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Apps for tradies,
explained straight.

Independent guides to the job-management, quoting, accounting and CRM tools Australian trades actually run: what each one costs, what it's good at, and who it suits. No affiliate spin.

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How your stack fits together

One job flows through all of them

A lead doesn't live in one app. It moves through your whole stack. The tools worth your money are the ones that talk to each other, so nothing gets re-typed by hand.

Enquiry

A lead lands: call, form, or DM.

Website

Captures it and qualifies it.

your site

Job management

Quote, schedule, do the job.

ServiceM8 · Tradify · Fergus

Accounting

Invoice, get paid, BAS sorted.

Xero · MYOB

Reviews

Ask, then show the next customer.

Google

then it comes back around, and compounds

Common questions

Apps for tradies, answered

The questions tradies ask before they pick their software — straight answers, no affiliate spin.

It depends on the job. For quoting, scheduling and invoicing in one place, the most-used Australian options are ServiceM8, Tradify and Fergus. For accounting it's usually Xero or MYOB; for taking payments, Square and Zeller. We review the software tradies actually run across 11 categories independently — no sponsored rankings, no affiliate spin.

Job-management apps like ServiceM8 and Tradify are the most common starting point — they handle quotes, jobs, scheduling and invoices from your phone. Most tradies then connect an accounting app (usually Xero) so the books stay in sync.

Several have free tiers or trials, but most job-management software for tradies runs about $20–$50 a month once the trial ends. Each of our reviews lists current pricing so you can compare the real cost before you commit.

Start with your biggest time-drain — quoting, invoicing, scheduling or chasing payments — and pick the app that fixes that first, not the one with the most features. Check it connects to your accounting software and works on your phone on-site.

Yes. We review the software Australian tradies run based on features, pricing and real use — not on who pays us. There are no sponsored rankings.