Comparison

Contractor Estimate & Invoice vs ClockInApp

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

Head to head
About

Contractor Estimate & Invoice

This app helps contractors manage their business by creating professional estimates and invoices. It includes scheduling, contact management, and financial tracking features, all stored locally on your device.

Highlights
  • Create professional estimates and invoices
  • Client-focused scheduling and reminders
  • Integrated contact management
  • Detailed financial tracking and P&L analysis
  • Offline data storage
  • Customizable document design
Features
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Contractor Estimating & Invoicing Tool is a complete estimating, invoicing, financial and contact management app for all building construction trades. 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 & alerts 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. 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.

About

ClockInApp

This software helps companies manage employee timekeeping and track project labor costs. It streamlines the process of capturing employee hours and increases team efficiency for project work.

Highlights
  • Employee timekeeping
  • Time tracking
  • Labor cost tracking by task
  • Project efficiency improvement
  • Overall control of employee hours
Features
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Our software will satisfy any timekeeping or time tracking issues that your company may have. Not only by having overall control of the employee hours capturing process, but also by increasing the efficiency for your team to work on projects. Our app is designed to track your daily labor cost by any task.

Screenshots

Contractor Estimate & Invoice4 screens
ClockInApp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ClockInApp at 100% against Contractor Estimate & Invoice's 46%. ClockInApp also leads on price (Free vs $7.99) and rating (5.0 vs 3.2). Contractor Estimate & Invoice's advantage is ratings volume (18 vs 1) and device support (4 vs 2). On ads 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

ClockInApp is free to download; Contractor Estimate & Invoice costs $7.99 up front. Contractor Estimate & Invoice sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. ClockInApp asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ClockInApp holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Contractor Estimate & Invoice has 18 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 46% of Contractor Estimate & Invoice's written reviews are positive against 100% of ClockInApp's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Contractor Estimate & Invoice ships an update every 3 months, ClockInApp fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
Contractor Estimate & Invoice versus ClockInApp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterContractor Estimate & InvoiceClockInApp
Price$7.99Free — better
Rating3.2 (18 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews45.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings18 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size133 MB93 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperJZ Mobile LLCRidaro Inc.

Customer experience

Contractor Estimate & Invoice

All ratings18 ratings
Positive55.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative44.4%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive45.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative54.2%

ClockInApp

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Contractor Estimate & Invoice

One-time10
  • Messages & Reminders$3.99
  • Document Manager$3.99
  • Estimates, Bids & Quotes$4.99
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  • Auto Service Calls$4.99
  • Scheduler$4.99
  • Cloud Sync Secure Data Sharing$6.99
  • Profits Expenses & PDF Reports$6.99
  • All Productivity In-Apps$9.99
  • Mac User Full License$19.99
  • Craftsman NCE Cost Book$24.99
None

ClockInApp

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Contractor Estimate & Invoice free?
Contractor Estimate & Invoice costs $7.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is ClockInApp free?
ClockInApp is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Contractor Estimate & Invoice or ClockInApp?
ClockInApp is rated higher. Contractor Estimate & Invoice averages 3.2 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while ClockInApp averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Contractor Estimate & Invoice or ClockInApp have ads?
Neither Contractor Estimate & Invoice nor ClockInApp shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Contractor Estimate & Invoice or ClockInApp?
Contractor Estimate & Invoice ships an update every 3 months, and ClockInApp fortnightly. Most recently, Contractor Estimate & Invoice was updated on October 22, 2026 and ClockInApp on October 13, 2026.

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