Housecall Pro vs TradesTimer
What Housecall Pro is
A comprehensive field-service management platform designed to handle scheduling, dispatching, estimates, invoicing, and payments for home-service businesses.
Best for: Growing teams that need to manage multiple technicians, dispatch jobs, and provide a professional, end-to-end customer experience from estimate to payment.
Pricing at a glance
$59 per month
Basic plan roughly $59/mo (1 user); higher tiers scale up. Pricing changes — verify.
Verified 2026-06-08
$0 Free — full app
Housecall Pro strengths
- Full-scale business operations suite
- Integrated customer payment processing
Considerations for self-employed tradespeople
- Requires manual configuration of jobsite locations and schedules before work begins
- Requires managing a paid subscription for a feature set that extends far beyond simple time tracking
Experiences with Housecall Pro
These quotes come from public discussions about Housecall Pro. Each quote links to its source.
I need something Like Jobber or HouseCall Pro but that has all of the features that I'm looking for. … I have extensivly trialed numerous app suites however none of the ones I've tried check all of the boxes for features I'm looking for.
Compare the features you need before choosing a platform. TradesTimer focuses on individual time tracking and travel records.
Why I built a Housecall Pro alternative
I did the invoicing at an electrical contractor, so I'll say this with love: making the invoice was never the hard part. Trusting the hours that went on it was. Housecall Pro sells you the whole front office — booking, dispatch, payments — and the time clock rides along as one feature among forty.
If you want the front office, fine. But if what's actually bleeding money is untracked hours between jobsites, you don't need a platform subscription to fix it. Fix the hours with a free automatic tracker, and invoice however you already do.
What TradesTimer does differently
- Automatically detects stops and trips via GPS, eliminating the need to manually start or stop timers
- Keeps all location data stored locally on your device for enhanced privacy
Which app fits your needs?
Housecall Pro is a powerful, all-in-one operations suite for growing service companies. TradesTimer is a specialized, free tool for solo tradespeople who want to automate their billable hours and mileage logging without manual entry or complex software management.
Page last verified 2026-06-08. If Housecall Pro has changed pricing or features since then contact us at [email protected] to request a correction.
Free time tracking
Record stops and trips, review your hours, and export reports without a subscription.
- Automatic stop and trip recording
- Unlimited stops, drives, and days
- Review and edit stops and trips
- Rounded billable hours, exported as text or CSV
- Travel log with estimated distances
- 7-day summary view
- History stored on your phone
Control your location history
TradesTimer stores your history on your phone. Address lookups send coordinates to an address provider. You choose where to share your hours and travel exports.
See the privacy policy for details about address lookups, exports, and other data use.