Comparison

Contractor Estimate & Invoice vs Daypractice

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

Daypractice

This tool helps you focus on daily activities and track your time spent on them. Set personal goals, manage task lists for various activities, and visualize your progress with customizable graphs. It supports both time tracking and counting for different types of activities.

Highlights
  • Built-in focus timer
  • Set visual goals
  • Task lists for activities
  • Track time or count activities
  • Color-coded activities
  • Activity graphing
  • Manual time entry
Features
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Your most valuable resource is the attention you bring to each day. Daypractice is a tool that helps you focus on activities and track the time you spend on them. It can help you set personal goals and priorities and find balance with your time. Daypractice Features: • Built-in focus timer. • Set visual goals for the week. • Keep task lists for different activities. • Activities can be anything: work, habits, exercise, meditation. Daypractice gives you some ideas to get started, but what you do is up to you. • Activities can track time or count. For example, you could keep track of number of cups of coffee, as well as how many hours you work. • Assign a different color to each activity. • Graph activities by day, week, month or year. • Stores your app data privately in iCloud. Synchronizes between your iOS devices. • No third-party service to sign up for. Daypractice is designed to help you get things done, but also it’s about knowing when you’ve done enough, so that you can better enjoy the time when you’re not working.

Screenshots

Contractor Estimate & Invoice4 screens
Daypractice4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Daypractice at 100% against Contractor Estimate & Invoice's 46%. Daypractice 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 3) and device support (4 vs 2). On 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

Daypractice is free to download; Contractor Estimate & Invoice costs $7.99 up front. Contractor Estimate & Invoice sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Daypractice sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Daypractice 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 3, 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 Daypractice's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Contractor Estimate & Invoice ships an update every 3 months, Daypractice monthly. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Contractor Estimate & Invoice versus Daypractice: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterContractor Estimate & InvoiceDaypractice
Price$7.99Free — better
Rating3.2 (18 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews45.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings18 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.6
Further details — not scored
Size133 MB30 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperJZ Mobile LLCMidnight Martian

Customer experience

Contractor Estimate & Invoice

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

Daypractice

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 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
Show 7 more
  • 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
5 purchases

Daypractice

One-time5
  • PremiumFree
  • 1-Month Optional Patronage$0.99
  • 3-Month Optional Patronage$2.99
Show 2 more
  • 6-Month Optional Patronage$4.99
  • 12-Month Optional Patronage$9.99

Questions

Is Contractor Estimate & Invoice free?
Contractor Estimate & Invoice costs $7.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Daypractice free?
Daypractice is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Contractor Estimate & Invoice or Daypractice?
Daypractice is rated higher. Contractor Estimate & Invoice averages 3.2 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while Daypractice averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Contractor Estimate & Invoice or Daypractice have ads?
Neither Contractor Estimate & Invoice nor Daypractice shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Contractor Estimate & Invoice or Daypractice?
Contractor Estimate & Invoice ships an update every 3 months, and Daypractice monthly. Most recently, Contractor Estimate & Invoice was updated on October 29, 2026 and Daypractice on October 29, 2026.

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