{"id":9646,"date":"2026-09-15T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.simplywise.com\/blog\/?p=9646"},"modified":"2026-09-15T15:37:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T15:37:58","slug":"estimate-to-invoice-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simplywise.com\/blog\/estimate-to-invoice-app\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Best Apps to Convert Estimates to Invoices for Contractors (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  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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\">Estimate to Invoice &middot; 12 Picks<\/span><\/p>\n<h1>Estimate to Invoice App: 12 Picks That Turn a Signed Estimate Into an Invoice (2026)<\/h1>\n<p class=\"pm__dek\">The best estimate to invoice app is SimplyWise Cost Estimator at $29.99\/mo. Open the approved estimate, tap Create Invoice, add the deposit and the due date, send it. We ranked 12 apps on how cleanly they carry a signed estimate across into a billable invoice. Every vendor rate here was read live today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pm__dek-cta\">Short on time? <a href=\"https:\/\/swcostestimator.app.link\/ce-ai\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Turn a job photo into an itemized estimate<\/a> in about 6 seconds, then convert it.<\/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 15, 2026<\/span><br \/>\n<i><\/i><br \/>\n<span>13 min read<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"pm__fig\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A hand signing a printed job document at a desk beside a calculator, cash and a notepad\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/images.unsplash.com\/photo-1764231467852-b609a742e082?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\">The conversion, at a glance<\/div>\n<ol>\n<li>SimplyWise Cost Estimator turns an approved estimate into an invoice inside the same app. Open the estimate, tap the three dots, tap Create Invoice.<\/li>\n<li>A deposit is an invoice field, not an estimate field. Create the invoice first, then add the deposit and the payment schedule to it.<\/li>\n<li>Joist lists Estimates to Invoices on its entry plan, but that plan allows up to 5 documents a month, and an estimate plus its invoice is two.<\/li>\n<li>SimplyWise Cost Estimator is $29.99\/mo, or $239.99\/yr, which is about $20\/mo on annual, with a 7-day free trial and no feature gating between plans.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"pm__tldr-cta\"><span>Quote it on site, convert it the day the client signs.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/swcostestimator.app.link\/ce-ai\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SimplyWise Cost Estimator<\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<h2 id=\"the-prompt\">App to convert estimates to invoices for contractors<\/h2>\n<p>SimplyWise Cost Estimator is the app most contractors should use to convert estimates to invoices. Open the saved estimate, tap the three dots, tap Create Invoice. Joist, Contractor+, Handoff, Contractor Foreman and FreshBooks do the same conversion at different prices.<\/p>\n<p>That is the short answer. The longer one is that the six apps differ less on whether they can convert a document and more on what survives the conversion. A good estimate to invoice app carries the line items, the quantities, the unit prices and the client record across untouched. It then asks you only for the fields an invoice needs. A weak one makes you rebuild the document and hope the numbers match what the client signed.<\/p>\n<p>SimplyWise Cost Estimator costs $29.99\/mo, or $239.99\/yr, which works out to about $20\/mo on annual billing, and it starts with a 7-day free trial. It is the only estimate to invoice app here that writes the estimate itself. A photo becomes an itemized estimate in about 6 seconds, with material quantities, before you reach the conversion step. That matters because the conversion is the easy half. Producing the estimate is the half that eats your evenings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pm__inline-cta\">Photograph the job, get an itemized estimate, convert it when the client signs. <a href=\"https:\/\/swcostestimator.app.link\/ce-ai\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Price a job from a photo<\/a> in about 6 seconds. Free to try.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"how-it-works\">How an estimate to invoice app actually converts the document<\/h2>\n<p>Here is the sequence, in the order a contractor actually runs it, with the SimplyWise steps named where the app is specific. Most estimate to invoice apps on this list follow the same shape. The field names move around.<\/p>\n<ol class=\"pm__steps\">\n<li>\n<h3>Build the estimate as line items, not as a lump sum<\/h3>\n<p>First, an invoice can only be as good as the estimate it came from. Draft estimates in SimplyWise carry material, labor and fee line items, and every line item holds a unit, a quantity and a price per unit. That structure is what survives the conversion. A one line estimate that says Kitchen remodel, $18,000 converts into a one line invoice that a client can dispute in full or not at all.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Send the estimate and get it signed<\/h3>\n<p>Next, send the estimate to the client for approval. In SimplyWise the client signs the estimate to indicate it has been approved. You cannot sign on their behalf, which is the right constraint on a document you may need to lean on. That signature is the line between a quote you hope lands and a scope you can bill.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Open the approved estimate and convert it<\/h3>\n<p>Then navigate to the estimate you want to convert into an invoice. Tap the three dots in the top right and select Create Invoice. SimplyWise then asks whether the invoice should show all line items or a summary. Choose all line items when the client has been pricing you against another bid, and a summary when the detail is settled and you want a cleaner document.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Fill in the fields an invoice needs and an estimate does not<\/h3>\n<p>After that, confirm the issue date, the due date, the invoice number and the client. Those four fields are the entire difference between an estimate and an invoice in most systems. Make sure a client is actually selected. If the Next button is greyed out, a required field is missing and the app marks it in red.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Add the deposit and the payment schedule to the invoice<\/h3>\n<p>Meanwhile, this is the step contractors get wrong. A deposit or down payment requirement lives on the invoice, not on the estimate. Open the invoice, tap Edit, tap Add Field and choose Payment Schedule, then add each payment in turn. On a job that runs longer than a few days, put a deposit on signing, progress payments on milestones and a final balance on completion.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Attach the payment method, and connect a processor if you want to be paid in the app<\/h3>\n<p>Also, tap Add Payment Method on the invoice screen to state how you accept payment. To let clients pay directly through the app, connect a Stripe account first under Menu and then Payment Options. You can turn online payments off again from the same screen. That holds as long as no customer has entered the checkout flow on an open invoice.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Send it, then preview before you do<\/h3>\n<p>Furthermore, preview the invoice before it goes. The preview is the last cheap moment to catch a wrong due date or a client address that belongs to a different job. Then tap Send Invoice. Attach job photos on the same screen if the work is the kind a client forgets the scale of once it is finished.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Record every payment against the invoice, including cash<\/h3>\n<p>Finally, open the invoice from the Projects tab and tap Record Payment for anything paid offline. One document should always show what has been paid and what is still open. A check you deposited but never logged is how a job gets billed twice, and that conversation costs more than the check did.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"pm__callout\">\n<p><strong>What no app fixes.<\/strong> If your estimate is one round number, converting it faster just produces a vague invoice faster. Split materials, labor and fees into lines with real quantities before you go shopping for software.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"pm__inline-cta\">Line items with quantities, straight out of a photo. <a href=\"https:\/\/swcostestimator.app.link\/ce-ai\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Start an itemized estimate<\/a> and convert it the day it is signed.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"the-12\">The 12 best estimate to invoice apps, ranked<\/h2>\n<p>Ranked on how cleanly each estimate to invoice app carries an approved estimate across into a billable invoice, then on what that costs to run. Every vendor rate marked read live today was read on that company&#8217;s own pricing page on September 14, 2026. Where a vendor publishes no rate, or blocks a scripted read, this list says so plainly rather than guessing.<\/p>\n<ol class=\"pm__steps\">\n<li>\n<h3>SimplyWise Cost Estimator<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Best overall estimate to invoice app for a solo contractor or a small crew.<\/strong> SimplyWise turns an approved estimate into an invoice inside the same app. You open the saved estimate, tap the three dots, and tap Create Invoice. The app then asks whether the invoice should carry all line items or a summary. You confirm issue date, due date, invoice number and client before it sends. The estimate itself starts from a photo, which the app turns into an itemized estimate in about 6 seconds, with material quantities. Your client signs the estimate to approve it, and that signed document is what the invoice is built from.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What the conversion carries.<\/strong> Payment schedules, deposits and down payments, photos and attachments are all fields you add on the invoice screen. Connect a Stripe account under Payment Options and clients can pay through the app. Payments you take offline get logged with Record Payment, so one document shows what is paid and what is open.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pricing.<\/strong> $29.99\/mo, or $239.99\/yr, which works out to about $20\/mo on annual billing, with a 7-day free trial. One subscription opens the rest of the SimplyWise suite. That covers receipt scanning for job costs, mileage tracking between sites, and the Receptionist app for the calls you miss on a roof.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Joist<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Best cheap estimate to invoice app for occasional jobs.<\/strong> Joist is the name that comes up first for this workflow, and it earns the mention. Its own pricing page lists Estimates to Invoices as a feature of the entry plan, so converting a document is not gated behind an upgrade. It is manual line-item estimating and invoicing, mobile first, with branded documents and online payments.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What to watch.<\/strong> The entry Basics plan caps you at up to 5 documents a month, and an estimate and its invoice are two documents. A steady week of quoting will push you to the next tier fast. Joist does not offer photo to estimate or a room scan, so the estimate itself is still typed by hand.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pricing, read live today.<\/strong> Basics is $10 a month billed monthly, or $8.34 a month on annual billing once the two free months count in, against a struck-through $12. Pro is $17 a month billed monthly or $14.17 on annual. Elite is $32 a month billed monthly or $26.67 on annual. Run, the newest tier, is $70 a month billed monthly against a struck-through $100, or $58.33 a month on annual, where the page&#8217;s own note reads &#8220;price includes 2 months free + 30% off&#8221;. Every tier carries a 14 day free trial with no card required.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Contractor+<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Best free tier for a contractor testing the workflow.<\/strong> Contractor+ carries estimates and invoices on the same record and publishes a genuinely free plan. It also does photo to estimate through its own estimator, Estimatic, which is metered by credits rather than included everywhere.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What to watch.<\/strong> The free FREEDOM plan allows up to 5 estimates or invoices a month, which is the same squeeze Joist applies. Estimatic is not on the free plan at all. It arrives with 10 credits a month on PRO and becomes unlimited only from PRO TEAM up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pricing, read live today.<\/strong> FREEDOM is $0 and free forever. PRO is $29 a month on annual billing for 1 user. PRO TEAM is $58 a month on annual billing with the first 2 users included and $20 a month for each additional user. MAX is $499.75 a month on annual billing, or $597 month to month, for unlimited users. Annual contracts are billed upfront in one invoice, and all sales are final.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Handoff<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Best for a remodeler who wants the estimate written for them.<\/strong> Handoff is built around generated proposals and voice transcription into an estimate, then carries that document through to billing with card and bank payment built in. It is the premium end of this list and it prices like it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pricing, read live today.<\/strong> Flex is $119 a month billed annually, or $149 otherwise, with 2 users included and a 7 day free trial. Pro is $239 a month billed annually, or $299 otherwise, on a 12 month commitment with 5 users. Scale is $719 a month billed annually, or $899 otherwise. Card processing runs 3.35 percent on Flex and 2.85 percent on the higher tiers, and bank transfers are 1 percent capped at $10.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Contractor Foreman<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Best full project system at a small business rate.<\/strong> Contractor Foreman runs estimates, invoices, scheduling, time cards and job costing in one place. Tired of rekeying the same numbers into three tools? This is the tier of product that solves it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pricing, read live today.<\/strong> Basic is $49 a month for 1 user, free for 30 days and then $588 annually at renewal. Standard is $105 a month for up to 3 users, $1,264 annually. Plus is $166 a month for up to 8 users, $1,997 annually. Pro is $221 a month for up to 15 users, $2,654 annually. Unlimited is $332 a month, $3,984 annually. Every plan carries a 30 day free trial and a 100 day money back guarantee.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>FreshBooks<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Best accounting-first option for a contractor who bills time as well as jobs.<\/strong> FreshBooks creates and sends estimates, then converts them into an invoice, with expense tracking and card payments around it. Its own estimating software page answers the question outright: &#8220;you can easily convert your estimates into an invoice&#8221;. It is an accounting product first. The estimate is a document rather than a takeoff.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What to watch.<\/strong> The plans are capped by billable client count, not by document count, which is a different kind of ceiling. Lite bills up to 5 clients. Plus lifts that to 50.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pricing, read live today.<\/strong> Lite lists at $23.00 a month and Plus at $43.00 a month, with a promotional 90 percent off the first three months running on the page today. A 30 day free trial is offered on every plan.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Jobber<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Best for a service crew that schedules before it invoices.<\/strong> Jobber is a dispatch and scheduling product with quoting and invoicing attached. The conversion you care about sits inside a job record rather than on a standalone document. For plumbing, HVAC and electrical crews running several trucks, that ordering is the right one.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What to watch.<\/strong> There is no photo to estimate and no room scan. Estimating is manual line items. The entry Core tier is capped at a single user.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pricing, read from our vendor record.<\/strong> Core starts at $29 a month on annual billing, with Connect at $99, Grow at $149 and Plus at $399 on the same basis. The free trial runs 14 days on Grow plan features.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Houzz Pro<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Best for a design-led remodeler who sells the proposal as much as the price.<\/strong> Houzz Pro pairs a client-facing proposal with invoicing and payments. It also sits on top of the Houzz marketplace. That matters if that is where your leads come from.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What to watch.<\/strong> Houzz Pro does have a free Basic plan, and a 30 day trial runs on every paid plan, so you can test the proposal to invoice path without committing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pricing, read live today.<\/strong> Design is $99 a month, Pro is $199 a month, and Teams starts at $399 a month, which is the tier that adds unlimited users. Additional seats are $50 a month each.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Buildertrend<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Best for a builder running client selections and change orders alongside billing.<\/strong> Buildertrend is a full construction management platform. Estimates, proposals, selections, change orders and invoices all live on the same job. A custom builder needs that. A two person crew does not.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pricing.<\/strong> Buildertrend publishes a rate card and also runs a custom quote funnel on the same page. Essential is $449 a month on annual billing, or $499 month to month. Advanced is $719 or $799. Complete is $989 or $1,099. All tiers include unlimited users and unlimited projects. The page blocks scripted requests, so these figures come from our own recorded browser capture on September 10, 2026.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>JobTread<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Best flat rate for a growing office with several internal users.<\/strong> JobTread puts estimating, budgeting, change orders, customer invoices and sub billing on one job record, and it charges one flat rate instead of scaling every feature by tier.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pricing, read live today.<\/strong> $199 a month, plus $20 a month for each internal user, with the first user included. Additional internal users step down to $16 each on the annual plan, and further breaks apply above 10, 20 and 30 users. Annual billing saves 20 percent. Vendor, subcontractor and customer portal users are free and unlimited. There is no free trial, by policy, because every client gets an assigned success manager.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Knowify<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Best for fixed-price and progress billing on commercial work.<\/strong> Knowify bids, executes and invoices fixed-price and formal contract jobs. That is the billing shape you hit the day you start working for a general contractor rather than a homeowner.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pricing, read live today.<\/strong> Core is $99 a month on the yearly rate, or $149 a month otherwise, with 1 user included. Advanced is $329 a month yearly, or $399 otherwise, with 10 users included. Each additional user is $29 a month. A free trial is offered from the pricing page.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Workiz<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Best for a dispatch-heavy service business that wants estimates, invoices and payments on one screen.<\/strong> Workiz lists scheduling, invoices, jobs and estimates together on its entry tier, with online payments, estimate deposits and consumer financing available across the plans.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What to watch.<\/strong> You cannot compare Workiz on price. Every tier renders a Request pricing button instead of a rate, verified live today, so a sales conversation is the only way to a number. The trial is 7 days with no card required.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"pm__inline-cta\">One subscription, no feature gating, the whole suite. <a href=\"https:\/\/swcostestimator.app.link\/ce-ai\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Try SimplyWise Cost Estimator<\/a> free for 7 days.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"compare\">Estimate to invoice apps compared<\/h2>\n<p>Four facts for each estimate to invoice app: whether the conversion happens in the same app, what it costs to start, and what the trial looks like. Rates read September 14, 2026 unless the row says otherwise.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pm__table-wrap\">\n<table class=\"pm__table\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>App<\/th>\n<th>Converts an estimate to an invoice in the same app<\/th>\n<th>What it costs to start<\/th>\n<th>Trial<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>SimplyWise Cost Estimator<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Yes, open the estimate and tap Create Invoice<\/td>\n<td>$29.99\/mo, or $239.99\/yr<\/td>\n<td>7 days free<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Joist<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Yes, Estimates to Invoices is on the entry plan<\/td>\n<td>$8.34 a month on annual, 5 documents a month<\/td>\n<td>14 days free, no card<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Contractor+<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Yes, on the same client record<\/td>\n<td>$0 free plan, then $29 a month on annual<\/td>\n<td>Free plan, no card<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Handoff<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Yes, proposal through to payment<\/td>\n<td>$119 a month billed annually<\/td>\n<td>7 days free<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Contractor Foreman<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Yes, inside the project record<\/td>\n<td>$49 a month, $588 annually at renewal<\/td>\n<td>30 days free<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>FreshBooks<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Yes, estimates convert into an invoice<\/td>\n<td>$23.00 a month for the Lite plan<\/td>\n<td>30 days free<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Jobber<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Yes, quote to invoice inside a job<\/td>\n<td>$29 a month on annual billing<\/td>\n<td>14 days free on Grow features<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Houzz Pro<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Yes, proposal and invoicing in one product<\/td>\n<td>Free Basic plan, or $99 a month on the Design tier<\/td>\n<td>30 days free on every plan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Buildertrend<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Yes, with change orders and selections<\/td>\n<td>$449 a month on annual billing<\/td>\n<td>No trial stated on the rate card (2026-09-10 capture)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>JobTread<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Yes, on one job record<\/td>\n<td>$199 a month flat, first user included<\/td>\n<td>No free trial, by policy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Knowify<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Yes, including progress billing<\/td>\n<td>$99 a month on the yearly rate<\/td>\n<td>Free trial offered<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Workiz<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Yes, estimates and invoices on one screen<\/td>\n<td>Request pricing on every tier<\/td>\n<td>7 days free, no card<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"what-to-look-for\">What to look for in an estimate to invoice app<\/h2>\n<p>Every estimate to invoice app on this list will convert a document. The differences that cost you money show up after that, in the caps, the fields and the payment rails.<\/p>\n<h3>What a real estimate to invoice app does: one document, two states<\/h3>\n<p>The test is whether the invoice knows it came from an estimate. If converting means exporting a file and importing it somewhere else, you do not have a conversion, you have a copy. The version that works keeps one record with a history. Then the client asks why the invoice reads $400 higher than the quote. You show the change and the date instead of arguing from memory.<\/p>\n<h3>Document caps, because the cheap plans are where they hide<\/h3>\n<p>Read the cap before you read the price. Joist&#8217;s Basics plan allows up to 5 documents a month, and the Contractor+ free plan allows up to 5 estimates or invoices a month. An estimate and its invoice are two documents, so five documents is two and a half jobs. A plan that looks like $10 a month becomes the next tier up the first busy week you have. SimplyWise, Contractor Foreman, JobTread and Knowify do not cap document volume.<\/p>\n<h3>Documents the client will actually open<\/h3>\n<p>The converted invoice still has to look like it came from a real business. Logo, licence number, terms and a clean line-item table are the difference between a quote that gets signed and one that gets shopped. We rank that output side separately in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplywise.com\/blog\/branded-pdf-estimate-app\/\">branded PDF estimate app<\/a> roundup, and it is worth checking before you commit to a tool on price alone.<\/p>\n<h3>Deposits and payment schedules as first-class fields<\/h3>\n<p>Most contractors are not billing once at the end. They are taking a deposit on signing and progress payments as the work lands. So the question is not whether the estimate to invoice app can send an invoice, it is whether the invoice can carry a schedule. In SimplyWise that is an Add Field choice on the invoice, and each payment is added in turn. Workiz lists estimate deposits across its tiers. Handoff and Contractor+ both carry client financing for the jobs a homeowner cannot pay outright.<\/p>\n<h3>Payment rails you can actually turn on<\/h3>\n<p>Getting paid in the app is a processor question. SimplyWise runs online payments through a Stripe account you connect yourself under Payment Options. You can turn the toggle off again, as long as nobody has entered checkout on an open invoice. Handoff publishes its card rates openly, at 3.35 percent on the entry tier and 2.85 percent above it, with bank transfers at 1 percent capped at $10. Contractor+ publishes only its top-tier rate, &#8220;Lowest CC rates (from 2.59%*) &amp; $5 ACH cap&#8221; on MAX, and lists card and bank payments as a feature on the paid tiers without a rate. Read those numbers next to the subscription price, because on a $20,000 job the processing fee is the bigger line.<\/p>\n<h3>Which estimate to invoice apps write the estimate for you<\/h3>\n<p>Every app in this list can convert a document. Only a few can write one for you. SimplyWise turns a photo into an itemized estimate in about 6 seconds, with material quantities. It also takes a voice description from the cab, an uploaded blueprint or floor plan, and a LiDAR room scan on a Pro iPhone. Contractor+ has its own photo capable estimator, metered at 10 credits a month on its $29 a month annual tier. Handoff generates proposals and transcribes voice into an estimate. Joist, Jobber and FreshBooks are manual line-item entry. That is the real difference between these tools once the conversion is table stakes. If you are still picking the tool that writes the quote, our guide to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplywise.com\/blog\/estimate-app-for-contractors\/\">estimate app for contractors<\/a> covers what the document itself has to hold before anyone bills off it.<\/p>\n<h3>What the whole stack costs, not just this one app<\/h3>\n<p>Maybe you are shopping the invoicing category, not the conversion workflow. Then read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplywise.com\/blog\/best-construction-invoice-software\/\">the best construction invoice software<\/a> next. It ranks the category on billing features rather than on the estimate handoff. One thing worth weighing there. A SimplyWise subscription opens the rest of the suite. Receipt scanning, mileage tracking and the Receptionist app all sit inside the same $29.99\/mo. That is one line on your card statement instead of four.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pm__inline-cta\">Stop rekeying the quote into the invoice. <a href=\"https:\/\/swcostestimator.app.link\/ce-ai\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Convert an approved estimate in the app<\/a> and send it before you leave the driveway.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pm__related\">\n<h2 id=\"related\">Related reading<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplywise.com\/blog\/best-construction-invoice-software\/\">Best Construction Invoice Software<\/a>: the wider invoicing category, ranked on billing rather than on the estimate handoff.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplywise.com\/blog\/joist-alternatives\/\">Joist Alternatives<\/a>: where to go when the 5 document a month cap starts costing you jobs.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplywise.com\/blog\/jobber-alternatives\/\">Jobber Alternatives<\/a>: for crews who need quoting without the dispatch overhead.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplywise.com\/blog\/contractor-foreman-alternatives\/\">Contractor Foreman Alternatives<\/a>: lighter options than a full project system.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplywise.com\/blog\/simplywise-vs-jobtread\/\">SimplyWise vs JobTread<\/a>: a flat rate office platform against a phone first estimator.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplywise.com\/blog\/construction-calculators\/\">Construction Calculators<\/a>: price the materials before you write the line item.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pm__sources\">\n<h2 id=\"sources\">Sources<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"font:700 11.5px Inter;letter-spacing:.1em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#9ca3af;margin:8px 0 6px;\">SimplyWise product facts and pricing<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplywise.com\/blog\/simplywise-cost-estimator-faqs\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SimplyWise Cost Estimator FAQs<\/a>. Read live 2026-09-14. The Create Invoice answer reads: &#8220;Navigate to the estimate you wish to convert into an invoice. Tap the three dots (menu icon) in the top right corner. Select Create Invoice from the menu that appears.&#8221; The same page documents the invoice field list, the Payment Schedule steps, the deposit answer, Record Payment, the Stripe connection under Payment Options, and the client-only signature rule.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplywise.com\/blog\/pricing\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SimplyWise Cost Estimator pricing<\/a>. Read live 2026-09-14. $29.99\/mo and $239.99\/yr, with a 7-day free trial. Every plan carries the full feature set. One subscription opens the whole suite.<\/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, re-verified 2026-09-09.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"font:700 11.5px Inter;letter-spacing:.1em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#9ca3af;margin:20px 0 6px;\">Vendor rates read live on September 14, 2026<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joist.com\/pricing\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joist, Pricing<\/a>. Basics $10 billed monthly or $8.34 on annual, shown against a struck-through $12. Pro $17 or $14.17 on annual. Elite $32 or $26.67. Run $70 billed monthly against a struck-through $100, $58.33 on annual with two free months plus 30 percent off. The page states a cap of up to 5 documents a month on Basics, lists &#8220;Estimates to Invoices&#8221; under Basics, and offers a &#8220;14 day free trial. No credit card required&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/contractorplus.app\/pricing\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Contractor+, Pricing<\/a>. FREEDOM $0, free forever, capped at up to 5 estimates or invoices a month. PRO $29 on annual for 1 user, with Estimatic at 10 credits. PRO TEAM $58 on annual, first 2 users, $20 a month for each extra user. MAX $499.75 on annual, $597 month to month. The page publishes no card or bank rate on the paid tiers below MAX. MAX lists &#8220;Lowest CC rates (from 2.59%*) &amp; $5 ACH cap&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.handoff.ai\/pricing\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Handoff, Pricing<\/a>. Flex $119 billed annually or $149, 2 users, 7-day free trial. Pro $239 or $299, 5 users, 12 month commitment. Scale $719 or $899. Cards run 3.35 percent on Flex and 2.85 percent above it. Bank transfers are 1 percent capped at $10.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/contractorforeman.com\/pricing\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Contractor Foreman, Pricing<\/a>. Basic $49, 1 user, $588 annually at renewal. Standard $105, 3 users, $1,264. Plus $166, 8 users, $1,997. Pro $221, 15 users, $2,654. Unlimited $332, $3,984. The page states &#8220;30 Day Free Trial&#8221; and &#8220;100 Day Money Back Guarantee&#8221;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"font:700 11.5px Inter;letter-spacing:.1em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#9ca3af;margin:20px 0 6px;\">More vendor rates read live on September 14, 2026<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freshbooks.com\/pricing\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FreshBooks, Pricing<\/a>. Lite lists at $23.00 and bills up to 5 clients. Plus lists at $43.00 and bills up to 50. The card text reads &#8220;Create and send estimates&#8221;. A 90 percent off first three months promotion was running. The trial is 30 days.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freshbooks.com\/estimating-software\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FreshBooks, Estimate Software<\/a>. Read live 2026-09-14. The page FAQ reads &#8220;Can I easily turn my estimates into an invoice? Yup. With FreshBooks, you can easily convert your estimates into an invoice to save you time and make billing painless.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jobtread.com\/pricing\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">JobTread, Pricing<\/a>. $199 a month, plus $20 a month for each internal user, first user included. Users 2 to 10 drop to $16 each on annual. The page states &#8220;Save 20% on an annual subscription&#8221; and &#8220;No contract &amp; no setup fees&#8221;. Vendor, subcontractor and customer portal users are free and unlimited. There is no free trial, by stated policy.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.houzz.com\/houzz-pro\/pricing\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Houzz Pro, Pricing<\/a>. Read live 2026-09-14. Design $99 a month, Pro $199 a month, Teams starting at $399 a month with unlimited users. Additional seats are $50 a month each. A free Basic plan is available and a 30 day free trial runs on every paid plan. The advertising package add-on starts at $499 a month.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.knowify.com\/pricing\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Knowify, Pricing<\/a>. Core $99 yearly or $149 otherwise, 1 user. Advanced $329 yearly or $399 otherwise, 10 users. Each additional user is $29 a month. The page offers &#8220;Start your free trial&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.workiz.com\/pricing-plans\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Workiz, Pricing<\/a>. Standard, Pro and Ultimate all render &#8220;Request pricing&#8221; in place of a rate. Standard lists &#8220;Scheduling, invoices, jobs &amp; estimates&#8221;. Estimate deposits and online payments run across the tiers. The page states &#8220;7-day free trial. No credit card is required.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"font:700 11.5px Inter;letter-spacing:.1em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#9ca3af;margin:20px 0 6px;\">Vendors that block scripted reads, quoted from our own captures<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.getjobber.com\/pricing\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jobber, Pricing<\/a>. Core $29, Connect $99, Grow $149, Plus $399, all on annual billing. The trial runs 14 days on Grow plan features. The page returned HTTP 403 to a direct request on 2026-09-14, so these figures were re-confirmed against a full capture of the same page dated 2026-09-10, which matches our record exactly.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/buildertrend.com\/pricing\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Buildertrend, Pricing<\/a>. Essential $449 on annual or $499 month to month. Advanced $719 or $799. Complete $989 or $1,099. Every tier includes unlimited users and projects. The page publishes a rate card and also runs a custom quote funnel. It returned HTTP 403 to a scripted read on 2026-09-14, so these figures come from our recorded browser capture of 2026-09-10.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"pm__pull\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>The estimate is the promise. The invoice is the bill. If the two are separate documents you typed twice, one of them is wrong.<cite>SimplyWise Editorial<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"pm__faq\">\n<div class=\"pm__inner\">\n<h2 id=\"faq\">Estimate to invoice apps: common questions<\/h2>\n<h3>Converting an estimate into an invoice<\/h3>\n<details>\n<summary>App to convert estimates to invoices for contractors?<\/summary>\n<div>\n<p>SimplyWise Cost Estimator is the app most contractors should use to convert estimates to invoices. Open the saved estimate, tap the three dots, tap Create Invoice, then choose all line items or a summary. Joist, Contractor+, Handoff, Contractor Foreman and FreshBooks all do the same conversion. SimplyWise is $29.99\/mo, or $239.99\/yr, with a 7-day free trial. It is the only one of the six that writes the estimate from a photo in about 6 seconds before you convert it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>How do you turn an estimate into an invoice without retyping it?<\/summary>\n<div>\n<p>You use an app that holds the estimate and the invoice as two states of one document rather than as two files. In SimplyWise Cost Estimator you navigate to the estimate you want to convert, tap the menu icon in the top right, and select Create Invoice. The line items, quantities, unit prices and client details carry across. You then fill in the fields an invoice needs and an estimate does not: issue date, due date and invoice number.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Should you invoice for the full estimate at once, or bill in stages?<\/summary>\n<div>\n<p>Bill in stages on anything that runs longer than a few days. Add a payment schedule to the invoice. Put a deposit on signing, progress payments on milestones, and the final balance on completion. In SimplyWise you add this by opening the invoice, tapping Edit, tapping Add Field and choosing Payment Schedule, then adding each payment in turn.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<h3>Signatures, deposits and getting paid<\/h3>\n<details>\n<summary>Does the estimate need to be signed before you invoice?<\/summary>\n<div>\n<p>It should be. A signed estimate is the document that says the client agreed to this scope at this price, and it is what you point at when the scope moves. In SimplyWise the client signs the estimate to approve it. The contractor cannot sign it on the client&#8217;s behalf, which is the correct behaviour for a document you may need to rely on later.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>How do you collect a deposit from an estimate?<\/summary>\n<div>\n<p>You create the invoice first, then add the deposit to the invoice. 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