- Edit and delete message capability
- Gantt chart and calendar view in mobile app
- File upload capability from mobile app
- Full feature parity with desktop version
- Unpaid break tracking in time clock
- Proposal visibility in mobile app
- Markup tools for annotations
- Better notification indicators at all menu levels
- Ability to zoom into attached photographs
In-app purchases
ContractorTools
- 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
CoConstruct
No in-app purchases
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