Comparison

Thumbtack for Professionals vs Skeduled

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

Head to head
About

Thumbtack for Professionals

Connect with customers ready for home improvement projects like cleaning, moving, or contracting. This app helps you fill your schedule with quality jobs, manage bookings, and set your own budget for leads. Grow your business and online presence by reaching new clients.

Highlights
  • Find home care jobs
  • Fill your calendar with quality leads
  • Integrate with partner tools
  • Set lead prices and budgets
  • Grow online presence
  • Target specific jobs
Features
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Find high-quality home care jobs in house cleaning, moving, general contracting and more. Thumbtack for Professionals matches you with customers who are ready to get their projects done. Grow your online presence and get shown to new customers. FILL YOUR CALENDAR Work when you want and fill your schedule with quality jobs. Get more leads during open times and slow seasons. Use Thumbtack to target specific jobs, create your perfect job schedule and get the lead volume you want. INTEGRATE WITH YOUR FAVORITE TOOLS Manage your bookings more easily, simplify your workflow and get more jobs done. Connect to your favorite partner tools and services including Housecall Pro, GoSite, Service Titan, Google Calendar and more. With these seamless integrations, you’ll get quality jobs and manage your business effortlessly and efficiently. BUDGET EFFORTLESSLY Set lead prices and pay only for the jobs you want. Set a weekly spending budget and get as many leads as possible within it. Change your budget as often as you want to scale your business to suit your needs. CUSTOMERS ARE WAITING Over 4 million customers joined Thumbtack in the last 12 months, seeking professionals in your area. Thumbtack offers less competition between pros and provides quality leads from customers ready to book.

About

Skeduled

This app connects home service professionals with verified homeowner appointments. View job details, photos, and scheduled times before claiming exclusive leads. Designed for contractors in various trades to easily find and book new service opportunities.

Highlights
  • Live homeowner appointments on a map
  • Claim exclusive, verified leads
  • View job scope and photos
  • Set service area radius
  • No contracts, claim as needed
  • Supports various home service trades
Features
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Skeduled puts real homeowner appointments on a map — and lets you claim them. These aren't phone numbers to chase. Every appointment on Skeduled is a real homeowner who asked for the service, picked a time, and is expecting a pro to show up. You see the job scope, the photos, the city, and the scheduled time before you claim it. HOW IT WORKS • See live appointments across the country, or just inside your service area • Open one to see the job details, photos, and when it starts • Claim it — it's locked to you alone. Never shared. Never resold. • Show up, quote the work, close it. BUILT FOR CONTRACTORS Tree service, garage doors, gutters, roofing, windows, pest control, remodeling, plumbing, electrical, and more. YOUR AREA, YOUR CALL Drop a pin, set your radius, and watch what books around you. Go nationwide when you want the full picture. NO CONTRACTS Claim appointments when you want them. Stop when you don't. Skeduled is made for licensed home-service professionals. Appointments are in-person services fulfilled outside the app.

Screenshots

Thumbtack for Professionals4 screens
Skeduled4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Skeduled at 5.0 against Thumbtack for Professionals's 4.4. Skeduled also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Thumbtack for Professionals's advantage is ratings volume (65K vs 2). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Skeduled holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Thumbtack for Professionals has 65K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Thumbtack for Professionals versus Skeduled: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThumbtack for ProfessionalsSkeduled
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (65K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews12.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings65K — better2
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size252 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThumbtack, Inc.QUINTON DENNIS PROUTY

Customer experience

Thumbtack for Professionals

All ratings65,387 ratings
Positive84.8%
Neutral3.1%
Negative12.1%
Written reviews1,371 reviews
Positive12.6%
Neutral4.6%
Negative82.8%

Skeduled

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Thumbtack for Professionals

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Incorrect location targeting
  • Inconsistent lead quality and responsiveness

Requested features

5 requests
  • Charge only for confirmed and paid jobs
  • Allow pros to review customers before accepting leads
  • Provide more transparency on lead quality and pricing
  • Improve customer service and refund policies
  • Implement better safeguards against fake leads and abuse

Skeduled

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Thumbtack for Professionals

No in-app purchases

None

Skeduled

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Thumbtack for Professionals free?
Thumbtack for Professionals is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Skeduled free?
Skeduled is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Thumbtack for Professionals or Skeduled?
Skeduled is rated higher. Thumbtack for Professionals averages 4.4 out of 5 from 65K ratings, while Skeduled averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Thumbtack for Professionals or Skeduled have ads?
Thumbtack for Professionals shows ads; Skeduled does not.

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