Drywall Contractor vs BoardCount
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Drywall Contractor
This estimating tool helps drywall contractors generate material lists and quotes instantly, cutting estimating time significantly. It allows for customization, quick appointment scheduling, and direct emailing of quotes and material lists to customers and suppliers.
- Instant material lists and quotes
- Estimating time reduction
- Company customization
- Quick appointment creation
- Automated material calculation
- Email quotes to customers
- Email material lists to suppliers
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Drywall Contractor is an estimating tool designed for drywall contractors. Some of its many features include: -Generate material lists and quotes instantly, no need to go back to the office to crunch your numbers. -Cuts your estimating time by more than half -Completely customizable for your company -Quickly and easily create appointments. Fields can be automatically pre-populated with job details. -Any material that can be calculated by board footage, or by extra, is automatically added to your materials list based on your company preferences. This virtually eliminates the need to run to your supplier for forgotten materials. -E-mail your material list directly to your supplier from within the app. -Impress potential customers with your professionalism and efficiency by emailing their quote to them before you ever leave the job site. -Price twice as many jobs in the same amount of time. The more jobs you price, the more jobs you win. Price more. Win more! Drywall Contractor Subscription: Drywall Contractor allows you to subscribe on a monthly auto-renewable basis. The subscription "Quote Features" unlocks the ability to generate quotes and material lists and send them to your customers and suppliers. The first month is free for 30 days or until you subscribe. The subscription fee is USD$9.99 or its equivalent in local currency. Free support is provided via help videos or email directly to prwilsoninteriors@shaw.ca Your subscription will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and will automatically renew monthly unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of your current period. Your iTunes account will automatically be charged at the same price for renewal, as stated above, within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Current subscribers may not be canceled during the active subscription period, but you can manage your subscription and/or turn off auto-renewal by visiting your iTunes Account Settings after purchase. Terms of service and privacy are available here: http://drywallcontractor.vercel.app/privacy/
BoardCount
Quickly calculate drywall material needs and generate professional bids. The free version offers basic sheet counting, while the Pro version allows for detailed room-by-room estimates, custom pricing, and PDF proposal exports. Designed for small drywall contractors to streamline job costing and client proposals.
- Drywall sheet, mud, tape, screw, and corner bead totals
- Area-first Quick Calc
- Room-by-room estimating with doors and windows
- Custom material and labor pricing
- Internal and client-ready PDF proposals
- Offline functionality
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Count drywall sheets for free. With BoardCount Pro, price the job and send a professional proposal PDF right from your phone, customized to your company. BoardCount is the drywall estimator for the small contractor. Count sheets, mud, tape, and screws, then turn your numbers into a bid from your phone. No account. No bloated construction suite. Quick Calc is free. BoardCount Pro adds saved jobs, room-by-room estimating, your material and labor prices, markup, and both PDF exports. Pro is a one-time purchase: pay once and keep it. No subscription, no monthly bill. Built for real drywall estimating: - Fast sheet, mud, tape, screw, and corner bead totals - Area-first Quick Calc for free - Room-by-room jobs with doors, windows, ceilings, and waste - Your own material pricing, labor, tax, and markup - Internal estimate PDFs and client-ready proposal PDFs with your logo - Works offline — built for the jobsite, not the office If you run a small drywall or remodeling outfit, BoardCount keeps the math clear and the workflow focused. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BoardCount at 5.0 against Drywall Contractor's 4.4. BoardCount also leads on monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and review sentiment (100% vs 67%). Drywall Contractor's advantage is ratings volume (18 vs 2). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Drywall Contractor sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $14.99 per month and BoardCount sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
BoardCount holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Drywall Contractor has 18 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Drywall Contractor's written reviews are positive against 100% of BoardCount's.
Drywall Contractor ships an update every 3 weeks, BoardCount every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Drywall Contractor | BoardCount |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (18 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pete Wilson | Iron Canyon Ventures LLC |
Customer experience
Drywall Contractor
BoardCount
In-app purchases
Drywall Contractor
- Quote features1 Month trial$14.991 Month
BoardCount
- BoardCount Pro$19.99







