{"id":9166,"date":"2026-09-09T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.simplywise.com\/blog\/?p=9166"},"modified":"2026-09-10T00:03:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T00:03:11","slug":"estimating-apps-for-painters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simplywise.com\/blog\/estimating-apps-for-painters\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Estimating App for Painters: 12 Picks for 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\ndocument.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {\n  var sels = ['.entry-header','.page-header','article > h1:first-child','.entry-footer'];\n  sels.forEach(function(s){document.querySelectorAll(s).forEach(function(el){el.style.display='none';});});\n  var el = document.querySelector('.sw-a');\n  while (el && el !== document.body) {\n    el.style.maxWidth='100%'; el.style.width='100%'; el.style.padding='0'; el.style.margin='0';\n    el.style.float='none'; el.style.flex='0 0 100%';\n    el = el.parentElement;\n  }\n  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}catch(e){}\n})();\n<\/script><\/p>\n<article class=\"pm\">\n<header class=\"pm__hero\">\n<div class=\"pm__inner\">\n<nav class=\"pm__crumb\">Blog &nbsp;&rsaquo;&nbsp; Best Apps &amp; Software<\/nav>\n<p><span class=\"pm__eyebrow\">Painting Estimating &middot; 12 Picks<\/span><\/p>\n<h1>Best Estimating App for Painters: 12 Picks for 2026<\/h1>\n<p class=\"pm__dek\">The best estimating app for painters is the one that prices a repaint by wall, coat, and gallon while you are still in the driveway. We ranked 12 on exactly that, then re-priced a real 12 by 14 room today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pm__dek-cta\">Short on time? <a href=\"https:\/\/swcostestimator.app.link\/ce-ai\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Price a paint job from a photo<\/a> in about six seconds.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pm__rating\"><span class=\"pm__stars\">&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;<\/span> <b>4.8<\/b> <span class=\"pm__rating-sub\">on the App Store<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pm__meta\">\n<span>SimplyWise<\/span><br \/>\n<i><\/i><br \/>\n<span>Updated September 9, 2026<\/span><br \/>\n<i><\/i><br \/>\n<span>11 min read<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"pm__fig\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A painter cutting in a wall with a brush in a freshly prepped interior room\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/images.unsplash.com\/photo-1679018179962-06922435f6bc?w=1400&amp;h=700&amp;fit=crop&amp;q=80&amp;auto=format\"\/><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"pm__body\">\n<div class=\"pm__inner\">\n<aside class=\"pm__tldr\">\n<div class=\"pm__tldr-label\">Best estimating app for painters, at a glance<\/div>\n<ol>\n<li>The best estimating app for painters has to hold wall square footage, coat count, and gallon math as separate editable lines, rather than one lump number.<\/li>\n<li>A 12 by 14 room with 8-foot ceilings needs about 2 gallons of interior paint for two coats on the walls, so price that material line at today&#8217;s live gallon price.<\/li>\n<li>Painters, construction and maintenance earned a median $23.75 an hour in the current BLS panel. So price your labor rate against that floor, in the open.<\/li>\n<li>SimplyWise Cost Estimator turns a photo of the room into an itemized estimate in about 6 seconds, with material quantities.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"pm__tldr-cta\"><span>Quote the repaint before you pack up the truck.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/swcostestimator.app.link\/ce-ai\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SimplyWise Cost Estimator<\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<h2 id=\"what-it-carries\">What the best estimating app for painters has to carry<\/h2>\n<p>A painting bid is not one number; instead it is a stack of small ones: wall square footage, ceiling square footage, coat count, primer, and prep. Roughly 326,900 painters worked in the United States in 2025, per the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the ones who win the most repaints are usually the fastest to a clean, itemized bid. So the best estimating app for painters gets judged here on how much of that math it actually carries.<\/p>\n<h3>Surface area decides the number, not the room<\/h3>\n<p>Walls, trim, and ceilings price differently, so a tool that blends them into one square footage figure hides the coat count from you. A 12 by 14 bedroom and a 12 by 14 kitchen with tile backsplash are not the same job, even though the floor plan looks identical on paper.<\/p>\n<h3>Coats and primer are separate lines, not a multiplier baked in<\/h3>\n<p>One coat over an existing color and two coats over a color change are different gallon counts, and therefore different labor hours. Then, after the job, a quote that hides the coat count inside a single per-square-foot rate cannot tell you whether the estimate or the execution was the problem.<\/p>\n<h3>The gallon price has to be live, not remembered<\/h3>\n<p>Paint prices move. A tool that lets you edit the material line at the price on today&#8217;s shelf, rather than a saved number from three months ago, keeps your margin honest. Instead, every gallon price in this piece was pulled from a supplier product page today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pm__inline-cta\">Itemized lines you can edit, one photo. <a href=\"https:\/\/swcostestimator.app.link\/ce-ai\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Price a paint job from a photo<\/a> in about 6 seconds, then edit before you send. Free to try.<\/p>\n<h2>A worked interior repaint quote<\/h2>\n<p>Here is the math for a real 12 by 14 room with 8-foot ceilings, two coats on the walls, one door and two windows deducted. So treat it as the shape of the quote, rather than as a price for your market.<\/p>\n<ol class=\"pm__steps\">\n<li>\n<h3>Measure the wall area, then deduct the openings<\/h3>\n<p>First, perimeter is 2 times (12 plus 14), or 52 linear feet. At an 8-foot ceiling that is 416 square feet of gross wall. Then deduct one door at about 20 square feet and two windows at about 15 square feet each, for 50 square feet of openings. So paintable wall area comes out to about 366 square feet.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Apply the coat count to get total coated area<\/h3>\n<p>Two coats on 366 square feet of wall is 732 square feet of actual coverage, so the gallon math runs against that number, not the 366 square feet of wall itself.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Convert coverage to gallons at a real spread rate<\/h3>\n<p>Sherwin-Williams states a gallon of paint typically covers 350 to 400 square feet. At the midpoint of about 375 square feet per gallon, 732 square feet of coverage needs 1.95 gallons, which rounds up to 2 gallons since paint does not sell in fractions.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Price the material line at today&#8217;s gallon rate<\/h3>\n<p>REGAL Select Interior Paint, Eggshell, one gallon, listed at $68.94 on jclicht.com, a Benjamin Moore dealer, verified live today. So two gallons puts the material line at $137.88 before tax, before primer, and before sundries like tape, plastic, and roller covers.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Price the labor line against the wage floor, not at it<\/h3>\n<p>Painters, construction and maintenance earned a mean $26.64 an hour and a median $23.75 an hour in the current BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics panel. Time the same room on your own last two repaints and price from that, since prep condition swings the hours further than the square footage does. Bill above the wage floor and put the hours on their own line so the number defends itself.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Send the itemized quote before you leave the room<\/h3>\n<p>Finally, material, coats, and labor hours all sit on separate lines. As a result, a homeowner who called two other painters this week sees exactly what they are paying for, and you close the job before the next estimate lands in their inbox.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"pm__callout\">\n<p><strong>What no app fixes.<\/strong> If your price book still quotes a room as one flat number, a faster estimate just produces the wrong flat number faster. Split wall area from coats from gallons first, then go shopping for software.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>The 12 best estimating apps for painters, ranked<\/h2>\n<p>Ranked on how much of that repaint math the tool carries, as well as what it costs to run a one or two person painting business on. Vendor pricing comes from each company&#8217;s own page, verified live September 9, 2026, unless a source note says otherwise.<\/p>\n<ol class=\"pm__steps\">\n<li>\n<h3>SimplyWise Cost Estimator<\/h3>\n<p>Best overall for solo and small painting crews, and our pick for the best estimating app for painters. Photograph the room and the app turns it into an itemized estimate in about 6 seconds, with material quantities, so the material and labor lines come back with unit, quantity, and price per unit instead of one lump number. Describe a job by voice when your hands are full of a roller. Then the client signs a professional, branded quote to approve it on the spot.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pricing.<\/strong> $29.99\/mo or $239.99\/yr, which is about $20\/mo on annual, with a 7-day free trial. One subscription also opens the rest of the SimplyWise suite, including receipt scanning, mileage tracking, and the Receptionist app for missed calls.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>PaintScout<\/h3>\n<p>Best painter-only quoting engine. Built for one trade, with production rates by surface, coats, primer, and prep baked into the estimate so the math matches how a painting crew actually prices a repaint. The site publishes its rates in the open, so you can price the tool before you ever book a call.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pricing.<\/strong> The Sales core platform is $119 a month billed monthly, or $99 a month billed annually. The Operations add-on is $99 a month billed monthly, or $79 a month billed annually. Extra team seats run $20 a month per user. Verified live 2026-09-09.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Estimate Rocket<\/h3>\n<p>Best for a painting company that wants job costing tied to the estimate. Estimate Rocket ties quoting to scheduling, invoicing, and a profit report per job, aimed at an established painting business rather than a solo operator.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pricing.<\/strong> Launch is $139 a month and includes 3 full users. Accelerate is $259 a month and includes 7 full users. Expand is $359 a month and includes 15 full users. Additional field users are $10 a month on every tier. Verified live 2026-09-09.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Jobber<\/h3>\n<p>Best field service platform with built-in estimating. Scheduling, a client hub, quoting, and payments all live in one app, together with reusable line items for wall, trim, and door rates. A balanced pick for a one-truck-to-small-crew painting shop that also wants dispatch.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pricing.<\/strong> Core is $29 a month on annual billing or $49 month to month with one user included, Connect is $99 or $139, and Grow is $149 or $199, with a 14-day trial. Jobber also sells a Plus tier at $399 a month on annual billing or $499 month to month, which starts at 5 users rather than one. Verified live 2026-09-09.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Housecall Pro<\/h3>\n<p>Best for repeat and maintenance painting work. Because dispatch, customer texts, online booking, and integrated payments all sit in one place, it is strong for a painter running recurring repaint accounts. Estimating runs off a saved price book rather than a photo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pricing.<\/strong> Basic $59 a month on annual billing, Essentials $149, Max $299. Verified live 2026-08-04.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Joist<\/h3>\n<p>Best simple estimate-to-invoice app for a solo painter working off a phone. Build a clean line-item estimate, then turn it into an invoice in a tap, with nothing else to learn.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pricing.<\/strong> Basics is $10 a month on monthly billing or $8.34 a month billed annually, which comes to $100 a year, capped at 5 documents a month. Pro is $17 a month or $14.17 annually. Elite is $32 a month or $26.67 annually. Joist has also added a fourth tier, Run, listed at $100 a month on monthly billing or $58.33 a month billed annually, currently carrying a $70 introductory rate. Verified live 2026-09-09.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Contractor Foreman<\/h3>\n<p>Best broad tool for a painting business that has added daily logs and multiple crews to its workload. Estimating and invoicing bundle with time cards and a client portal, priced by a user band rather than per seat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pricing.<\/strong> On annual billing, Basic is $49 a month for one user, Standard $105 for up to three, Plus $166 for up to eight, Pro $221 for up to fifteen, Unlimited $332. Verified live 2026-09-09, unchanged from the 2026-08-22 figures on file.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Contractor+<\/h3>\n<p>Best free starting point for a brand new painting business. The Freedom tier costs nothing and still sends estimates and invoices, with a client list up to 250. Read the ceiling first, since Freedom caps you at 5 estimates or invoices a month.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pricing.<\/strong> Freedom is free forever at $0. Pro is $29 a month on the annual view. Pro Team is $58 a month with the first two users included. Max runs $499.75 a month for unlimited users on the annual view. Verified live 2026-09-09.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Workiz<\/h3>\n<p>Best for a painting operation whose calls come from a phone number, not a form, as long as you budget for the phone separately. Genius Phone ties the phone system into the job record, so a repeat caller lands on their own history, and Workiz marks it sold separately on every tier. Estimating itself, however, stays manual.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pricing.<\/strong> Workiz publishes a Standard, Pro, and Ultimate ladder. Every tier&#8217;s price slot renders the button text Request pricing, on the plan cards and again in the comparison grid; no dollar rate is posted for any tier. Genius Phone, Genius Answering, and Genius Marketing each read sold separately in that same grid, read live 2026-09-09.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>ServiceTitan<\/h3>\n<p>Best for a multi-crew painting or exteriors operation running a call center rather than a truck. Dispatch, call booking, marketing attribution, and reporting all run at scale. Overkill, though, for a one or two person painting shop.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pricing.<\/strong> Not published. The site states the model plainly: pricing runs per technician across a Starter, Essentials, and The Works ladder, and every tier button reads Request Pricing. Verified live 2026-09-09.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Markate<\/h3>\n<p>Best low-cost all-in-one for a home-service painter who wants marketing help alongside quoting. Estimates, invoicing, scheduling, and review-request automation sit in one place.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pricing.<\/strong> Owner Operator is $49.95 a month billed monthly, or $39.95 a month billed yearly at $479.40 a year. Verified live 2026-09-09.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Square<\/h3>\n<p>Best for a painter who wants quoting plus card payments and nothing else to learn. Send a quick estimate, then convert it to an invoice and collect a card or tap-to-pay on the spot. General small-business software, not a painting-specific tool.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pricing.<\/strong> The free plan carries a per-transaction rate of 2.6 percent plus 15 cents on tapped, dipped, or swiped cards, with no monthly fee. Verified live 2026-09-09.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>How the best estimating apps for painters compare<\/h2>\n<table class=\"pm__table\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>App<\/th>\n<th>Best for<\/th>\n<th>Where the quote gets built<\/th>\n<th>Starting price<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>SimplyWise Cost Estimator<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Solo painter, photo to quote<\/td>\n<td>On site, from a photo<\/td>\n<td>$29.99\/mo, 7-day trial<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>PaintScout<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Painter-only production rates<\/td>\n<td>Production rates by surface<\/td>\n<td>$99 a month on annual<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Estimate Rocket<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Job costing per repaint<\/td>\n<td>Line items tied to job costing<\/td>\n<td>$139 a month, 3 users<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Jobber<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>One or two truck crew<\/td>\n<td>Reusable line items<\/td>\n<td>$29 a month on annual<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Housecall Pro<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Repeat and maintenance repaint<\/td>\n<td>Saved price book<\/td>\n<td>$59 a month on annual<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Joist<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Solo painter, phone only<\/td>\n<td>Manual line items<\/td>\n<td>$10 a month<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Contractor Foreman<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Multiple crews, daily logs<\/td>\n<td>Manual, beside daily logs<\/td>\n<td>$49 a month on annual<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Contractor+<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Brand new painting business<\/td>\n<td>Manual line items<\/td>\n<td>Free tier, then $29 a month<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Workiz<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Phone driven repeat callers<\/td>\n<td>Manual, inside the job<\/td>\n<td>Request pricing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>ServiceTitan<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Call center scale exteriors<\/td>\n<td>Manual, per technician model<\/td>\n<td>Request Pricing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Markate<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Marketing bundle for owner-operators<\/td>\n<td>Manual, inside the platform<\/td>\n<td>$49.95 a month<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Square<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Quoting plus card payments<\/td>\n<td>Manual line items<\/td>\n<td>2.6% + 15c per transaction<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"pm__promo\">\n<h2>Quote the repaint before you leave the room<\/h2>\n<p>SimplyWise Cost Estimator turns a photo of the room into an itemized estimate in about 6 seconds, with material quantities. Edit the lines, then send a professional, branded quote the client signs to approve. Free to try.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"pm__btn pm__btn--lg\" href=\"https:\/\/swcostestimator.app.link\/ce-ai\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SimplyWise Cost Estimator<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>How we scored them<\/h2>\n<p>We scored every candidate for the best estimating app for painters on five weighted criteria. Speed to an itemized number carried 30 percent, since a quote handed over on site closes more often than one promised by email. Editable wall, coat, and gallon lines took 25 percent, meaning the tool holds a repaint as separate lines instead of one lump number. Finally, price transparency took 20 percent, mobile usability 15 percent, and breadth of scheduling or dispatch features the last 10 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Two of the twelve publish no rate at all. Specifically, Workiz and ServiceTitan route every tier through a request pricing form. Publishing a rate at all was worth points, so those two request-pricing tools lost ground here. Of course, we scored SimplyWise Cost Estimator on the same rubric. It takes top marks on speed to an itemized number and on editable trade lines, and it gives up the breadth criterion, the last 10 percent, to the dispatch first tools on this list.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pm__inline-cta\">Try it on the next repaint you look at. <a href=\"https:\/\/swcostestimator.app.link\/ce-ai\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Price a job from a photo<\/a>, then compare the lines to your last handwritten quote.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pm__next\">\n<h2>Keep reading<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplywise.com\/blog\/painting-contractor-pricing-guide\/\">Painting Contractor Pricing Guide<\/a>: how to build your own labor and material rate for painting work.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplywise.com\/blog\/paint-cost-calculator\/\">Paint Cost Calculator<\/a>: the homeowner-facing math behind the gallon and coverage numbers used here.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplywise.com\/blog\/best-estimating-app-hvac\/\">Best Estimating App for HVAC Contractors<\/a>: the same 12-pick method scored for HVAC changeouts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pm__sources\">\n<h2>Sources<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplywise.com\/blog\/pricing\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SimplyWise Cost Estimator pricing<\/a> ($29.99\/mo, $239.99\/yr, 7-day free trial, full feature set on every plan. Live 2026-09-09.)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/simplywise-cost-estimator\/id6670619664\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SimplyWise Cost Estimator on the App Store<\/a> (4.8 rating, live 2026-09-09.)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jclicht.com\/products\/regal-select-interior-paint\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">JC Licht, REGAL Select Interior Paint<\/a> (Benjamin Moore dealer; Eggshell, 1 gallon, $68.94 via products.json. Captured live 2026-09-09.)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherwin-williams.com\/en-us\/color\/color-tools\/paint-calculator\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sherwin-Williams, Paint Calculator<\/a> (&#8220;A gallon of paint typically covers about 350-400 square feet.&#8221; Live 2026-08-18, re-confirmed unchanged in method 2026-09-09.)<\/li>\n<li>U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, Painters, Construction and Maintenance, SOC 47-2141. Mean hourly wage $26.64; median hourly wage $23.75; annual median wage $49,400; employment 225,190. Confirmed live 2026-09-09 through the BLS public data API, series OEUN000000000000047214101, 103, 108 and 113.<\/li>\n<li>U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Painters, Construction and Maintenance (326,900 jobs, 2025). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/ooh\/construction-and-extraction\/painters-construction-and-maintenance.htm\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">bls.gov<\/a> (fetched live 2026-09-09; page last modified 2026-08-27.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"font:700 11.5px Inter;letter-spacing:.1em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#9ca3af;margin:20px 0 6px;\">Vendor pricing pages behind the best estimating app for painters picks<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paintscout.com\/pricing\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PaintScout, Pricing<\/a> (Sales core platform $119 a month billed monthly or $99 billed annually; Operations add-on $99 or $79; team seats $20 a month per user. Live 2026-09-09.)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.estimaterocket.com\/pricing\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Estimate Rocket, Pricing<\/a> (Launch $139 a month with 3 full users; Accelerate $259 with 7; Expand $359 with 15; additional field users $10. Live 2026-09-09.)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.getjobber.com\/pricing\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jobber, Pricing<\/a> (Core $29 a month on annual billing or $49 month to month, Connect $99 or $139, Grow $149 or $199, with one user included on Core; Plus $399 a month on annual billing or $499 month to month, 5 users included. Live 2026-09-09.)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.housecallpro.com\/pricing\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Housecall Pro, Pricing<\/a> (Basic $59, Essentials $149, Max $299 on annual. Live 2026-08-04.)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joist.com\/pricing\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joist, Pricing<\/a> (Basics $10 a month billed monthly or $8.34 a month billed annually, 5-document cap; Pro $17; Elite $32; Run, new, $100 a month billed monthly or $58.33 billed annually. Live 2026-09-09. The $12 that renders on the Basics card is Joist&#8217;s struck-through old list price, not the current monthly rate.)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/contractorforeman.com\/pricing\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Contractor Foreman, Pricing<\/a> (Basic $49 through Unlimited $332 on annual. Live 2026-09-09.)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.contractorplus.app\/pricing\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Contractor+, Pricing<\/a> (Freedom free forever; Pro $29; Pro Team $58; Max $499.75 on the annual view. Live 2026-09-09.)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.workiz.com\/pricing-plans\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Workiz, Pricing Plans<\/a> (All three tiers show Request pricing, live 2026-09-02; Genius Phone, Genius Answering, and Genius Marketing each marked sold separately on every tier, live 2026-09-09.)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.servicetitan.com\/pricing\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ServiceTitan, Pricing<\/a> (No rates published; per technician model; Starter, Essentials, The Works. Live 2026-09-09.)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markate.com\/pricing\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Markate, Pricing<\/a> (Owner Operator $49.95 a month billed monthly or $39.95 a month billed yearly at $479.40 a year. Kate call answering agent $1 a call, and online booking, customer portal, proposals and CompanyCam about $10 a month each, all on top of the base plan. Live 2026-09-09.)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/squareup.com\/us\/en\/point-of-sale\/software\/pricing\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Square, Point of Sale Software Pricing<\/a> (Free plan; 2.6% + 15c per tapped, dipped, or swiped card. Live 2026-09-09.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"pm__pull\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>A painting bid is a stack of small numbers, not one flat rate. Price the walls, the coats, and the gallons apart and the quote defends itself.<cite>SimplyWise Editorial<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"pm__faq\">\n<div class=\"pm__inner\">\n<h2>Best estimating app for painters: common questions<\/h2>\n<h3>Choosing the best estimating app for painters<\/h3>\n<details>\n<summary>What is the best estimating app for painters in 2026?<\/summary>\n<div>\n<p>For a solo painter or a small crew who wins work on a fast, itemized bid, SimplyWise Cost Estimator is the best overall value. It turns a photo of the room into an itemized estimate in about 6 seconds, with material quantities, at $29.99\/mo. For a painter-only production rate engine, PaintScout is built for the trade and starts at $99 a month on annual billing. For a multi-crew exteriors operation, ServiceTitan runs at call center scale but publishes no rate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>How do painters estimate a paint job?<\/summary>\n<div>\n<p>Painters price by surface area: wall, ceiling, and trim square footage, minus door and window openings, multiplied by the coat count. For example, a 12 by 14 room with two coats on the walls needs about 2 gallons of interior paint at a typical 350 to 400 square foot per gallon spread rate. Add primer if the color is changing, then price labor hours separately from material.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>How much paint does a 12 by 14 room need?<\/summary>\n<div>\n<p>A 12 by 14 room with 8-foot ceilings has about 366 square feet of paintable wall after deducting one door and two windows. Then two coats brings total coverage to about 732 square feet. So at a 350 to 400 square foot per gallon spread rate, that needs about 2 gallons of interior paint.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<h3>Estimating apps, field service software, and cost<\/h3>\n<details>\n<summary>What is the difference between an estimating app and field service software?<\/summary>\n<div>\n<p>An estimating app turns a walkthrough into a priced quote fast, which is where SimplyWise Cost Estimator, Joist, and Contractor+ live. Field service software like Jobber, Housecall Pro, and ServiceTitan runs the schedule and dispatch once the job is booked, and usually leaves the estimate itself to a saved price book you fill in by hand.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>What does SimplyWise Cost Estimator cost for a painter?<\/summary>\n<div>\n<p>It is $29.99\/mo, or $239.99\/yr, which comes to about $20\/mo on annual billing. Every plan also starts with a 7-day free trial and carries the full feature set. One subscription also opens the rest of the SimplyWise suite, including receipt scanning, mileage tracking, and the Receptionist app.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"pm__final\">\n<div class=\"pm__inner\">\n<span class=\"pm__eyebrow\">Quote it in the room<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Send your next painting estimate before you pack up the truck.<\/h2>\n<p>Snap a photo of the room, then get an itemized estimate in about 6 seconds, with material quantities. Price the walls, send the quote, win the bid. 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